Creative Labs Xmod Wireless Music System with X-Fi Technology 70SB083000004

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 9.5 x 5.6 inches ; 4.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000QW9DPU
• Item model number: 70SB083000004
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,907 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 17, 2007

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

More than just a wireless music system, Xmod Wireless features X-Fi technology that makes your MP3's and other compressed music files sound better than the original CD. It plays all of the music from your PC wirelessly throughout your house and since it doesn't rely on your home network, there are no delays, dropouts or interference to deal with, and no IP addresses to configure. Simple to setup with no software, or drivers to install and works right out of the box.

Features

X-Fi Wireless Music System
Connect the Xmod Wireless transmitter to your PC and desktop speakers to enjoy Xtreme Fidelity music.

• Play music from your PC wirelessly in any room
• Make your MP3s sound better than CDs
• Connect in seconds--no configuration needed

More than just a wireless music system... way more.
Upgrade your PC sound system to Xtreme Fidelity audio

• Restore the detail and vibrance to compressed music such as MP3s and iTunes
• Expand stereo music and videos into virtual surround sound

Connect

• Connect the Xmod Wireless transmitter to your PC and desktop speakers in seconds, no drivers needed.

Enhance

• X-Fi technology breathes life into your songs by restoring detail and expanding your music and movies to surround sound.
• X-Fi Crystalizer technology restores the detail and vibrance to your compressed music and movies. All the highs and lows are intelligently enhanced so you'll hear everything in crystal clarity.
• X-Fi CMSS-3D technology expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into virtual surround stereo speakers or headphones. Voices are centered in front of you and ambient sounds are moved all around you

Wireless Technology

• Experience Xtreme Fidelity music throughout your home
• Enjoy a wireless system made for music - no delays, no dropouts and no home network needed
• Wireless setup is simple - just connect the X-Fi Wireless Receiver to your home entertainment system or powered speakers in any room up to 100ft. (30m) away
• Listen to ALL of your music wirelessly in Xtreme Fidelity--even Internet radio, podcasts, subscription music and songs purchased from iTunes

Control

• Use the remote controls with the Xmod Wireless transmitter or the X-Fi Wireless Receiver to play, pause and skip through your music

Product Description
Play music from your PC wirelessly in any room, Make your MP3s sound better than CDs, Connect in seconds - no configuration needed.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Play your PC music collection all around your house wirelessly and with superior sound!, August 31, 2007

By	Art Corvelet "BSC" (Perry Hall, MD United States) - See all my reviews

The Xmod Wireless comes in 2 parts, a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter connects very simply to your PC via USB and it functions as a USB soundcard, applying X-Fi sound enhancement to any sound or music that is passed through it. Compressed audio like AAC, WMA and MP3 files are upscaled to 24 bit quality and surround sound effects can be added.

You have to experience this to appreciate it. It really does make your music sound better. Sometimes the improvement is more subtle than at other times, but the quality X-Fi provides really shines when you connect the receiver end of the Xmod Wireless to a good set of speakers that you might have in your theater or family room.

So, on to part 2 of the package. The wireless receiver. This enables you to control and listen to your music anywhere you place the receiver in your house. Your PC music collection is streamed around the house with top notch quality and fidelity. I have my receiver connected to my theater setup and the sound is fantastic. You can purchase additional receivers if you'd like to play your music in multiple rooms.

Cool things about the package overall. The range is great and there is no lag. Plus, it just works. You don't need to have your own network or anything running already. Just turn on the receiver and transmitter and away you go, nothing to fuss with. If you do have a network running, this won't interfere with it at all. I think both units are stylish as well. They fit right in with high end equipment and they are pretty small.

You also get a remote for each side and there are inputs so that you can connect an MP3 player. With the remotes, you can skip tracks, pause tracks, turn on and off the X-Fi features, etc.

I don't really have any negatives other than the price, but I still think it's worth it. Sonos has products with similar features that cost up to $1000. Xmod Wireless gives you what you need with better audio technology for a lot less. It would also be nice to have a small display on the receiver unit so you can see what you are browsing.

Overall, Xmod Wireless is highly recommended. The unique combination of a driverless and simple to use USB soundcard with a high quality streaming device is an excellent way to introduce your PC to your home theater setup or to any room of your house.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does what I want while others can't, July 12, 2008

By	D. Cook (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This gizmo allows me to play the same music in several different locations at once.

With airport express you can only connect to one reciever at a time and only while using iTunes. I also tried Sondigo Siracco which not only has the limit of one reciever but is technically challenging. I would have to reboot the PC several times to get it to work and then it would have buffering issues causing the music to cut out.

The Xmod works great. Easy to set up in the control panel and so far I have been able to connect to three different receivers at the same time including one that is poolside - about 75 feet away out doors. (I believe the limit is 4 recievers at one time.) I am not sure what will happen if my neighbors start using a set.

I also can play music in my office at the same time by connecting my powered speakers to the audio out of the transmitter. This works great for when we have parties.

I don't have much use for the remote controls can't really do much with them other than adjust volume and their range is not very big. It would be nice to have digital audio outputs.

Finally, a wireless gizmo that allows me to play music through out my house and outdoors. It is extremely easy to use and sound quality is good.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars doesn't work as advertised, September 4, 2008

By	Rorke Haining (Seattle) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm attaching this review to both the transmitter and receiver of this wireless music system.

I bought 1 transmitter and 2 receivers as a gift before trying them -- big mistake. The marketing materials claim you get crystal clear audio wirelessly at 100 feet. That is absolutely not the case. I put 1 receiver 30 feet away from the transmitter and the audio quality was so poor as to be completely unusable (and the signal sometimes dropped out completely). I also tried turning off the wireless network to see if that would help (which was an unacceptable compromise) but that didn't fix the problem. I even tried re-arranging furniture to bring the units closer together, but I simply couldn't make the units work as advertised. (More info in case this helps you: the building had concrete exterior walls, and there was at least one other wireless network over which I had no control that had low signal strength where I tried to use this system.)

Besides the fact that this system doesn't work as advertised, here are some additional complaints:

* They units don't come with all the audio cables you'll need.

* The units are needlessly big and bulky. The receiver units in particular should be much smaller because they have no dock.

* The remotes are overly complex for how little you can do with this system.

* You must know your way around the iPod menu by heart in order to use the remote controls from a distance.

* You really need your music well-arranged in playlists in order to use this system to its fullest. Otherwise, you're left scrolling through a giant list of random songs, and because the remote control doesn't have a scroll wheel, you have to forward through the songs one at a time.