推荐型号：DIGITAL MUSIC PREMIUM HD、Sound Blaster ZxR/ZX/Z、Audigy 4 SeriesII、 Audigy 5、AE-5、SOUND BLASTER X7
Creative is translated as "Chuangju, Chuangtong" in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and "Innovation" in Chinese mainland. The Sound Blaster series is believed to be the collective memory of countless older generation players. It can be said that the status of innovation in the sound card industry is the same as Intel in the chip industry and Microsoft in the software industry, which is the standard in the industry.
Although innovation is not the inventor of the sound card, it has led the revolution of multimedia audio, after the emergence of the innovative Sound Blaster, the development history of the sound card is largely the development process of innovation, from mono to 8bit/16bit/44.1kHZ The improvement is almost all the credit of innovation, and the contribution to PC hardware audio is unparalleled. Innovation claims to be the "global leader in digital entertainment products", and innovation does deserve this title.
The biggest difference between innovation and the vast majority of sound card manufacturers lies in its development model: it is not only a sound card production and sales manufacturer, but also attaches great importance to chip development, and is one of the very few manufacturers with chip research and development capabilities. This model allows innovation to obtain greater profits while mastering the core technology. Relying on this development model, innovation has achieved great success, after the acquisition of Ensoniq, E-MU, Aureal and other companies are a dominant one, for a long time, other brands of sound cards compared to innovation is like the relationship between green leaves and red flowers.
Due to the mastery of core technologies, innovation has repeatedly innovated in audio and PDE products, and has won the "CES Best Product Award" from G4techTV for three consecutive years. However, as the integrated sound card became more and more powerful, the number of independent sound cards gradually declined, and the total turnover of innovative sound cards also dropped from a maximum of 60% to 25%. But even so, the name of "innovation" is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the innovative A4, A5 and the innovative 5.1 sound card that has long been discontinued are still the most copycat models.
From the perspective of innovative sound card product line, it is still mainly based on audio-visual games, focusing on sound quality, just like its advertising slogan "Listen to crystal sound", since the 90s, this kind of sound card has been the mainstream of innovative sound cards. However, with the changes in the market environment, in addition to the DIGITAL MUSIC PREMIUM HD, which is still the main music playback product, many models have begun to slowly turn to other fields, such as the Sound BlasterX G6 for the game market, and the Audigy 4/5 and K3 for the live broadcast market. Although there are still a lot of innovative sound card series, it is difficult to tell the difference between high and low, different series are more just different for the market, such as the X series will be more inclined to games, the Z series will be more oriented to games and HIFI, and Audigy is mainly aimed at live broadcast users.
If you are more concerned about HIFI effect, you can choose DIGITAL MUSIC PREMIUM HD (SB1240), this sound card uses CS5361 ADC chip, can support 24bit/192kHz, dynamic range of 114dB, can easily push headphones below 330Ω. Although the sound card is mainly stereo output,But it also has a recording function,As a USB external sound card,Versatility,Not too picky equipment,PC or notebook users can consider,The current price of less than 800 yuan has also been quite attractive。 HOWEVER, DIGITAL MUSIC PREMIUM HD ONLY HAS TWO CHANNELS, WHICH IS NOT SUITABLE FOR SCENES SUCH AS FPS GAMES THAT REQUIRE "LISTENING AND POSITIONING".
If you want to meet the needs of HIFI music and gaming applications at the same time, you can choose the Sound Blaster Z series, which has three products: ZxR, ZX, and Z, all of which have built-in sound cards for PCI-E interfaces, and all three support hardware ASIO audio inflow/outflow. Among them, ZxR is positioned with high quality, using studio-level components, the signal-to-noise ratio and sampling rate are 124 db/192 kHz, respectively, and the price is about 2000 yuan, and the second-level Sound Blaster Zx is to remove the DBpro sub-plug-in of ZxR, and the signal-to-noise ratio is reduced to 116db, but the price is only half of ZxR, and the signal-to-noise ratio of the lowest level Sound Blaster Z is also 116db, but the external audio control module is removed, and the price is better, Less than 700 yuan. Comparatively speaking, the ZX is more cost-effective, while the Z will be more suitable for users with a small budget.
Live streaming users can consider the Audigy 4 Series II or Audigy 5, also known as the innovative A4 and A5. Innovative A4 second generation is PCI interface,Using EMU 10K2 chip,Signal-to-noise ratio106db,Support native ASIO and KX driver,Reverberation、Evasion and other common functions for live broadcast are not lacking,And the price of less than 250 yuan is probably one of the cheapest brand live sound cards in the world,InnovationA5The overall quality is equivalent to A4,But the interface has been changed to PCI-E,And the optical fiber digital output has been added,You can connect an external power amplifier,Additional support600Ω headphones,The price is about 500 yuan, Compared to the A4, it is almost doubled, and you can freely choose according to your budget and actual needs.
