Top-rated products in the Sound card category
Here's a ranking of the top rated products in this category. To give you a quick overview, we've also added some key information about the products.
1. Creative Sound BlasterX G6
An amazing upgrade over the well-received Sound BlasterX G5, the Sound BlasterX G6 immediately improves your audio, giving you a much more enjoyable experience comparedto what you get from default motherboard audio or any other USB Gaming DAC in the market.
The USB sound card works with PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC, and combines a virtual 7.1 32-bit/384kHz, 130dB USB Digital Audio Converter (DAC) with the awesome Xamp discrete headphone amplifier for incredibly detailed audio. It also boasts Dolby Digital decoding, virtual 7.1 surround sound, game-voice volume balancing, Scout Mode, and Sound Blaster's 30 year legacy of impressive sound enhancement technologies.
With support for Dolby Digital decoding and 7.1 virtual surround sound, the Sound BlasterX G6 reproduces your opponents' footsteps, gunshots, and other audio cues with remarkable accuracy. PS: Environments and music sound great too. Activate Scout Mode to give yourself a distinct tactical advantage. This tried and tested technology enhances important in-game audio cues - such as footsteps and weapon switching sounds - allowing you to quickly and accurately pinpoint your opponents' location before they pinpoint yours.
The Sound BlasterX G6 is designed to make things easy. The single audio wheel controls both the gameplay audio and your mic volume for easy balancing. Buttons on the side control processing profiles and Scout Mode, and switching between headphones and speakers is easy via the Sound Blaster Connect software. The jewel in the Sound BlasterX G6's proverbial crown is the custom-designed Xamp discrete headphone amplifier. As opposed to single amplification found in other gaming DAC amps, Xamp amplifies both audio channels individually. You'll enjoy more detailed audio on highs, mids, and bass. Xamp will drive any gaming headset excellently, but it goes even further than that. The ultra-low 1Ω output impedance perfectly drives performance-grade sensitive 16Ω in-ear monitors all the way to studio-grade 600Ω headphones.
The specifications of the Sound BlasterX G6 are impressive. It serves as a 32-bit 384kHz DAC with an ultra-high dynamic range of 130dB. The DAC features an oversampled multi-bit modulator with mismatch shaping technology that eliminates distortion, ensuring that audio is streamed with the highest level of detail and fidelity. The Sound BlasterX G6 also supports hi-res PCM and DoP audio formats.
2. Creative Sound Blaster Z
Creative card with quad-core Core3D audio processor, SBX Pro Studio
Sound Core3D Processor, SNR of 116dB, Shield, Beam Microphone
3. Creative Sound Blaster Play!3
The Sound Blaster Play. 3 is a USB DAC amplifier that provides an instant audio upgrade from onboard audio solutions. It works with PCs and Macs and has a built-inpowerful amplifier that can power a wide range of headphones, from simple smartphone headphones to gaming and studio headphones. The downloadable Sound Blaster PLAY. 3 system control software offers enormous audio realism and impressive audio effects and comes with optimized profiles for selected headphone brands.
4. Icy Box IB-AC527
With the IB-AC527 You can easily extend your PC with a headphone and a microphone jack. It is especially useful for headsets with 2 separate connectors. The uniquesound chipset in adapter provides higher audio quality for listening to music and online phone calls. The IB-AC527 supplies 1x 3.5 mm output for headphones/speakers and 1x 3.5 mm input for microphone and supports all headsets with corresponding connectors. The USB 2.0 port is widely used and widely used on PCs and notebooks, USB 3.0 and 1.1 are supported as well. This makes the small adapter both mobile and versatile.
5. Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Fx
The Sound Blaster Audigy Fx is a half height sound card with the powerful SBX Pro Studio technology under the hood. It instantly transforms your system into a 5.1surround sound entertainment system like a movie theater, giving movies, music and games the perfect polish. In addition, the Sound Blaster Audigy Fx features a high-quality D/A converter (24-bit, 192 kHz playback), 106 dB signal-to-noise ratio and a 600 ohm headphone amplifier from the high-end segment for studio-quality monitoring. The half height PCIe sound card is perfect for home theater PCs. With this sound card you experience Sound Blaster sound at home, as it was reserved otherwise only for large cinemas. The Sound Blaster Audigy Fx is equipped with 5.1-channel audio outputs so your multi-channel speakers can connect quickly and easily. The Sound Blaster Audigy Fx is equipped with independent line and microphone inputs, so you can connect two different audio sources to your PC at the same time. Let your MP3 player accompany you while you sing, for example, and simply record your performance so that your friends also benefit from it.
6. Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus Hi-Res Gaming Sound Card / DAC - RGB, PCIe
High-end sound card for gamers, analog 5.1 surround sound, headphone amplifier up to 600 Ohm, RGB lighting.
Sound card
120,31 EUR
Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus Hi-Res Gaming Sound Card / DAC - RGB, PCIe
PCI-E x1
7. Ugreen External Sound Adapter 30724
Ugreen 30724. audio channels: 2.0 channels. Host interface: USB. Colour of product: Black, Compatibility: Sony Playstation 4, Supported Windows operating systems:Windows 10,Windows 10 Education,Windows 10 Education x64,Windows 10 Enterprise,Windows 10..., Supported Mac operating systems: Mac OS 8.6,Mac OS 9.0,Mac OS 9.1,Mac OS 9.2,Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah,Mac OS X 10.1 Puma,Mac OS X.... Number of products included: 1 piece(s), cable length: 0.15 m.
8. Creative Sound BlasterX G1
With impressive small dimensions, the Plug-and-Play Sound BlasterX G1 delivers crystal-clear, high-definition sound with 7.1 HD position-based surround sound andinstant sound enhancement for an intense gaming experience on your PC, Mac, PS4 console or mobile device.
9. Creative Sound Blaster AE-7
The Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 is a high-resolution PCIe DAC and amplifier sound card with discrete xamp headphone dual amplifier and audio control module. TheCreative Sound Blaster AE-7 brings the gaming experience to life by allowing you to enjoy unadulterated sound quality alongside the already excellent sound processing of Sound Blaster. With Sound Blaster AE-7, you get an additional dedicated quad-core processor designed with one goal in mind - to deliver pristine, enhanced sound to your PC without overloading the CPU. The Sound Blaster handles the sound processing on the card itself, leaving the CPU free for other tasks.
10. LogiLink Sound Box 7.1
It is simply connected to the USB 2.0 port of the computer. There are numerous connection options to which headphones, headsets and speaker systems up to 7.1 channelcan be connected. The sound processor also allows simultaneous recording and playback.
