Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Internal Sound Card (70SB035000003)

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Product Description

The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum expands the award winning Sound Blaster Audigy 2 with 24-bit ADVANCED HD audio, THX certification and Advanced Resolution DVD-Audio playback. Plays back stereo recordings, including MP3/WMA, CD, VCDs & DVDs in 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 surround Requires PCI slot, 5-1/4 Drive Bay, Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 SP2 & XP

Product Specification

Binding:: Electronics
Brand:: Creative Labs
EAN:: 0054651060739
Feature:: Front Panel Audigy 2 ZS Internal I/O Drive
Superior Fidelity 24-bit ADVANCED HD Audio
THX Certified Sound Card for Cinematic Audio
Advanced Resolution 24-bit DVD-Audio Playback
Ultra-realistic EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD Effects
Label:: Creative Labs
Manufacturer:: Creative Labs
Model:: 70SB035000003
ProductGroup:: CE
Publisher:: Creative Labs
Studio:: Creative Labs
Title:: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Internal Sound Card (70SB035000003)
UPC:: 054651060739
MPN:: 70SB035000003

Customer Reviews

Awesome Audio Card

I use my computer to sing KaraOK. I upgraded the audio card from a integrated one to this Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum. The sound quality has been greatly improved as I listen to the playback: I no longer hear noise and the voice became more dynamic.It is easy to install the card. Just disable the previous one, shut down the computer and install the hardware, start the computer, follow the instruction of the manual to install the software and then it worked great. P.S. my OS is Windows XP SP...

7/18/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Great sound quality

I don't watch movies or play games on computers. So this review is only based on my experience on listening to music through this sound card. To be more specific, optical output is the only thing I use on this sound card.I had an old sound card (Hercules GameSurround II) that has an optical output connected to my receiver via a 12-ft cable. It's better than onboard sound, but I can hear the difference between that sound and the same CD played in the DVD player also connected to the same receiver...

10/30/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Run Screaming in the Opposite Direction

I thought this would be a nice upgrade from the SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 , which had good performance. Upon initial install None of the audio applications are finding the card. This includes the MediaSource that comes with the Card.Hmmm.. It seems that to really uninstall the SB Live! first you must follow a page long proceedure outlined in a service ID file at Creative Tech suppport but not mentioned in the install instructions...another hour and two more reboots, and now my Live Card and all its...

1/8/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Good sound, convenient I/O box, but still has problems

The Good News: The hardware is all first rate. The I/O panel box is a wonderful and convenient. It looks good, and works very good.The Bad News: Unfortunately, Creative clearly employs freshman software school engineers. In the more than two years that Windows XP has been out, Creative STILL has not figured out how to write compatible software and drivers for XP and SP1. It is maddening and pure frustration should your system crash or freeze after doing the creative installation. Calling Creative...

7/28/2004 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Hyper Threaded Processor Users Beware

The good about this card:It sounds great and has nice inputs.The bad about this card:It constantly crashes my Windows XP Pro box.After much searching I found that Creative has problems with Hyper Threaded or Multi-Processor systems.If you have one AVOID THIS CARD LIKE THE PLAGUE.Creative's idea??Disable Hyper Threading.My idea??Buy a different brand of sound card!...

6/9/2004 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews