I have always enjoyed all the extra options, the above and beyond work done by the teams over the years to make sure not only the customers voice is heard with each new product, but that it is something I feel they look at from every usage angle to make sure you get the best use out of the components with the most pleasant and crystal clear experience possible, Creative is a brand I know I can trust, they listen to their customers, and I've never had any problems with support in the couple times I've dealt with them in

I bought this for my PS4 to get virtual surround on my headphones, as well as experience hifi sound while gaming on it

In the past few years, there has been a growing awareness (or for the hardcore, a resurgence) of how virtual surround combined with great headphones provide an ideal gaming experience: private, immersive, no speaker placement issues, and high value

In MGSV, audio is very crisp, but bass is a little small and the sound stage is a bit narrow, but still a good experience

This isn't really something I would suggest to people who only casually care about audio OR are so passionate about it that they are willing to shell out thousands for the best audio experience possible

It is not the best stereo amplifier, but for powering a pair of bookshelf monitors that are connected to a computer, it does a pretty decent job

it does a great job and is in a class of DACs of similar price range

Creative failed utterly to do a decent job filtering their inputs.4- Bluetooth connectivity and control

I wanted to keep the sound quality and SBX effects of my Sound Blaster Z and this so far has been doing the job well

Creative did an awesome job though accepting the return, and amazon did an awesome job with the return as well

I've reached out to [email protected] to see if we could work out a

The target audience wants good 2.1 stereo, a good headphone amplifier, and a good DAC all in one

To sum up what i have been waiting for for such a long time, here it is:a device that combines:- an excellent DAC- an excellent headphone amplifier- a stereo amplifier or support for 2.1- some processing power / fancy features to add a little extraFirstly, the x7 is an excellent DAC

I actually like Creative's "bass" setting here and find a little boost pleasurable

I actually like Creative's "bass" setting here and find a little boost pleasurable

Bass when using the XM7 speakers is enough that I do not miss the dedicated sub in the Z-5500s, and that is quite a statement

I've reached out to [email protected] to see if we could work out a

DAC and Texas Instruments' headphone amp is easily revealing detailed minutia such as reverb and the decay of drums, with solid, tight bass, mesmerizing mids, and clean clean clean clear treble

although hd800 seems dry sounding but it can easily drive hd700 easily with strong bass impact and very comfortable for long term listening.

The X7 is a very good DAC, so much so that since I don't lose any entertainment value compared to the $420 Schiit Bifrost Uber and I gain all the extra features, I'd easily recommend it for gamers over the Bifrost

The sound quality is phenomenal, the DAC itself is stylish and built very nicely and offers loads of connectivity options as well

The amount of options for connectivity this DAC has is astounding

worst dac ever, i was hoping it would be

The target audience wants good 2.1 stereo, a good headphone amplifier, and a good DAC all in one

This feature is essentially useless

I've reached out to [email protected] to see if we could work out a

To sum up what i have been waiting for for such a long time, here it is:a device that combines:- an excellent DAC- an excellent headphone amplifier- a stereo amplifier or support for 2.1- some processing power / fancy features to add a little extraFirstly, the x7 is an excellent DAC

I'm loving the blue tooth "remote control" feature, which allows me to walk out the room with my phone controlling the song and such

The X7 is a very good DAC, so much so that since I don't lose any entertainment value compared to the $420 Schiit Bifrost Uber and I gain all the extra features, I'd easily recommend it for gamers over the Bifrost

This is the best DAC/AMP combo for PC gaming you can buy.

I have a better amp for my living room, but this is set up at my computer and is perfect for its use as a stereo amp for playing music here and there, playing youtube videos, etc

The X7 offers a surround DSP, desktop DAC, desktop headphone amp, passive speaker amp [!], and beam forming microphone

The sound quality is excellent, the bluetooth capabilities are awesome, and the internal amp as well as the included higher output power supply have me looking at expensive

For the price, there are much better DAC/AMP combos, which is why in the end I returned it.

Audio quality is great, it drives the bass on these headphones very

First off occasionally this will default to the built in microphone (which has atrocious sound quality)

The sound quality is amazing though sounds a lot clearer than the MixAmp

This is a great device for portable studio quality audio and beaming audio to it to play loudly on passive banana-plug type speakers

-Other reviews say shaky quality.

As a theater solution for the home we've found the Creative X7 to be almost everything we need, we can hear and enjoy the full audio from films

A solid audio solution that handles headphones (and mic) connections as well as a variety of speaker and audio configuration options

I went from the Sound Blaster ZxR audio card (which died just

A solid audio solution that handles headphones (and mic) connections as well as a variety of speaker and audio configuration options

That all has to do with Xbox simply not supporting USB audio, and the PS4 being unable to "see" the X7's mic among all its other features

it almost deserves 5 stars.in regards to reliability, I've been using Creative Sound Blaster products for years, in my PC, on the go, and in both home and gaming environments

I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone, Unless you needed a paper weight,

On the other side of the coin, there are certainly going to be "audiophiles" who think that this product isn't good enough for how much it costs, or there are just better products out there despite the cost

Let me start off by saying I totally love this product, and so far it has been nothing but good to me

I would not recommend this product to anyone, at this price point there are certainly better options

When it finally works, the X7 is a mixed bag:--- 5.1 sound output is descent

I've started out with the Creative X7 getting feedback from the whole family by having it as a living room solution, its used for output from both my TV, Roku 3 playback, as well as our PS4

Then go to your Creative x7 Sound blaster under cinematic make sure you set the Dynamic Range Control to Night Mode

The X7 has no such volume issues because it's all digital, and you can rebalance the volume of your overall output, mic monitoring (hear yourself echo in your headphone), line-in, SPDIF-in, Bluetooth, USB Host, and SPDIF Out

This X7 limited edition comes with an exclusive ultra premium DAC and multi inputs

As a result, it saturates the input signal with moderate boosts, leading to popping, crackly output.

If you use any "chat" then the Mixamp actually loses some maximum volume output

the one I got had defunct headphone outputs on both plugs

The sound output for music is just plain awesome, we've been dancing around the living room all month to a full range tremendous albums we've played from the X7, and couldn't be any happier

The audio output from STEREO sources through this unit is simply phenomenal!

External mic options works fine as stated connected to PC, but with consoles is a no go.

I actually like Creative's "bass" setting here and find a little boost pleasurable

The options and configurations within the smartphone control seem almost unlimited, I still have so many different presets to go thru and try, I've been feeling like a kid in a candy store since it has arrived, and to be honest, I think in 6 months I'll still feel the same way

You would think if they would disable this option, they would provide HDMI

I would not recommend this product to anyone, at this price point there are certainly better options

I've reached out to [email protected] to see if we could work out a

Edit: Received the replacement, now working great.$400 for a unit that has idle static in the left ear, even when the usb is unplugged.

It produces loud static when listening over Bluetooth3

I actually like Creative's "bass" setting here and find a little boost pleasurable

I just cant comprehend why a 400$ piece of audio equipment has a noise floor and loud static coming out of the left channel

And yup, the passive speaker amp works well, but I found a cool use for it... check the video to see!

I have it connected to two passive speakers and when I turn this up all the way, the speakers blank out.

I've reached out to [email protected] to see if we could work out a

This is amazing and sounds great paired to a set of E-MU XM7 passive bookshelf speakers.

This is a great device for portable studio quality audio and beaming audio to it to play loudly on passive banana-plug type speakers