Creative Delivers 5.1 Surround PC Style!
936956
The sound is amazing, hooked it into my PC and added the digital hookup to my Onkyo TX-SR-505 A/V amp/receiver and wow!  This audio card and speakers are outstanding.  True DTS HD audio and digital to boot.  Installation was a breeze, didn't even have to do any hard labor.  Caution though make sure you have at least 500 watt power supply, mine is 525 watts.  Creative comes with the software to make many adjustments that make listening to music (my thing) or video gaming worth it.  I did not use the microphone input but those that do video talk and such will like that feature.  One small thing; the surround speaker wires could be longer like they were with the 4.1 Creative system but you will not be disappointed with this equipment.  Individual volume control included.  You will need your own optical input cable for your amp/receiver to get the digital hookup.  This is worth it at the price when so much "junk" is coming out of China these days; my apologies, you can't go wrong with this one.  Buy, you won't be disappointed.  Oh, Amazon ships this equipment in a very, very tight protective package.
1734272
The Philips PSC70617 5.1 Channel Sound Card (aka Philips Acoustic Edge) beats the living daylights out of my old SoundBlaster Live! Value card. The only difference between Creative Lab's Live! Value cards and their more expensive Live! MP3+ and Live! X-Gamer cards is the addition of an optical I/O port that the Live! Value doesn't have. Otherwise, all the cards use the same audio chipset.
The Philips Acoustic Edge produces crisp and clear playback without any distortion, and the user has control over every aspect of the playback. Designed for a multitude of speaker system setups, this sound card beats out the rest hands down. Just be sure to get a good set of speakers to take full advantage of the card.
799014
Great at this price or even above it! Speakers/sub are tight and crisp even at almost full volume. I cannot go full volume because I think it would crack the windows! Now I've purchased a new computer which has Intel sound card capable of 7.1.  I'm looking around for center channel and rear surrounds. Any ideas/comments/ notbraveheart
1242349
You can't honestly rate it lower for features you'd expect in higher priced models. These are awesome speakers period. They feel and sound great. The audio is clear and the bass is an earthquake. Getting everything plugged in is pretty simple. Each speaker is individual with its own plug.

Just note that for surround you need a sound card that's capable of it, whether that's an external $15 Valink (what I'm using and it's plenty) to a $75 creative soundblaster or an internal desktop sound card if you're going that route. You'll need to configure these via your sound card software in order to get all of the speakers working properly as intended. There are workarounds if you can't, like using the AmazonBasics 5-Way Multi Headphone Splitter, though that's a bit suboptimal (friend confirms it works though). But hey, if you get sound from every speaker can it really be considered "wrong"? I would argue not!
3422772
Really good sound card. Bought this sound card as an open box item to replace my onboard card that went out. Was easy to install out of the box. The surround sound quality is very crisp and clear. From my experience from the short time I have owned it, I am pleased with this purchase. Creative Sound makes very good products. So far I have no complaints.
947424
Honestly I had my doubts about those headphones and their promise of a real 5.1 surround sound.

But I have to say this headphones are wonderfull:

1) It is very confortable for the ear, because it's finish materials, their are confortable at your head.
2) The USB cord is long, so you don't have to worry if you would onto your PC's rear USB connector.
3)The quality of the sound is great, really gives you a true 5.1 sound.

I recommend connect it into a real USB 2.0 port, to avoid any little delay in sound signal.

---Update after 1 year

This product has survived after 1 year of usage, sound quality and surround feature are really nice. When I play Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, this baby give me a advantage over my colleagues: the clear sound and the surrounding sound helps you to find campers jeje. When play DVD's or music the sound quality and effects are impressive. Recommended for purchase definitively. By the way, it was compatible with Windows 7, just download a driver published by Cyber Snipa at their web site.
2589707
I has everything you need. it supports most speakers setups (up to 7.1)is EAX 4.0 capable and hits hard. it's very worthed the price. highly recomended if you want total hi-fi audio. :D
4689141
After reading most of the reviews here, I felt pretty confident in the Logitech X-530 5.1 system I just ordered here through Amazon, but a few of the bad reviews did make me wonder if it wasn't the best quality around. Once I got the system, my mind was put at ease. The setup of the system was very easy, and luckily I didn't need to buy a sound card, as my desktop has a sound card that can handle up to 7.1 surround sound. After setting the system up, I adjusted my desktop's audio driver's settings to 5.1 surround sound, fired up iTunes, and tested the system. The sound quality and subwoofer system was amazing. This is without doubt one of the best purchases I've made, both price-wise and quality-wise. All the bad reviews here are completely wrong in my view. It's a $50 speaker set people, not a world class sound system. Get over it.

All in all, I would recommend this speaker set to anyone looking for a good surround sound system, while not looking to spend hundreds or thousands od dollars on it.
586209
I wanted to get the best 5.1 speakers made for computers and I am truly impressed with the sound quality of these speakers. They are above my expectations.  I've been using Boston 4.1 speakers that work fine for the past 15 years so I hesitated spending $366 for these Logitech. I'm glad I finally took the leap because the improvement is incredible. I highly recommend buying these if you want a truly amazing surround sound system for your computer.
3230146
This system is simply the best 5.1 surround sound in a box system that you can buy. You can surely pay more and spend a lot of time parting together your surround sound for better quality but that will come with a much higher price.

This is SIMPLY the best for $300. I normally have some form of buyer's remorse but I bought this thing and have not looked back yet!!
4517574
These replaced a set of Illusion Audio C3CX speakers in my A-Pillars. WOW! The transparency and imaging is rivaling my home system.
521503
This card is based on a modern chipset with incredible sound manipulation capabilities and works perfectly out of the box with Windows 10. No need for software or driver downloads, but if you do want an advanced control panel for sound, you can get the package from Creatives website. This card is fully supported by Microsoft and creative and you should not hesitate or be concerned about whether it will work in Windows. It does without and nonsense or tweaking required.
568307
Great audio surround sound reproduction for a flat screen Visio TV, and at a great price !
2907062
Phenominal package for the price! Smaller room and this thing will rock it! I added 2 more speakers to the set to make it 7.1 and LOVE it. Sound is very powerful, but also crystal clear. What's even more important, Ill share with you how I was able to pair them nicely with these highly regarded speaker stands: "Sanus Systems EF-SATB Euro Foundations Adjustable Satellite Speaker Stands". It required a bit of modification and creativity, but as you'll see from pictures: mission accomplished! Just a few extra drilled holes in the speaker stand plates and viola! You also need to cut the banana plugs accordingly to make them fit. But, in the end it's a great combo!
3677674
You can totally hear the difference on bass compare to Creative Sound Audigy SE... one of the latest card that has PC! x16 connection... most of the newer sound cards are PCI express.

Recommended for a PC gamer that does not have a PCI express available.
3002130
I have a Dell Optiplex 9010 mini-tower.  I'm running Windows 8.1 64-Bit.  It came with an integrated RealTek Audio system.  Pretty good but I felt my AudioEngine A5's with subwoofer might be even better with this card or the Asus.  Went with the SB owing to reviews on its software.  Had to enter bios and disable integrated RealTek integrated hardware as the Creative Labs driver install was telling me it could not recognize any Sound Blaster hardware present in my system.  At first I went into devices and disabled the Realtek and restarted but this did not work so for those in a similar predicament - bios settings are your friend.

I did not install the DB Pro card as there's no more room in my mini tower and I do not need to hook this card up to a larger stereo as I have a stonking good one and anything I want to hear on it from my PC I can via iTunes bluetooth pickup by my amp. so I cannot attest to the DB Pro.

This card is really, really good.  You have to play with all the software settings to get the right setup for your unique ...well, ..set up!  The Stereo window is amazing.  My monitors are finally singing with incredible clarity.  Speakers are there on my desk and I think the sound is coming from them but if you couldn't see them you'd swear its the best stereo you've heard from such a small system.  As someone else said it you are on the wall about this card, do for it.  I can't speak to movies or gaming as I have only used it for music (the full range, rock, classical, Spanish guitar, soul, rap,...etc - but mostly rock) so far.  Yes, it's a costly investment but I am so far very, very impressed.

As for the headphones.  Spectacular but be careful as its uber loud and your ears might suffer...keep it really low to begin with until you get a handle on your settings.  I have a set of really high end Sony Professional studio thingies.  They were v. expensive and as you'd expect are very good irrespective of audio card but now they are insanely excellent!!!

Hope this helps anyone with uncertainties.
650700
I love it! I bought this recently to replace my base sound card and the sound is definitely great! The bass on this really kicks. At this price, it's definitely a bargain. The CD that comes with it does not have Windows 10 drivers though, so simply go to their site to download.