Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 Hi-Res Internal PCIe Sound Card, Quad-Core Processor, 127dB DNR ESS SABRE-class 9018 DAC, Xamp Discrete Custom Bi-amp, Discrete 5.1/Virtual 7.1, Dolby, DTS Encoding (Black)

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Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 Hi-Res Internal PCIe Sound Card, Quad-Core Processor, 127dB DNR ESS...

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Bass is so tight and everything is just on point. I know musicians and producers who've shown me how standalone dacs, amplifiers, and other sound cards. The surround sound delivered from it to my rig is very accurate and delivers beautiful powerful so... Read More

Sound blaster x-fi is a great gaming device. Acm eliminates the need to use the case front panel audio jacks. Sound blaster command software is good.

Cons

There's a constant whining sound that never seems to go away. Its quite noticeable and annoying. At least it works reliably.

The card is out of sock now and it will be 3 weeks before they can send out another one. Moving to different pci-e ports doesn't seem to address the issue. The rgb light on the sound card will be red instead of multi color.

The card cost almost as much as my motherboard. The power for the included led strips is supplied by a molex connector and all the wiring makes for a sloppy look.

The sound blaster command software must be running and you have to open this lumbering half-screen app just to click a little toggle. I plug my headphones into the headphone jack, and literally nothing happens. Turns out the have skimped on their lice... Read More

L and r channel only buzzes - no sound. The aux outputs have a constant hissing or whine. It also sometimes ignores my volume adjustments - which also provokes the buzzing because it doesn't seem to know what to do.

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Quality

But the headphones sound fantastic and that is what i use so i am very happy with the ae5 plus

The sound blaster app works great with plenty of adjustment and over the sound quality is awesome on my system

I am not using any of the lights that come with the sound card

But im still frustrated with gigabyte not fixing this problem with the motherboard audioone of the two bad things about it is t... Read More

Packaging/appearance

Nonetheless its satisfying to know there is the 32bit option

I love ssd drive but the m2 version sucks up pice lanes

Competitiveness

Even the range expanding r2r recordings from an akia 747 none dbx ones rock

I built a new 2000 computer last year with an x570 motherboard

I guess i deserve it for trying to use a soundbar with a pc in the first place

Longer story well everything worked fine on the first day with a win10 clean install but as soon as windows update got through... Read More

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This product had a total of 2,604 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 6 2023.