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Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1 Card
Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
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EVGA NU Audio Card Sound
EVGA NU Audio Card
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Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 Sound Card
Focusrite Scarlett 2i4
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Roland Rubix 24 Sound Card
Roland Rubix 24
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2 editorial reviews
REVIEW - Are you looking for powerful sound combined with snazzy looks, from a company with decades of multimedia experience? I've been running someRead more
The Creative Sound Blaster X4 is a direct successor to the excellent Sound Blaster X3. This external USB sound card keeps everything good about its predecessor and adds a couple of interesting additions to the mix, most notably SmartComm Kit—a combination of features aimed at improving our online call quality.Read more
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At CES this year, EVGA announced their long-teased entry to the dedicated audio market with the NU Audio sound card. A result of a collaboration with Audio Note, this preview goes over the unboxing experience, and we disassemble the NU audio card to gain technical insights and learn about its components.Read more
The NU Audio is a brand new PCIe based sound card from the folks at EVGA designed for discerning audiophiles that want to hear their source materialRead more
The EVGA Nu Audio Sound Card Brings Entry-Level Audiophile Sound to the PCRead more
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3 editorial reviews
Hittin’ the third generationRead more
Focusrite have been listening to their users, and their new Scarletts deliver greatly enhanced low-latency performance among other improvements.Read more
The Focusrite Scarlett series has become one of the most recognizable families of interfaces on the market. High reliability and smooth workflow have...Read more
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32 user ratings
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4 stars
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3.8 out of 5
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5 stars
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4 stars
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Connectivity

Headphone outputs11
N/A
N/A
Microphone inputyesyesyesyes
Line-inyesyesyes
N/A
S/PDIF out portyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Analog 3.5mm output
N/A
N/A
00
Analogue RCA outputs
N/A
N/A
20
Headphone output
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Headphone output (3.5 mm)
N/A
N/A
00
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
N/A
11
Jack Plug input
N/A
N/A
22
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
N/A
22
Microphone Jack Plug (3.5mm)
N/A
N/A
00
XLR
N/A
N/A
22
Line-out
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Other connectors
N/A
N/A
MIDIMIDI
USB
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Design

Placement TypeExternalInternalExternalExternal
Colour of product
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Silver
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N/A

Audio properties

D/A audio24 bit / 96 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 96 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz
Audio quality24.0 bit32.0 bit24.0 bit
N/A
Noise level (SNR)
N/A
121.0 dB100.0 dB
N/A
Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
N/A
123.0 dB
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N/A

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