Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 24-bit External USB Sound Card

Creative Sound Blaster Live!

The Easiest Upgrade From Basic Built-In PC Sound To Home-Theater Audio
This ultra-affordable upgrade allows you to start enjoying an audio experience and quality that's not possible with basic on-board audio thanks to 24-Bit ADVANCED HD™ and EAX® ADVANCED HD™1 technologies. With this sound card, your music will never have sounded better and you'll even be able to convert your old tapes or vinyl to digital audio. Finally your games will come alive while you're also immersed in 5.1 surround sound. All this in a simple USB solution that installs in a snap!

IMPROVED MUSIC QUALITY

• Enjoy Crystal Clear 24-bit Audio
  With 256 times the resolution of your basic built-in sound, all your music, movies, and games will sound better in 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ quality.
  
  
• Create MP3s, Organise Music, Burn CDs
  The full-featured Creative MediaSource™ digital player allows you to make crystal clear, high quality MP3s, manage your music library, and burn personalised CDs.
  
  
• Make Your Music Sound Even Better
  Customise your CD and MP3 playback with easy-to-use and convenient Acoustic Enhancements that give you better control over your music than a home theatre system.
  
  
• Bass Boost
  Enhance the bass in your music (2.1 and 4.1 speakers only)
  
  
• Multi-Band Equalizer2
  Personalise playback of audio frequencies
  
  
• Audio Clean-Up
  Remove noise from MP3s of old recordings
  
  
• CMSS® 3D
  Enjoy virtual surround sound on stereo speakers/headphones
  
  
• SVM™
  Automatically match volume levels across music tracks
  
  
• EAX® Effects
  Add acoustic effects like Concert Hall to your music
  
  
• Convert Old Recordings to MP3 Easily
  Record all of your old cassette tapes and vinyl records to MP3 with simple connections and easy-to-use recording software with advanced cleaning tools.
  
  

IMMERSIVE GAMES & MOVIES

• Experience Realistic Sound in Your Games
  Imagine hearing game sounds so realistic that you feel like you are actually in the game. Whether you're playing first person shooters, strategy games, or others, with EAX® ADVANCED HD™1 support you'll hear all the action.
  
  
• Surround Yourself With 5.1 Sound
  Immerse yourself in your games and DVD movies with 5.1 surround sound that lets you hear every sound in front or behind you.
  
  
• One-Step Hookup
  Upgrading to Home Theatre quality audio on your PC is as simple as plugging into any available USB port - no power adapter needed.

• Intel® Pentium® III or Celeron® class 800Mhz or faster processor
• Microsoft Windows® XP (SP1) or 2000 (SP4)
• 128MB RAM
• 340 MB Hard Disk Space
• Available USB port
• Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
• CD/DVD-ROM drive required for software installation