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Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1 Card
Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
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Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 Sound Card
Focusrite Scarlett 2i4
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Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 Sound Card
Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6
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Roland Rubix 24 Sound Card
Roland Rubix 24
Editiorial reviews
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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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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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If you want an affordable audio interface that also offers control of your modular system, read on...Read more
It has all the features, but it's the software that tips the balanceRead more
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User rating
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4.0 out of 5
32 user ratings
5 stars
31 %
4 stars
37 %
3 stars
31 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
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3.8 out of 5
49 user ratings
5 stars
36 %
4 stars
24 %
3 stars
24 %
2 stars
8 %
1 stars
6 %
50
4.0 out of 5
50 user ratings
5 stars
36 %
4 stars
32 %
3 stars
26 %
2 stars
4 %
1 stars
2 %
50
4.0 out of 5
50 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
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3 stars
14 %
2 stars
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Connectivity

Headphone outputs1
N/A
N/A
N/A
Microphone inputyesyesyesyes
Line-inyesyes
N/A
N/A
S/PDIF out portyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Analog 3.5mm output
N/A
000
Analogue RCA outputs
N/A
200
Headphone output
N/A
yesyesyes
Headphone output (3.5 mm)
N/A
000
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
111
Jack Plug input
N/A
222
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
222
Microphone Jack Plug (3.5mm)
N/A
000
XLR
N/A
212
Line-out
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Other connectors
N/A
MIDI
  • Digital coaxial input
  • Digital coaxial output
  • MIDI
MIDI
USB
N/A
yesyesyes

Design

Placement TypeExternalExternalExternalExternal

Audio properties

D/A audio24 bit / 96 kHz24 bit / 96 kHz24 bit / 96 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz
Audio quality24.0 bit24.0 bit
N/A
N/A
Noise level (SNR)
N/A
100.0 dB98.3 dB
N/A

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