

It is hard to quantify this, but we noticed an increased range for bass and treble notes as well as a distinct lack of interference. There is a jump in quality from on-board audio - we used the mid-range desktop P35C-DS3R from Gigabyte as a benchmark - when changing to the Sound Blaster X-Fi Go. It doesn't take up much hard drive space but it does fall prey to the Creative buzzword phenomenon though - every single feature has a catchy name or jumble of letters.

The included software does its job well in both Windows XP and Vista and provides a wide range of functionality.
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In addition it has 1GB of flash memory, so you can store music, a movie or games without an additional flash drive. All of this is stored on the device itself. It features X-Fi Crystaliser, CMSS 3D headphone surround sound, EAX 4.0, OpenAL, VoiceFX and Creative’s ALchemy software suite. Nonetheless, the Sound Blaster X-Fi Go has plenty of software trickery to get the best out of your headphones. For that you will need to get the pricier Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 from Creative. One microphone port and a single headphone jack are on the end of the stick 5.1 surround sound is nowhere to be found. This essentially means that, in addition to laptops and desktops, you can also hook it up to gaming consoles like Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.
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It will not work with Macintosh or Linux operating systems, though - so first generation Macbook Pro owners are still out of luck. However, thats not an issue with Creatives Sound BlasterX G6, as its powered via USB.

You can plug the Sound Blaster X-Fi Go into any Windows computer and listen to your heart’s content. With an external device, this interference is greatly reduced. A computer case is a Faraday cage of electromagnetic interference this manifests itself as static in the audio signal coming out your speakers or headphones. Shop online at for wireless speakers and computer soundbars, Bluetooth headphones, Sound Blaster sound cards, gaming headsets. The main advantage that USB sound cards have is that they don't suffer from interference.
