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Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1 Card
Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
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Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 Sound Card
Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
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RME Fireface 800 Sound Card
RME Fireface 800
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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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The new audio interface from Focusrite offers an awful lot, for an awful lot less than you'd think. Let's find out what it can do...Read more
Another quality audio interface from the Saffire stableRead more
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RME's Fireface 800 brings together all of the company's expertise in developing audio hardware for computers, mic preamps and converters into one highly desirable unit. But can you really fit so much functionality into one interface without cutting corners?Read more
The UFX adds USB, DSP and a host of goodies to this interface rangeRead more
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User rating
32
4.0 out of 5
32 user ratings
5 stars
31 %
4 stars
37 %
3 stars
31 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
50
4.2 out of 5
50 user ratings
5 stars
42 %
4 stars
38 %
3 stars
18 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
0 %
49
3.8 out of 5
49 user ratings
5 stars
26 %
4 stars
36 %
3 stars
26 %
2 stars
10 %
1 stars
0 %

Connectivity

Headphone outputs1
N/A
1
Microphone inputyesyesyes
Line-inyes
N/A
yes
S/PDIF out portyes
N/A
yes
Analog 3.5mm output
N/A
0
N/A
Analogue RCA outputs
N/A
0
N/A
Headphone output
N/A
yesyes
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
21
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
84
XLR
N/A
84
Other connectors
N/A
  • Digital coaxial input
  • Digital coaxial output
  • Digital optical input
  • Digital optical output
  • Firewire
  • MIDI
  • Thunderbolt
  • Digital coaxial input
  • Digital coaxial output
  • Digital optical input
  • Digital optical output
  • Firewire
  • MIDI
USB
N/A
nono
Jack Plug input
N/A
N/A
8
Line-out
N/A
N/A
yes
S/PDIF in port
N/A
N/A
yes

Design

Placement TypeExternalExternalExternal

Audio properties

D/A audio24 bit / 96 kHz24 bit / 96 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz
Audio quality24.0 bit
N/A
24.0 bit
Noise level (SNR)
N/A
109.0 dB110.0 dB
Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
N/A
N/A
103.0 dB

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Often compared with RME Fireface 800

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Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56
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