CREATIVESound Blaster Audigy Rx - 7.1 PCIe Sound Card with High Performance Headphone Amp

This sound card delivers excellent mid-range sound quality and truly shines when paired with headphones. Using my Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones, the audio experience was pure bliss—crystal clear, powerful, and immersive. When combined with Boom 3D, an incredible online sound enhancer, the volume and richness of the sound are almost overwhelming (I’m pretty sure my hearing has taken a hit—worth it, though!). While it also supports Dolby Atmos flawlessly, I personally prefer the audio depth and customization offered by Boom 3D. If you’re on the fence, trust me—try this combo out, and you’ll be blown away.

It works! It works very well. I am not an audiophile, but I do like good music well delivered by my sound system. This board is installed in a PC running Windows 8.1 and it is driving a Logitec Z906 5.1 surround sound system via the three 3.5mm jacks.This is definitely an improvement over the onboard sound from the PC in which I installed it. I can actually tell where on stage individual singers/instrumentalists are standing. It also has a connector for the front panel audio, which was a pleasant surprise as I was expecting to lose the use of that.One thing. Do follow the instruction that says uninsatall any existing sound drivers first before installing the Audigy. It is not a disaster if you don't but it is a pain because you have to do a bunch of fiddling with windows sound settings to get it to work.Also, you may have to set it to 7.1 surround sound in order to get the rear speakers to work. As far as I can discover this is a common problem whether using onboard or add-on sound and it seems to be a Windows issue.

Easy to install and great results. Good sound quality and once you get used to the software you can get surprising results. For the price you really can't go wrong. The only drawback is that this appears to be a discontinued product and Creative labs are not great in after sales service. I would however recommend the product and buy again. At this price you can't go wrong.

Bought this card because of the background hiss, speckled crackling and hums from the on-board sound. Initially very disappointed as I got very similar problems from the Audigy.I had read somewhere regarding the same problem, that you needed to use the card for a couple of days before these background noises resolve themselves. Couldn't see how that could work. Tried reseating the card with no improvement. Persevered for a couple of days checking drivers and sound applications. I had recently updated my Slackware system to 14.2 and was having trouble anyway with to the move to pulse.Gave up and decided to return the card and try one of these USB external sound adapter but it was a couple of week before I could get round to shutting down and removing the card. At this stage the problems were so bad I stopped listening to sound fed from the computer On the appointed day before I started I fired up BBC iplayer and lo and behold the sound was perfect. With some excite I then tried Spotify. Utter silence between tracks. If I'm not playing something I forget that I have the amp turned on, it is absolutely silent. I'm astonished. Why this happens I have no idea but the sound quality and stereo separation is now better than anything I have had in the last 20 years. My speakers are still the old Wharfdale based boxes that I built over 45 years ago while still at college. The amp is an old Trio that I inherited nearly 10 years ago. The combination is perhaps a bit boomy on the bass (I don't even have the sub-woofer connected at the moment) but this is just joy and bliss.

As always with Creative products, this is excellent quality and performance. The downloadable software provides a rich variety of FX for environment, karaoke etc. The audio is just great.

I bought a Dell Inspiron 3910 PC a while ago. No mic input. I record music to my PC. I tried an external sound card which was a waste of time and money. I decided to sort it out once and for all with this card.I have heard that the card takes a while to settle down, tone wise. It sounds slightly harsh on the treble end.It was reasonably easy to install, but it has messed up my PC's memory security settings, as Windows 11 doesn't trust it and the latest drivers don't match Windows 11.DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS CARD WITH WINDOWS 11It has also stopped various other things from working properly, believe it or not - my printer has actually stopped printing in colour because of the driver conflicts this card has thrown up. I am struggling to remedy the driver issue and this affects the core integrity settings for the PC.It also made my PC lose the 1920 x 1080 display size. I got that back eventually, but it still occasionally loses it..As a result of this, I have taken the card out and am returning it.

A very good product, excellent even. It was extremely easy to fit (just remember to run the driver on the CD afterwards). My music sounds perfect through my soundbar and there are numerous settings you can play about with in the software on the CD. Even the default Windows sounds which test the left/right speakers are now different class.So, excellent, as I said, but please be aware that there was no screwdriver nor a screw to fasten the soundcard securely to the back of the PC case included in the box.Maybe Creative shouldnt be responsible for supplying either of these items and if the soundcard was replacing a previous one (for example) then you would have been able to reuse the screw already in place. If, like me, you had to push the rear panel out of the back of your PC, then there wasn't a screw to use.Fortunately I already had a very small screwdriver which came with a graphics card from last year and I had a packet of PC Case screws which I had bought from Amazon some time ago. One of these fit the hole at the back, so the experience remained a positive one.