Creative Sound Blaster ZX

[josh6780]

what are your thoughts on this sound card the Creative Sound Blaster ZX https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Blaster-Performance-Headphone-Desktop/dp/B00A152RYG/ref=sr_1_7?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1461536236&sr=1-7&keywords=sound+card

 

[Lutfij]

IMHO, it's overpriced for the technology involved in it and the stand out feature on that bundle is it's hockey puck like volume control for your headphone's and mic. Driver support on creative isn't that well either since the card was launched at the height of Windows 7's success and apparently has drivers which work great on the aforementioned platform. You may or may not have issues running it on latter platforms but most on the www seem to be frustrated with Creative's lack of driver support(or lack of proper information relaying) once an issue crops up.

The question put on the side lines was, what sort of an audio equipment/system are you looking to pair the aforementioned sound card with? If only for headphones and recording you'd be better served with a lower priced solution and if a 5.1/7.1 surround sound setup, you'd also be capable of getting a different sound card with a better reputation.