Shortly after returning from CES, I wrote a preview of the Sound Blaster Extigy. Before the show I hadn't heard dick about the Extigy, so it was a very exciting presentation. My hopes were high after ...

Creative Technology Ltd., which recently returned to the black, is banking on its latest external USB sound card to boost profits, but some analysts suggest market hype might be overdone. The Sound ...

Great ideas always seem obvious in hindsight. That said, our first reaction to the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Extigy ($135 street) was to wonder why nobody else is selling a consumer-friendly ...

Recently Creative Labs have released the Extigy soundcard. This is basically an External Audigy Soundcard connected via the USB port. Personally I think the device is amazing. The Sound quality, ...

The concept of an external sound card connected via the USB port isn’t a new one. Both Altec Lansing and Microsoft have already offered USB-based solutions that made it possible to do without a sound ...

Limited bandwidth of the universal serial bus (USB) can affect the sound quality when the system gets really busy with multiple tasks Needs a dedicated USB channel Verdict: High-performance gamers, ...

Anyone have any experience with these? I was thinking of getting one. My laptop sound is not that great. It may be a marginal option for me. The main apprehension that I have is that I use the laptop ...

Good point...<P>Though if it's basically an audigy in a box, it wouldn't do 5.1...<P>4.1 is a misnomer... it's a crossover doing the work, there is no actual .1 ...

Most of the goods at CES were, naturally, consumer electronics. However, I did make the rounds to check out some of the gaming specific hardware. While I saw some neat wheels and controllers from our ...

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