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Creative Sound Blaster Z SE Internal PCI-e Gaming Sound Card and DAC, 24-bit / 192 kHz, 116 dB SNR, ASIO, 600Ω Headphones Amp, Mic EQ, Discrete 5.1 / Virtual 7.1, Supports Dolby Digital Live, DTS
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Brand | Creative |
Hardware Interface | PCI Express x1 |
Audio Output Mode | Surround |
Platform | Not Machine Specific |
Hardware Platform | Headphones, Speakers |
About this item
- PRISTINE AUDIO CLARITY – With up to 116 dB SNR at an amazing bit rate of up to 24-bit / 192 kHz, enjoy impressive audio quality for your every need. The sound card also features gold-plated connectors, speaker optimization technology, and digital content encoding capability for the best digital audio performance. Coupled with Audio Stream Input / Output (ASIO) support, Sound Blaster Z SE delivers low-latency and high-fidelity audio, even for your recordings
- SBX GAMING EQ PROFILES – Emerge as the last man standing with our updated SBX Gaming Profiles for hot titles such as Apex Legends, Fortnite, Overwatch, PUBG, and more. In-house tuned and optimized to sound the best for the respective games, you can get started right away or further tweak the EQs, instead of having to create the profiles from scratch. Simply select the respective game from our latest Sound Blaster Command software’s menu, and be battle-ready instantly
- IMMERSIVE SURROUND SOUND – Get fully immersed and stay focused on your games with our surround sound. The Sound Blaster Z SE now supports 7.1 virtual on headphones and speakers alongside discrete 5.1 for speakers. You can even switch between headphones and your speakers via the software for those times you want to pump the bass, or go stealthier with your headphones. For extra delivery options to your external devices, the Z SE also supports Dolby Digital Live and DTS Encoding
- CRYSTAL CLEAR COMMUNICATION – Comes with a list of Microphone EQ Presets that compensates for your headset’s built-in mic so you can be heard clearly–whether it is to reduce the harshness of your tonality, sound more natural, or to increase the mids for vocal clarity. Together with our Sound Blaster Command Software’s CrystalVoice technology that helps remove echoes and ambient noises, the Z SE is perfect for games and even video conferences while working from home for better communications
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Sound quality | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
For gaming | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
Easy to install | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | — |
Tech Support | — | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
Volume control | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | — | 5.0 | — |
Sold By | Amazon.com | Creative Labs, Inc. | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | iT Hardware |
hardware interface | pci express x1 | headphone | usb | pci express x1, pci x 1, pci x 1, pci x 1 | pci express x1 | pci |
audio output mode | Surround | Surround, Dolby Digital | Surround | 7.1 | Surround | Surround |
surround channels | 7.1 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
hardware platform | Speakers, Headphones | Headphones | Headphones | Speakers, Headphones, PC | PC | Speakers, Headphones, PC |
192 KHz | 384 KHz | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | — | |
signal-to-noise ratio | 116 decibels | 122 decibels | 116 decibels | 106 decibels | — | 109 decibels |
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 5.35 x 5 x 0.87 inches |
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Item Weight | 12.3 ounces |
Manufacturer | Creative Labs |
ASIN | B08HYPH5T6 |
Country of Origin | China |
Item model number | SB1500 |
Customer Reviews |
4.4 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #4 in Computer Internal Sound Cards |
Date First Available | September 14, 2020 |
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Product Description
High-performance PCI-e Gaming and Entertainment Sound Card and DAC
The Sound Blaster Z SE is the Special Edition of the OG Sound Blaster Z, and comes with updated features designed for effortless audio enjoyment! Not only does it feature the same high-quality audio specifications that have made its predecessor a long-time best-selling model, it has also been further boosted with gaming acoustic profiles and microphone EQ presets, all aimed to enhance your gaming and entertainment needs.
For games: Get started instantly with our Gaming Profiles that have been optimized for the hottest games like PUBG and Fortnite, or tweak the EQ settings further to make the profile truly yours.
For voice chat: Choose from our list of pre-tuned Microphone EQs that compensates for your preferred headset’s built-in mic so you sound more natural and clearer while communicating.
It’s all meticulously engineered so you can get to the fun part right away!
Pristine Audio Clarity
Up to 116 dB SNR at an amazing bit rate of up to 24-bit / 192 kHz and coupled with ASIO support for low-latency and high-fidelity audio.
Amplify Your Headsets’ Audio
Featured with a headphone amplifier that drives studio-grade headphones of up to 600Ω with an expanded list of optimized headphone profiles for the latest headphone models.
Other Features
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Various Surround DeliveryOn top of our raved-about Sound Blaster Surround Virtualization technology, Sound Blaster Z SE also supports up to 7.1 virtual on headphones and speakers alongside discrete 5.1 for speakers, as well as Dolby Digital Live, and DTS Encoding. |
Sound Blaster Command SoftwareAccess the full suite of Sound Blaster’s industry-leading audio processing technologies including Crystallizer that helps improve the dynamic range of audio, or Bass that provides bigger punch on the low end. All enhancements are fully customizable from the Sound Blaster Command software suite on PC. |
High-quality Audio ComponentsEquipped with gold-plated connectors, speaker optimization technology, and digital content encoding capability for the best digital audio quality, as well as our multi-core Sound Core3D audio processor designed to deliver high-quality, pristine audio without overstressing your primary CPU. |
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Customers like the value and quality of the sound card. They mention that it's an affordable upgrade to on-motherboard sound processing and that it looks nice in their PC case. They appreciate sound quality. However, some customers have reported issues with the software, saying that it prevents pro tools from running at all. Customers disagree on ease of installation, and performance.
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Customers like the sound quality of the sound card. They say that the sound is pretty good, great when it works, and great for different sound profiles. They also mention that it's quieter, has more configuration options, and surround virtualization for headphones.
"...the legendary Drop + EPOS PC38x and I was blown away with the sound quality and microphone communication that these puppies had, and the immersion..." Read more
"...Overall, The Z SE card sounds good, but I need more technical help than the quick start guides included with these cards can provide...." Read more
"Has lots of features to customize your sounds." Read more
"Great for different sound profiles, always expect about one the best in companies & their products." Read more
Customers generally like the quality of the sound card. They mention that it has great sound, crystal clear highs, solid mids, and very powerful bass. Some say that the color is dominant and looks nice in their PC case. Overall, most are happy with the quality and performance of the product.
"...The overall look of the card is really cool with the red color being the dominant and looking nice in my PC case...." Read more
"...system, the sound is abso;utely incredible...Crystal clear highs, solid mids, and very powerful bass...." Read more
"...Overall a good quality product with great sound." Read more
"Build quality is excellent. Sounds great and ready to use. Shipping was not as fast as it could have been." Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the sound card. They say it's well worth the money, an affordable upgrade to on-motherboard sound processing, and the perfect audio upgrade for their rig.
"...This isn't that expensive to boost your audio by a lot...." Read more
"...When problems occur, get a card upgrade. It's well worth the money. Thank you Sound Blaster and Amazon." Read more
"...Max rez is 24 bit/96 kHz. Overall sounds good and worth the money." Read more
"...software.. now i can play all my games in glorious DTS sound- well worth the money!" Read more
Customers are satisfied with the clarity of the sound card. They mention that it sounds crystal clear, with higher fidelity than their MOBO sound card, and is more crisp.
"...It was certainly more crisp and higher fidelity than my MOBO sound card. And the hiss? Well, that's gone!..." Read more
"...So I purchased this and it sounds sooo amazing and crystal clear. This soundcard blows the onboard sound right out the water...." Read more
"I have a high-end audio system. This sound card is unreal. The clarity is amazing. I have four 18-in subwoofers. The bass is smoother...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the performance of the sound card. Some mention that it works well, while others say that it didn't work with their computer. Some say that the software is terrible and prevented pro tools from running at all.
"This card works great, but man it’s loud. I had to go into settings and pull the db back quite a bit and it’s still quite loud...." Read more
"...Well, the updated drives didn't work at all (no sound). I went back to the earlier version of the drivers, and this time I got sound...." Read more
"...This card plays back just fine with no audio breakup on headphones, speakers or optical feed to my AV Receiver...." Read more
"...quality seems fine, but the frustration definitely made it not worth the trouble...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the ease of installation. Some mention that it's simple and ready to use, while others say that the settings in the setup menu can be frustrating to use and are not user friendly.
"...Easy to install both hardware and software-wise...." Read more
"Build quality is excellent. Sounds great and ready to use. Shipping was not as fast as it could have been." Read more
"The sound quality is good, but the settings in the setup menu can be frustrating to use...." Read more
"Bought this to output optical for my DAC. Easy installation. Worked straight away...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the software of the sound card. They mention that it prevents their Pro Tools from running at all.
"Sounds good but the software can be a bit confusing when using Digital audio and the the encoder software...." Read more
"...had to fiddle with the Creative software to do that, and the software is a bit buggy and not quick or easy to use...." Read more
"Sound quality is great, software can be a bit, but once setup you really don't have to look at it again...." Read more
"Software issues, doesn't work well with windows 11. Crashes PC randomly. Amazon and Creative are no help so I just ate $100" Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the crashing of the sound card. For example, they mention that it crashes their PC randomly, and the Media Player would break up every few minutes.
"...but unfortunately this card exhibited the very same problem; random playback breakup on any of the three possible outputs...." Read more
"Software issues, doesn't work well with windows 11. Crashes PC randomly. Amazon and Creative are no help so I just ate $100" Read more
"...always loved creatives products, but this one again suffers through the usual driver crashes...." Read more
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I’m still trying to figure out why the 2.1 mode doesn’t separate the Left and Right channels. Support is asking me to reseat the card or try another pcie slot. I’ll get time someday.
I need this card for my current sound system configuration, so I have also purchased a Z SE card. I installed the Z SE card in the same Optipex7000 card slot were the AE7 card was. I downloaded and installed the Z SE drivers and the same Creative Labs Command app recognizes this card. This card plays back just fine with no audio breakup on headphones, speakers or optical feed to my AV Receiver. So, at this point I believe there is some compatibility issue with Creative Labs AE7 card working in the Optiplex7000 with Windows 11 PRO.
Overall, The Z SE card sounds good, but I need more technical help than the quick start guides included with these cards can provide. There is no help for using the optical input on the Z SE card and I wonder why that input was not available on the AE7? I had issues getting audio signal on both the speaker line out connections and the SPDIF optical connection at the same time. Some emails back and forth with their support were answered quickly (thank you). I can get signal on both outputs now but cannot balance the levels. If they could nail down that issue I could give this Z SE card 5 stars.
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Also the optical out support only 2 channel means 2.1 soundsystems
El paquete llegó sin problemas y al abrirlo lo primero que hice fue conectarla a mi PC, debo de hacer énfasis en que me tarde bastante para que pudiera encontrar el punto exacto para mí odio en el que la tarjeta sonara como yo quería.
De base, el software de Soundblaster Command nos da un preset que es más enfocado para gaming, el sonido se siente enseguida que se amplifica muchísimo, la cantidad de ruido que hacían antes mis bocinas en el nivel 100 con el audio integrado de Realtek, en esta tarjeta aproximadamente en el nivel 34 está igual de alto que en 100, por lo que es necesario ser cuidadoso al ir subiendo el volumen a las bocinas. En cuanto al sonido por defecto, puedo decir que estaba bien, sin embargo para tenerlo como yo buscaba, me metí al ecualizador, quite algunos modos como el surround que en bocinas estereo solo ahueca el sonido como si estuviera lejos. Pero una vez que encontré el punto perfecto, no le he movido.
Después de un mes aproximadamente, me compré un subwoofer el cual conecte en la tarjeta en el puerto que es para front/subwoofer y en un principio no sonaba el subwoofer, por lo que me fui a los ajustes dentro del software y me di cuenta que para que funcionará, es necesario bajar el formato de audio a 24 bits, 96000Hz. Ya que por defecto lo tenemos en 196,000Hz, sino se configura eso, jamás sonara el subwoofer o para 5.1, además de que es necesario que activemos en surround en la primera sección del software para que funcione, en la tercera sección en input seleccionar que sea 2.1, 4.1 o 5.1.
No me arrepiento para nada de haber hecho está compra, sin lugar a dudas se le puede sacar mucho jugo a esta tarjeta y se notara instantáneamente el cambio. Para la gente que está cómoda con su audio integrado no será necesaria una inversión como está, pero si eres exigente, está tarjeta no te va a defraudar para nada. Excelente compra.
Mi modelo es la Soundblaster Z SE, no tiene el LED rojo dentro de la tarjeta a diferencia del modelo que no es el SE.
Reviewed in Mexico on December 22, 2021
El paquete llegó sin problemas y al abrirlo lo primero que hice fue conectarla a mi PC, debo de hacer énfasis en que me tarde bastante para que pudiera encontrar el punto exacto para mí odio en el que la tarjeta sonara como yo quería.
De base, el software de Soundblaster Command nos da un preset que es más enfocado para gaming, el sonido se siente enseguida que se amplifica muchísimo, la cantidad de ruido que hacían antes mis bocinas en el nivel 100 con el audio integrado de Realtek, en esta tarjeta aproximadamente en el nivel 34 está igual de alto que en 100, por lo que es necesario ser cuidadoso al ir subiendo el volumen a las bocinas. En cuanto al sonido por defecto, puedo decir que estaba bien, sin embargo para tenerlo como yo buscaba, me metí al ecualizador, quite algunos modos como el surround que en bocinas estereo solo ahueca el sonido como si estuviera lejos. Pero una vez que encontré el punto perfecto, no le he movido.
Después de un mes aproximadamente, me compré un subwoofer el cual conecte en la tarjeta en el puerto que es para front/subwoofer y en un principio no sonaba el subwoofer, por lo que me fui a los ajustes dentro del software y me di cuenta que para que funcionará, es necesario bajar el formato de audio a 24 bits, 96000Hz. Ya que por defecto lo tenemos en 196,000Hz, sino se configura eso, jamás sonara el subwoofer o para 5.1, además de que es necesario que activemos en surround en la primera sección del software para que funcione, en la tercera sección en input seleccionar que sea 2.1, 4.1 o 5.1.
No me arrepiento para nada de haber hecho está compra, sin lugar a dudas se le puede sacar mucho jugo a esta tarjeta y se notara instantáneamente el cambio. Para la gente que está cómoda con su audio integrado no será necesaria una inversión como está, pero si eres exigente, está tarjeta no te va a defraudar para nada. Excelente compra.
Mi modelo es la Soundblaster Z SE, no tiene el LED rojo dentro de la tarjeta a diferencia del modelo que no es el SE.