Creative Labs Sound Blaster Wireless Audio Transmitter and Receiver Bundle

by Creative Labs

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 2.5 x 8.1 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002BDU95A
• Item model number: 70SB117000003
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #13 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Internal Sound Cards
  • #17 in Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Multiroom Digital Music Systems
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer The Creative Labs Sound Blaster for iTunes Wireless Audio Transmitter and Receiver Bundle provides everything you need to wirelessly stream music from your computer to your home stereo system. Setup is easy, so you can enjoy your music right away, wherever you want it.

Wirelessly stream music from your computer to anywhere room in your home. View larger.

A dedicated wireless connection ensures great audio fidelity no matter where you stream music.

Other products in the Creative Wireless Ecosystem: Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook ExpressCard 34 Wireless Receiver with Remote GigaWorks T20W Series II Wireless Speakers

Enjoy a Premium Wireless Sound System in Just Seconds
The Sound Blaster for iTunes Wireless Audio Transmitter and Receiver Bundle makes creating a wireless sound system a snap. It includes both a transmitter and receiver. Once you connect your sound system to the receiver, you'll have everything you need to listen to your music anywhere in your home.

Simply plug in the transmitter to a USB port on your PC or Mac, and you're ready to stream music. No cables, no network configuration--just music wherever you want it in your house. Since the transmitter is so small, you can easily use it with your different computers, whether they're desktops or laptops, giving you access to all your music libraries. In addition to iTunes, the transmitter also supports Windows Media Player, Pandora internet radio, Rhapsody, and all media players.

Setting up the receiver is also a snap. The back of the receiver has connections for stereo RCA cables and a 1/8-inch mini jack. Just hook it up to a stereo system, powered speakers, or headphones, and you're ready to go.

Stream Your Music to Four Different Rooms
By adding Sound Blaster Wireless Receivers or Speakers, you can enjoy your music in multiple rooms. The system allows you to add up to four receivers, and the included software makes managing your playback functions easy, giving you individual control over each component. An included remote adds further convenience, letting you manage your music from across the room.

The Creative Wireless Ecosystem: Music Where You Want It
The Sound Blaster for iTunes Wireless Audio Transmitter and Receiver Bundle is part of Creative Lab's Wireless Ecosystem that also includes the GigaWorks T20W Series II Wireless Speakers, and Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook ExpressCard 34.

By adding GigaWorks T20W powered speakers to your system, you can enjoy your computer's music in any room without the need for an additional receiver. You can add additional Sound Blaster wireless receivers and speakers, giving you the ability to stream music into virtually every room in your home. The transmitter includes software that makes managing your playback functions easy, giving you control over music in any area of your home.

Dedicated Wireless Connection for Outstanding Performance
Unlike other streaming audio systems, Sound Blaster Wireless does not piggy back on your home's network. In fact, the Sound Blaster system uses a dedicated wireless connection, so you don't even need a home network or wireless router to use it. The system communicates via a 2.4 GHz RF transmission, has a range of up to 100 feet, and supports recording and stereo playback at up to 16bit/48kHz. Forget 802.11g connections that break up and stutter--with Sound Blaster, you'll always have clear, uninterrupted music.

X-Fi Technology Reclaims Lost Detail for Great Sound
The Sound Blaster for iTunes Wireless Audio Transmitter features Creative's award-winning X-Fi audio technology, so you will not only have wireless music, but you will also have an improved listening experience. X-Fi enhances audio from music and movies by restoring details lost in compression, expanding them to a surround-sound experience. Additionally, support for X-Fi CMSS-#D, EAX 4.0, and OpenAL means realistic gaming audio over headphones (for PCs only).

The Creative Labs Sound Blaster for iTunes Wireless Audio Transmitter and Receiver Bundle is backed by a one-year warranty.

What's in the Box
Sound Blaster Wireless for iTunes USB sound card, Sound Blaster Wireless Receiver, remote control, power adapter, audio cable (1/8-inch to stereo RCA), installation CD, and quick-start leaflet.

Enjoy music from your digital library anywhere in your home without the need for wires.

Product Description

This bundle includes the Creative Labs Sound Blaster wireless audio transmitter and receiver giving you everything you need to set up a premium wireless sound system.The Creative Labs Sound Blaster for iTunes upgrades your PC or Mac to a premium wireless sound system. Simply plug into any USB port, connect an optional Creative Wireless Receiver to your powered speakers or home stereo system, and play your iTunes or other digital music wirelessly ¿ no cables or networking required. You can add Sound Blaster Wireless Audio ready speakers with built-in wireless receiver and in the future wireless headphones to play music wirelessly in multiple rooms. Plus, Sound Blaster for iTunes features Creative¿s award-winning X-Fi audio enhancement technology that improves the quality of iTunes media, MP3s and movies. Package Contents: Sound Blaster for iTunes USB Audio Transmitter, Audio cable (1/8" to stereo RCA), Installation CD, Quick Start Leaflet.The Creative Wireless Receiver plays the songs from your Creative wireless audio products across the room or around the house. The wireless system is designed for music, so there are no delays, no dropouts and no home network needed. Setup is a breeze, just plug the Creative Wireless Receiver into any powered speakers or your home theater receiver, the wireless connection is automatic. The wireless remote control lets you navigate through the music on your Notebook, PC or iPod;playing, pausing and skiping from wherever you are. And it's expandable so you can add as many Creative Wireless Receivers as you like within the 100' range.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! A fantastic present for any audiophile ..., November 18, 2009

By 

Steffan Piper (Palm Desert, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Wireless Audio Transmitter and Receiver Bundle (Personal Computers)

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Having used a myriad of devices from the squeezboox boom and the squeezebox duet system -- as well as a few other devices that are not worth mentioning, I'll say that this is by far the easiest to use, install and operate.

Let me walk you through my set-up ... which took about 10 minutes ...

1. Unpacked the box and did away with all the plastic detritus.
2. Installed and registered the software on my laptop.
3. Plugged in the transmitter to a USB port in the back.
4. Rebooted my laptop, turned on iTunes and played a U2 album.
5. Plugged in the receiver (using a nicer set of cables) to my Sony Stereo Receiver on Aux 3. Was tempted to go optical.
6. Hit the find button on the underside of the little device and walked away.
7. 15 seconds later -- music played.
8. Stuck the batteries in the remote and turned it up.

That simple and absolutely no stumbling blocks to speak of.

Sound Quality? -- Better than I expected for this, but I wasn't looking for Mark Levinson to come out of my office and sit down on the couch with a glass of wine. The sound quality is more than adequate for casual home listening and the better your system is, the better the device will sound to you.

Responsiveness? -- I'm constantly unplugging the transmitter from my laptop and taking off somewhere, only to come back replug it back in, and find it working almost instantly and flawlessly. Windows and iTunes are not always asking questions or looking for drivers. It seems that whatever iTunes needed to do to make this thing be compatible with itself, was worked out ahead of time by Creative Labs and Apple. That's a first.

The Software -- is quite good and quite simple. You can customize it to play in zones, if that's your thing or adjust the quality of the sound and other minor changes. The software, from what I saw, doesn't appear to be a resource hog, nor has it been the culprit of crashes or bluescreens. If you don't use iTunes , you don't like to, or don't want to, this may be the only *real* problem one could face. The good thing is that it doesn't require you to depend on it as a player like other companies, or other devices do.

I can find no fault with this and I'm happy with the success of this device. I use it everyday now and I'm thoroughly pleased.

Well done ... a great idea to give as a gift for young or old as the ease of use with this is simple and the learning curve low. How about that for innovation?

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great product, once you can figure out how to get it to work., December 27, 2009

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J. Herman "Gem Nut" (Hilliard, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Wireless Audio Transmitter and Receiver Bundle (Personal Computers)

Everything works and sounds great once I figured it out. The instructions that came with it made it sound simple, plug this here, plug that there and (viola!) you're up and running. Don't believe it. After checking the Creative website for troubleshooting tips (again, no help), I stumbled upon the answer on my own. Using Windows 7, I went into the Control Panel, then Hardware & Sound, then the Sound option, where I had to select the Sound Blaster Wireless card as the default sound option. That redirected the sound from my computer speakers to the Blaster transmitter. I had to then reposition my computer in my home office so that my kitchen (with its big appliances) weren't directly between the transmitter and the receiver in my family room before the reception improved. But it does now work as expected. The lesson here is that, if it is made to sound simple, you can bet it is anything but. But if you know about changing the default playback device to the Blaster USB card, then make sure your transmitter won't have big obstacles (like metal appliances) between it and the receiver(s), you'll be fine.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Connection drops constantly, January 24, 2010

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Michael Stum - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Wireless Audio Transmitter and Receiver Bundle (Personal Computers)

Now, in theory this is a great device and it's really easy to setup: plug in the stick into the USB Port, hook to the receiver to your Audio System, press the connect button. Driver installation from CS is only needed if you want some of the advanced settings or things like listening to incoming sound from a Microphone. When it works, it is a really great device. Sadly for me, most of the time it doesn't work, the connection drops constantly for a fraction of a second which gives the sound quality of a radio that loses it's tuning all the time. The distance between the USB Stick and receiver is about 6 Meters, with no walls in between, only a wooden desk and human body. I do not know if the Wireless LAN is interfering, but that works perfectly fine. Overall, I had to replace it with a cable again.