Creative Labs Sound Blaster Play! 3 External USB Sound Adapter for Windows and Mac. Plug and Play (No Drivers Required). Upgrade to 24-Bit 96Khz Playback

They advertised it for noise cancelling/voice calls but also for its dynamic eq and bass boost. The former is fine, the latter is lacking. Using with Sennheiser ie80s and there is no audio improvement over $10 generic DAC. I also compared it to Creatives own ifx DAC and that had better soundstage and volume (but costs $50-79 depending on sales). Obviously something like an Audiology dragonfly blows this out of the water (for $150). Not worth the $25 or so if youre after better audio quality, just get a generic USB C DAC.

My onboard audio quit, I just wanted someting that sounded decent. This device sounds just as good as the onboard audio sounded, maybe better!

Makes loading the Fire Stick way easier and the movies play non stop with wired internet

Funciona al 100%

So with my PCs built in sound card, the audio quality was always just ok. It was serviceable when I used a good pair of headphones but whenever I connected it to an external speaker via AUX cable, it would produce a horrible hissing sound and it would be a bit distorted at higher volumes. For reference that onboard sound card was the Realtek ALC892. I decided to upgrade from that and Im very glad that I did! This thing is great and as soon as I plugged it up and plugged in my headphones, I noticed a substantial improvement in the audio quality. All the issues I had with my onboard sound card were gone. The mic quality seems to be good too, though I havent tested it quite as extensively. I also like how i can use this multiple devices (at different times of course). It works great with macOS too. Creative (the vendor) also provides a companion sound software where you can adjust various audio settings and save those settings as presets on your PC or Mac. In all, great external sound card! I know there are certainly better sound cards out there, but for the price, this cant be beat and will provide a noticeable improvement if youre coming from an older onboard sound card. 5/5!

I purchased the Sound Blaster Play! 3 to upgrade the audio quality from our Raspberry Pi. I was a little nervous about having to change default configuration settings on the RPi, but the latest Raspbian OS makes it super simple. I just plugged in the device after boot, the audio drivers were recognized automatically, and the only setting I changed was to make the sound card the default. I had everything up and running in less than 5 minutes, and the majority of that was finding a pair of headphones to test with and also an audio file to test with. The product is simple, lightweight, and the quality is excellent so far. I would highly recommend this product, especially if you are looking for an audio upgrade for the RPi that is cost effective.

Thank You Creative for this Sound Blaster ,I wondered if 96/24 bit would be noticable I got it August 2019 and it is truly amazing I can set it if I want to use it differently ,it is very customizable and my Sony AW-45 is also 96/24 and it was over $150 but this is the one I still keep on my Computer it replaces the not great Sound Card from my NUC or Dell Inspiron Duo sounds great now ,for the price it is amazing I would advise anyone who doesnt have DAC yet to get this one for $20 I see DAC running for $100 for 192/24 bit and when you get to 768/36 bit over $200 even Thousand plus I have a DAC now that is stronger but this one is for my Computer still Creative is a very good Company I would and have told a couple friends about it and definitely advise it ,I do not think Computers have good sound cards but this becomes the Computers sound card Thank You rsdno Update ***** This has lasted and sounds almost like my much lamented Kunlun ,it does take 15 or 20 minutes to set up but Creative almost gave me a gift for the price and that is great deal but this helped me to enjoy youtube and I hear music made specifically for a movie or TV it sounds awesome so if you dont have DAC or want your PC to sound great this Creative for well under $30 is a great buy and great sound but use the control panel and instructions rsdno

Ive been a believer in Soundblaster stuff for a VERY long time, but the last time I got/used one was an Audigy notebook card that had to be inserted in a PCMCIA slot, and tended to be very glitchy interacting with the OE audio card/drivers. Once it was working though ... fabulous. Now Ive moved on to a laptop with a PCIe/NVMe-based SSD boot drive running Windows 10, and as always, quickly realized its onboard sound card (Realtek) is junk for driving anything other than the teeny onboard speakers, so I went back to the Creative well to see what theyve been up to these days. I was very happy to find this inexpensive, USB-based, plug and play Soundblaster card that seemed like it had all the same basic functionality I needed/used in my old card, so I bought it. I primarily use this device for listening to music from my MP3 collection at my workstation, which is equipped with a pair of bookshelf Infinitys, an Infinity powered subwoofer, dedicated rack amp and 15-band stereo equalizer. The Realtek output from the laptop headphone jack is ok, but just doesnt deliver a signal with the gain/quality Im used to hearing from MY rig … like putting kerosene into the gas tank of a Ferrari. So I plugged this thing in; it really is plug and play easy; overrode the Realtek audio card with no trouble of any kind, and, without doing anything more than that, I noticed a big improvement in both sound quality and signal gain. However, I still wasnt totally blown away like I was with my original Soundblaster card, and just figured, e.g., oh well, whaddya expect for $20? Then I remembered Creative has its own, custom drivers and software for this device, and figured Id try that and see if it made any difference. The answer to that question is a RESOUNDING yes. Another boost in gain, but more importantly, I now heard the same crystalline frequency separation/response that I loved about my old Soundblaster card. All that 24-bit Soundblaster mojo is still in this little gizmo, but you cant stop/settle at just plug and play on generic audio drivers ... you really have to download and install Creatives custom drivers/software to get the best performance out of their device. Anyway, hope the review helps ... I feel that, when used with Creatives drivers/software, this device delivers everything its supposed to, and is WELL worth the cost.

Bought this because my front panel headset jack wasnt working and I wanted to keep my speakers plugged into rear audio. This works great and solved my problem.

My gaming headphones were being a pain, so I bought this product. It works exactly as it states and required no fiddling around and messing with settings to work. Outstanding.