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10 editorial reviews
There's no question that the Sound BlasterX G5 amplifies and enhances the sound coming through your headphones or speakers, and the upmixing to 7.1 surround sound in gaming, movies, and music is solid.Read more
Introduction Creative has a long-running history in the PC audio world, having created some of the most popular audio hardware of several generations, such as headsets, amplifiers, sound cards, speakers and more. Today, we have their new G5 desktop amplifier at our disposal and we're really eager to see and hear what it has to offer, especially since it's not been too long since we reviewed their flagship X7 desktop amp and were nothing short of blown away by its level of features, performance, and design, even if it was a bit of a wallet buster. However, their new G5Read more
Introduction Creative has a long-running history in the PC audio world, having created some of the most popular audio hardware of several generations, such as headsets, amplifiers, sound cards, speakers and more. Today, we have their new G5 desktop amplifier at our disposal and we're really eager to see and hear what it has to offer, especially since it's not been too long since we reviewed their flagship X7 desktop amp and were nothing short of blown away by its level of features, performance, and design, even if it was a bit of a wallet buster. However, their new G5Read more
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5 editorial reviews
Boosted audio for PCs and consoles alikeRead more
Creative are known for making excellent audio products and more for gamers. Everyone has built in soRead more
Creative's Sound BlasterX G6 is here to improve your audio.Read more
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General

Number of channels7.17.17.15.1
Sound Type
N/A
StereoSurroundSurround
Interface Type
N/A
USBUSBPCI

Connectivity

Headphone outputs211
N/A
Microphone inputyesyesyesyes
Line-inyesyesyesyes
S/PDIF in portyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
S/PDIF out portyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Analog 3.5mm output
N/A
0
N/A
3
Analogue RCA outputs
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Headphone output
N/A
yes
N/A
no
Headphone output (3.5 mm)
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Jack Plug input
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Microphone Jack Plug (3.5mm)
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
XLR
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Line-out
N/A
yesyesyes
Other connectors
N/A
  • Digital optical input
  • Digital optical output
N/A
  • Digital optical input
  • MIDI
  • Analogue 3.5mm input/Line-in
  • Analogue 3.5mm input/Line-in
USB
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A

Audio properties

Noise level (SNR)88.0 dB120.0 dB
N/A
N/A
Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)96.0 dB120.0 dB130.0 dB
N/A
Audio quality16.0 bit24.0 bit32.0 bit16.0 bit
D/A audio
N/A
24 bit / 192 kHz
N/A
16 bit / 48 kHz

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