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Creative Labs Xmod USB Sound Card for PC & Mac
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Manufacturer: Creative Labs
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List Price: $84.99
Lowest Sale Price: $23.18
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Product Description

The Creative Xmod USB sound device makes music and movies sound better than studio quality with X-Fi technology. It restores details and vibrance your music and movies lost during compression, making them richer and fuller, and expands stereo sound into virtual surround sound with headphones or stereo speakers. Plus, it works with both PCs and Macs and is truly plug-and-playo software installation neededo you can plug it in and start using it right out of the box.

Product Details

  • Device Type - Sound card
  • Interface Type - External
  • Localization - English
  • Sound Output Mode - Multi channel

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Customer Reviews

it is OK
 
Review Date: March 15, 2010
Reviewer: sena kiyoka,
I bought this product since my computer's on board sound microchip was broken.

The quality is OK. I am not a specialist of music, so it is OK for this price.
I hope this product have little more volume. it bit quiet.

I personally I do not like to use effect, but I think it is good for the people who like adding effects.

some of people said it has hiss noise but I do not hear hiss. It must be depend on the location of the product or computer.

So far it is OK
So good I got another
 
Review Date: February 22, 2010
Reviewer: nbriza, Texas
Works great n my laptop that I bought another one to use in my garage/man cave system. So much better than trying to connect the headphone out to a stereo system.
Problem Solver
 
Review Date: February 21, 2010
Reviewer: Viz,
Had a couple of Dells that were upgraded to Windows 7 for the kids, and of course the sound cards didn't work. Bought this USB external to plug in the speakers/sub woofer and boom, music. It has a couple of cool features to modify the sound, and overall it is excellent. Solved a problem for little money. I also like the fact I can now plug this into any computer, and have sound ( you still need your speaker system). Took a little trip, brought the macbook pro, the Creative Labs and small speakers, and we had music!!!
Dysfunctional on Arrival
 
Review Date: February 11, 2010
Reviewer: Paul Dinu,
Beautifully packaged - Easy to use - Didn't DO much - Overpriced for what it did - My particular sample cut in and out (internal short? poor quality control for sure.)
better than on-board sound, but X-Fi effects are lo-fi
 
Review Date: February 3, 2010
Reviewer: Music Fan Jeff, San Francisco, CA United States
I purchased the Xmod to use at work since I cannot install any internal hardware or software on that pc and have been stuck living with the very mediocre sound provided by the on-board sound (not strong enough to drive some earbuds, buzzing sound with some speakers).

I have used the Xmod with two different sets of earbuds, the Etymotic 6i and the Ultimate Ears Triple.Fi 10 Pro. I have also listened with a very inexpensive pair of computer speakers that doesn't even have a brand on them.

With either set of earbuds as well as the speakers, the Xmod provides much better sound: more clear, ability to play louder, fuller bass, and clearer treble. That's the good news.

The bad: Both of the X-Fi effects substantially deteriorate the sound quality when listening to the UE earbuds (recently available for a steal here at Amazon but usually priced over $300). The CMSS effect adds a lot of distortion and phase errors. The Crystalizer effect has an impact similar to jacking up the bass and treble controls on a stereo (i.e., an old-fashioned loudness switch). Given that the UE already has ample bass and, in fact, has quite a nicely balanced sound, the Crystalizer merely serves to muck up the sound quality. The results with the Etymotic earbuds (which normally sell for less than 1/3 what the EU's cost) were more mixed. I still preferred the sound with both controls off, though the Crystalizer did add some bass region warmth that's missing from the typically lean sounding Etys. With the cheap speakers, I didn't much mind the impact of either effect but I cannot say that I thought they offered much of an improvement, either -- just a change in the sound.

My opinion, based on this limited amount of experience with different ancillary equipment, leads me to believe that the people who will be most pleased by the effects included in the Xmod will be those using very inexpensive speakers and/or headphones.

The Xmod is in no way worth the suggested retail price. It's currently available from many Marketplace sellers for approximately $30, which seems a little expensive but isn't too out of line for a device that's this easy to install and use and that does, at least, provide an improvement in the most basic function it serves.

Ps. The manufacturer's claims for this device are simply ludicrous. You cannnot take a lossily compressed mp3 file and add back what's missing to even approach much less exceed the sound that existed in the original studio. I guess Creative Labs is VERY creative with their marketing hype.

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