Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer for $54.98 at staples

[dougjnn]

Yeah, sure good deal. If you don't want the game from the X-Gamer version, go for the cheapest Live! card you can find. Tey are all the same mechanically, excpet for the break out box on the Platinum series. (Which is only a convenience factor.)

Live and 5.1 Live! are different. But the only diff is that 5.1 live supports DVD center channel direct control of a center channel speaker. 4.1 works on 4.1 or 5.1 speaker systems (which latter adds a monitor top center speaker), but 4.1 Live! sound cards have to synthesize the center speaker, if you have one.

I personally think that center channel is a crock for close in computer/monitor speaker systems. Especially if you mostly care about MP3 sound / games on you computer, rather than DVD movies. Movies are often two talking heads dialog intesive, which is why the center channel was invented.

 

[zombie4rave]

Does anyone have a link for the $25 coupon?

 

[DarkManXY2G]

Damn that's a good price!! It is worth it for the games by themselves. I'm gonna have to run over to OD to check this out.

 

[dougjnn]

Staples coupons can be found at techbargins.com.

But -- does anyone have a link for the $15 Office Depot coupon mentioned earlier? That I can't find.

 

[kaiotes]

if anyone can find one at the listed price i'd be willing to buy it off of you. i'd pay S&H etc.
i don't need games, just the card.
my local OD no longer has any of 'em.
they all abandoning Creative labs stuff for some reason
kaiotes@mail.com
thanks

 

[1greatguy]

*bump* for a good sound card at a good price

i have the cheapy SB Live! and love it in games