Creative Sound Blaster X4 vs X3: A Big Upgrade?
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Date: 2022-03-15
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Comments and reviews: 8
TNM001
i'm pretty fed up with Creative now because of drivers.
have a G6 here and the drivers just act up, reproducably producing popping and crackling sounds (using the native win-driver does not) and thats just unacceptable after all this time on the market.
i use it without drivers now which is like having 1/2 the product (use any 40$ usb-dongle with mic-in if you need that, or a DAC if not, 1/3 the price.
i would not touch a X3 or X4 with a 10 foot pole, same problems have been reported with the X3 and there is NO reason to believe the X4 will do better.
its a sad state of affairs.
p. s. i used a x-fi music for years with Danial. K drivers but he retired. the upgrade to the G6 was not worth it and i don't know of alternative drivers for it.
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i'm pretty fed up with Creative now because of drivers.
have a G6 here and the drivers just act up, reproducably producing popping and crackling sounds (using the native win-driver does not) and thats just unacceptable after all this time on the market.
i use it without drivers now which is like having 1/2 the product (use any 40$ usb-dongle with mic-in if you need that, or a DAC if not, 1/3 the price.
i would not touch a X3 or X4 with a 10 foot pole, same problems have been reported with the X3 and there is NO reason to believe the X4 will do better.
its a sad state of affairs.
p. s. i used a x-fi music for years with Danial. K drivers but he retired. the upgrade to the G6 was not worth it and i don't know of alternative drivers for it.
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lumbeeman01
It makes me want to pull my hair out when people say - onboard is better than a separate card- or - I couldn't tell the difference-
Either they have sound hearing issues or they have something in their setup all wrong.
It is like saying, the 5 dollar earbuds you get at the gas station is just as good as a flagship pair of cans. SMDH
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It makes me want to pull my hair out when people say - onboard is better than a separate card- or - I couldn't tell the difference-
Either they have sound hearing issues or they have something in their setup all wrong.
It is like saying, the 5 dollar earbuds you get at the gas station is just as good as a flagship pair of cans. SMDH
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Tommy
I rather spend a little bit extra for a nicer dac+amp stack like the Schiit Modi+Magni/Vali stack, Topping E30+L30 stack, iFi Zen Dac+Can stack, or the JDS Atom stack. This dac/amp don't even have a headphone port for 6. 3mm jacks like the one that the Sennheiser HD 600 uses.
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I rather spend a little bit extra for a nicer dac+amp stack like the Schiit Modi+Magni/Vali stack, Topping E30+L30 stack, iFi Zen Dac+Can stack, or the JDS Atom stack. This dac/amp don't even have a headphone port for 6. 3mm jacks like the one that the Sennheiser HD 600 uses.
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Jozsef
I love, how everybody forget to tell the issues with the creative app and sxfi. Both of them are trash, keep crashing. SXFI cant even log in every time. I would not recommend that product, because of the shit app. Stay with the mb audio and dont throw money out for that
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I love, how everybody forget to tell the issues with the creative app and sxfi. Both of them are trash, keep crashing. SXFI cant even log in every time. I would not recommend that product, because of the shit app. Stay with the mb audio and dont throw money out for that
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Varinder
Thanks for the review as I have the X3 and wanted to know what the X4 brought to the table. Love my X3 and will stick with it. One of the big reasons for the X3 is the 5. 1 setup for my speakers which take so much of the headache away for a proper multi speaker setup.
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Thanks for the review as I have the X3 and wanted to know what the X4 brought to the table. Love my X3 and will stick with it. One of the big reasons for the X3 is the 5. 1 setup for my speakers which take so much of the headache away for a proper multi speaker setup.
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Andres
I have the X3 and the X4 is NOT worth the upgrade.
I do love my X3. It does everything what my last Soundblaster Z also did. but then extern and not in my system.
This was the most importend for me since my Gpu sits vertical and blocking all my pcie slots.
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I have the X3 and the X4 is NOT worth the upgrade.
I do love my X3. It does everything what my last Soundblaster Z also did. but then extern and not in my system.
This was the most importend for me since my Gpu sits vertical and blocking all my pcie slots.
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Vincent
I have the X4. It sounds great but the creative app and especially the sxfi app for windows crashes constantly. I wish they would put development time on the apps considering you need them both or even better put the sxfi function in the creative app.
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I have the X4. It sounds great but the creative app and especially the sxfi app for windows crashes constantly. I wish they would put development time on the apps considering you need them both or even better put the sxfi function in the creative app.
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Jinx
Are these things worth it for a stereo setup? I had a Z and it was no better than the onboard. Both were a downgrade on the onboard Sound Blaster my old 4690k's Gigabyte board came with. Wish I could get that chip in an add in board.
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Are these things worth it for a stereo setup? I had a Z and it was no better than the onboard. Both were a downgrade on the onboard Sound Blaster my old 4690k's Gigabyte board came with. Wish I could get that chip in an add in board.
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