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Creative Sound Blaster Play!3 High Resolution USB
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Instantly Upgrade to High Resolution Audio
Once you upgrade from motherboard audio, you'll never go back to it again. The Sound Blaster PLAY! 3 provides such an upgrade, by giving you high resolution 24-bit 96kHz audio for your music, movies, and games.
Studio-Grade Listening
The Sound Blaster PLAY! 3 drives a wide range of headphones — from mobile phone earbuds and gaming headsets all the way to more expensive studio-grade headphones. The downloadable Control Panel software also includes optimized profiles for selected earphone brands.
Crisp Voice Communications and Recording
USB Connectivity greatly improves mic recording capabilities, giving you clean 24-bit 48kHZ quality for podcasts or in-game communications.
Great Connectivity
Simple, Fuss-Free, Plug-and-Play
Headphone Connectivity without Y-Splitter
Comes with Control Panel software for PC and Mac
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| Price | -31% $17.19 List: $24.99 | $10.90 | $19.99 | $9.99 | $19.99 | -6% $16.99 Typical: $17.99 |
| Delivery | Get it as soon as Monday, May 13 | — | Get it as soon as Monday, May 13 | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 |
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| Sold By | Creative Labs, Inc. | 4Evergreen - Creative Refurbished | 1MiiDirect | Vention Official Store | Creative Labs, Inc. | Tendak |
| hardware interface | usb | usb | usb | usb2.0 | usb | usb |
| audio output mode | Stereo | Surround | Stereo, Surround | Stereo | Surround | Stereo |
| surround channels | 5 1 | 5 1 | 7.1 | 5 1 | 5 1 | 5 1 |
| hardware platform | Headphones, PC | Headphones | PC, Gaming Consoles | Laptops, Speakers, Headphones | Headphones | Smartphones, Speakers, Laptops, Headphones, PC |
96 KHz | 192 KHz | 48 KHz | 48 KHz | 192 KHz | 48 KHz | |
| signal-to-noise ratio | 96 KHz | 110 decibels | — | — | 110 decibels | — |
| platform | windows | windows 10 | windows | linux, playstation 4, windows 10 | windows 10, mac os mojave 10 14, mac os big sur 11, playstation 4, playstation 5 | ios, android, linux |
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Software drivers significantly improves sound quality
I did not expect this sound card to make such a huge difference in my enjoyment of music from my laptop.I have Bower & Wilkins M-1 speakers, powered by an external amp wired to my laptop dock. Never really optimized this setup because this is just my workstation. Then I randomly saw this sound card on one late night Amazon browsing session. I remember having Sound Blaster cards in the 90s/00s, and although very few people buy sound cards today, I figured if I have B&W speakers, for $17, what the heck, let's just try it and return it if it sucks.When I first plugged it in, there was notable improvement: bass a little less muddled and higher clarity on the high-end, but you'll have to play music loudly to hear it. I did expect the improvement to be higher, so I was a bit disappointed, but at $17, it was still worth keeping. After all, sound DACs are pretty simple chips these days, and even laptop docks will have what we considered high-end DACs decades ago.But got bored and decided to install the drivers. Who installs drviers anyways, when it works out of the box? Anyway, I installed the Sound Blaster Play! 3 Control Panel (the official drivers), played with the settings, and WOW: ** My music came ALIVE. **Turning it off and on, it's just such a dramatic improvement. This might be the biggest upgrade I've bought to my sound system. 100% recommend! I'm so glad I took this chance.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024
I have Bower & Wilkins M-1 speakers, powered by an external amp wired to my laptop dock. Never really optimized this setup because this is just my workstation. Then I randomly saw this sound card on one late night Amazon browsing session. I remember having Sound Blaster cards in the 90s/00s, and although very few people buy sound cards today, I figured if I have B&W speakers, for $17, what the heck, let's just try it and return it if it sucks.
When I first plugged it in, there was notable improvement: bass a little less muddled and higher clarity on the high-end, but you'll have to play music loudly to hear it. I did expect the improvement to be higher, so I was a bit disappointed, but at $17, it was still worth keeping. After all, sound DACs are pretty simple chips these days, and even laptop docks will have what we considered high-end DACs decades ago.
But got bored and decided to install the drivers. Who installs drviers anyways, when it works out of the box? Anyway, I installed the Sound Blaster Play! 3 Control Panel (the official drivers), played with the settings, and WOW: ** My music came ALIVE. **
Turning it off and on, it's just such a dramatic improvement. This might be the biggest upgrade I've bought to my sound system. 100% recommend! I'm so glad I took this chance.
Color: For Windows and MacVerified Purchase
Software drivers significantly improves sound quality
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024
I did not expect this sound card to make such a huge difference in my enjoyment of music from my laptop.Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024
I have Bower & Wilkins M-1 speakers, powered by an external amp wired to my laptop dock. Never really optimized this setup because this is just my workstation. Then I randomly saw this sound card on one late night Amazon browsing session. I remember having Sound Blaster cards in the 90s/00s, and although very few people buy sound cards today, I figured if I have B&W speakers, for $17, what the heck, let's just try it and return it if it sucks.
When I first plugged it in, there was notable improvement: bass a little less muddled and higher clarity on the high-end, but you'll have to play music loudly to hear it. I did expect the improvement to be higher, so I was a bit disappointed, but at $17, it was still worth keeping. After all, sound DACs are pretty simple chips these days, and even laptop docks will have what we considered high-end DACs decades ago.
But got bored and decided to install the drivers. Who installs drviers anyways, when it works out of the box? Anyway, I installed the Sound Blaster Play! 3 Control Panel (the official drivers), played with the settings, and WOW: ** My music came ALIVE. **
Turning it off and on, it's just such a dramatic improvement. This might be the biggest upgrade I've bought to my sound system. 100% recommend! I'm so glad I took this chance.
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Carlos D
Works perfectly, and the application is useful
Reviewed in Canada on February 18, 2024Color: For Windows and MacVerified Purchase
Marcus Vinícius Salomé Mângia
Prático de se usar e boa qualidade.
Reviewed in Brazil on December 20, 2021Color: For Windows and MacVerified Purchase
Cliente de Amazon
Una excelente compra para escuchar y grabar
Reviewed in Mexico on October 1, 2020Color: For Windows and MacVerified Purchase
Sujan Baruah
Money well spent. Absolutely blown away with the impact and power output.
Reviewed in India on January 21, 2020Color: For Windows and MacVerified Purchase
RandomTechUser
Fine product, working as intended
Reviewed in Singapore on January 31, 2020Color: For Windows and MacVerified Purchase
