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Article: Best Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live.(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
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- Computer Shopper
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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Monitor the applause of our readers, and you'll find that they like what they hear in Creative Labs' $174 Sound Blaster Live sound board. Like so many Sound Blasters before it, the Live card is packed with an over-the-top feature set, terrific documentation, and a huge software bundle.
Our readers also appreciate the Sound Blaster's bulletproof Plug and Play setup procedures and seeming invulnerability to the crippling hardware incompatibilities that once made sound-board installation a nightmarish experience.
Another plus is the Live's comprehensive selection of analog and digital connectors, which include four-channel speaker outputs, S/PDIF ins and ...