Creative Sound Blaster X-fi Elite Pro

by Creative Labs

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 7 x 12 inches ; 7.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000TKDRCE
• Item model number: 70SB055A00000
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Professional Audio Creation. Serious Gaming Performance. Xtreme Fidelity.

The Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro is the highest-quality, most feature-complete Sound Blaster ever developed. The "top of the line" Sound Blaster X-Fi solution, the Elite Pro includes all of the standard features, application software, power and performance capabilities of the entire family of Sound Blaster X-Fi cards, in addition to professional-quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with 116dB SNR, and an external break-out box that provides comprehensive connectivity for your headphones and all your audio gear.

Make the most of your latest recording
This smart sound card gives you a dedicated audio creation mode plus digital and analog connections for all of your audio gear. You'll get near transparent sample rate conversion, digital-matched recording, and ASIO recording with latency as low as one millisecond and zero CPU load for the most precise audio recording capabilities in any class!

Powerful gaming performance
Rejuvenate your games with faster, smoother frame rates, intense, realistic sound effects, and X-RAM that boosts audio quality and performance even further. The X-Fi audio processing engine boosts real game performance by more than 15% over ordinary motherboard audio.

Hear your enemies before they find you
Slip on your headphones or put your multichannel speakers to work for you with positional audio that's so accurate you can locate enemies by sound.

Battle in a realistic 3D soundscape
Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the room. EAX ADVANCED HD delivers realistic sound effects that take your gaming experience to the next level.

Revitalize your compressed game sounds
X-Fi Crystalizer makes gunshots sound crisp and sharp and explosions really boom for the most intense gaming experience yet.

Make MP3s sound better than CDs
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.

Experience cinematic DVD movie sound
Get THX certified surround sound plus PowerDVD software featuring DTS and Dolby Digital-EX decoding for cinematic DVD movie playback (free download with purchase).

Turn stereo music and movies into surround sound
X-Fi CMSS-3D technology expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into surround sound over multichannel speakers, stereo speakers or even headphones. Experience headphone surround sound so good, you'll swear you're listening to multichannel speakers. Voices are centered in front of you and ambient sounds are moved all around you.

Enjoy clearer voice chat
Hear the difference Sound Blaster X-Fi makes to your voice communications. Whether you're chatting in game or catching up with distant friends, every voice comes through loud and clear.

Control it all from your couch
Browse through your music, movies and pictures with the X-Fi wireless remote and Entertainment Center software.

Protect Your Investment
Sound Blaster X-Fi products include 1-year parts and labor warranties and 60 days of complimentary telephone support. By purchasing a Creative Care Protection Plan within the first 90 days of ownership, you can protect your investment by extending the hardware coverage and telephone support of your product to 2 years from your original purchase date.

Product Description

Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro grabs the highest quality, most feature-rich sound card in its class. Pro-audio gear, top-shelf home theater sound, and gaming domination in one solution. Put a powerful audio conversion engine to work for you.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ideal, December 1, 2007

By 

GH Lapworth - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Sound Blaster X-fi Elite Pro (Personal Computers)

This card and module are just what is needed. Easy to use, easy to install, easy solution for connecting optical lines to your Home Theater Receiver. Module is a bit large though. Bit pricey but worth the money.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent soundcard, but some issues with XP, May 19, 2008

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D. Nielson (Ashford, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Sound Blaster X-fi Elite Pro (Personal Computers)

This is an awesome soundcard, to put it short. It provides incredible sound quality, and the external box allows you to connect a myriad of sound devices. I did have issues with installing the software on XP. If I would install the software provided on the included disc, it would all install, but I would get no sound. Finally I contacted creative and they told me to download the driver off their website. Doing that, I got sound and everything is good. Except I now can't use all of the other software that was included, on XP that is. I'm running both XP and Vista on the same PC. Installing the software onto Vista was a breeze. No problems whatsoever. I have yet to find the proper setting to make my headset's microphone work in games.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Xtreme Sound, December 23, 2007

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Felix R. Beveraggi (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Sound Blaster X-fi Elite Pro (Personal Computers)

This sound card has everything you expect from it. The clarity of sound is amazing, and all the controls right at your finger tips, nice! It's very easy to install, just make sure your system meets or, preferably, exceeds the minimum requirements. It is a little bit expensive, but it's worth it. Great for musicians and recording enthusiasts, as well as gamers. It's the best there is...