Creative Sound Blaster X1: audio solution “the size of a finger”

According to the announcement, Creative’s new Sound Blaster X1 uses its own Acoustic Engine technology and “the multi-award-winning” Super X-Fi headphone holography, which is intended to emulate the soundstage of a multi-speaker system. Although the adapter is “only the size of a finger”, thanks to a high-end DAC (128 dB AKM4377 32-bit) and a Ti/Burr-Brown INA1620 dual-audio operational amplifier, high-resolution and immersive multi-channel audio is to be achieved authentic reproduction are offered, according to the press release.

The Sound Blaster X1 is suitable for both PC and Mac. Users have access to the “Sound Blaster Acoustic Engine” via the Creative Desktop App, with which there should be numerous setting options for sound processing technologies. For example, “Sound Blaster Surround Virtualization” is intended to offer a wide sound spectrum for audio playback of films, music and games, while “CrystalVoice” technology is intended to offer a variety of intelligent adjustments for voice chat and conference calls.

Creative Sound Blaster X1: audio solution “the size of a finger”

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These include automatic volume adjustment via “SmartVolume”, “Acoustic Echo Cancellation” against reverberation and “SmartComms Kit” against background noise as well as automatic muting of inactive conversation partners. In addition, professionally tuned audio and game presets are said to be available, while a scout mode is said to make subtle audio cues more recognizable, “so that players are always one step ahead of their fellow players”. Ultimately, ear mapping via the SXFI app should be able to adapt the sound to the user’s ears. The Sound Blaster X1 is priced at 69.99 euros Available from Creative’s online storewhile it is currently in the PCGH price comparison no listing yet.