The Sound Blaster X7 delivers an incredibly strong price/performance ratio. If it had HDMI in and out (and the ability to decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio) it would be darn near perfect.

In the 1990s, Creative was the go-to firm for beige box PC sound cards, but that market has since dried up thanks to integrated motherboard audio. More recently, the company has been busy reinventing ...

Creative Technology's Sound Blaster X7 is designed to be a powerful amplifier in a compact box. The device is slated to cost $400. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager, Editor Former CNET editor Dong Ngo ...

Physical installation of the Sound Blaster ZxR is a cinch as long as you're careful and pay attention to the slot you're trying to shove the main card into. You can use any available PCI-E slot -- 1x, ...