Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook

Impressive audio has never been one of the selling points of laptops. Small speakers, needing to conserve energy rather than belt out virtuoso, ear-splitting performances have always resulted in less than impressive overall quality. Until now. Enter...

improves your laptops sound no end, plenty of bundled software

A bit of a bugger to uninstall

Overall if you intent to have any sort of fun with your laptop then this is £100 you need to spend

With the PC becoming a multimedia hive of activity, you need to make sure all your components are up to scratch. Better graphics might improve your gaming prowess, but it's the sound that will give you the atmosphere. Creative's Audigy2 boards have...

Upholds Creative standard

Price; speaker upgrade needed as well for best results

You might only need one when your Live! dies on you but if you’re in the market for a new soundcard, the Audigy’s hard to ignore.

Creative has always been renowned for its soundcards - from when they dominated the PC industry with its 8 and 16-bit ISA Soundblasters all those years ago to its industry standing today. Times and technology have changed a lot since then, we've seen...

The ultimate standard (until the PCI Express version)

Crap Win98 installation

So far, so Live! Non-XP installation issues are nothing new even for market leading Creative cards so stick with the updating and you’ll be fine

This Soundblaster PCI Express card is designed specifically for gamers

Pros: Brilliant performance in games; great overall sound quality; good sound enhancement options Cons: Very expensive Overall: The Titanium Fatal1ty is a great performer in games, but it's very expensive in comparison to rival gaming cards

The ponderously titled Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor is an ingenious combination of 7.1 surround sound and video editing hardware. It's an external box that connects to your PC via USB 2.0, adding almost every variation of video and audio...

The Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor spoils a great idea by handcuffing users to a single set of mediocre applications. Owners of older PCs will benefit most from the hardware-accelerated boost to video capture and encoding, and the price is good.

Anyone interested in playing games or making music on their notebook would do well to take a look at the latest offering from Creative.

This is potentially a killer card for notebook users. The thought of having portable surround sound solution is greatly appealing and the price is affordable too. It also enables laptop owners to enjoy DVD Audio discs. Software bloat and some annoying...

The Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro is Creative's most capable audio-output device to date, perfect for the PC audio enthusiast not yet ready to commit to professional-level audio gear.

Complete audio recording outfit, Flight case, High-quality external microphones with tripods, Doubles as an MP3/WMA player, USB docking cradle

Microphone channels not marked, Combined microphone/headphone jack, Esoteric operation, Limited to 16 index points for a single recording, Battery charger not included, Unintuitive off switch

The DM-20 Conference Kit would benefit anyone who needs to record, transcribe and archive meetings and conferences. However, its usability and functionality could be improved... Read Full Review.

Notebook owners looking to boost their audio and increase their home entertainment capabilities should check out the new Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX.

Supports DTS ES and Dolby Digital EX 6.1 decoding, 7.1-channel output, 24-bit/96KHz output, Supports DVD-Audio, Extensive external device connectivity

No USB 2.0 port, Non-intuitive software suite, Pricey

The Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro is Creative's most capable audio-output device to date, perfect for the PC audio enthusiast not yet ready to commit to professional-level audio gear... Read Full Review.

Although it's not a justifiable upgrade for existing Audigy owners, Creative's Audigy 2 is superb product for audiophiles or gamers looking for the best audio performance on the market.

Good-quality digital voice recording, Very light and compact, Easy to use, with straightforward software.

Poor quality images, No flash, No image view facility, Battery power only.

If you like the idea of combining a more than adequate digital voice recorder with a simple digital camera, the W-10 will keep you happy... Read Full Review.

Sick of the frail audio quality that emanates from your notebook's inbuilt speakers? Creative's Audigy card aims to give a boost.

No doubt it's a market dominating product. It's just not worth investing in. Hope other sound card manufacturer can come out with something as good yet cheaper.

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I have just bought a Brand New Packard Bell ixtreme 18525 Desktop PC which has amazing Specifications. Only part letting the Side down was the Dreadful "On Board" Realtek Hi Definition Audio. Shame on Packard Bell for putting this rubbish inside their...

Experts will say that I should have installed a sound card but that would be impossible on a Mac Mini and I liked the simplicity of just plugging into a USB point.

This is quite a decent product for notebook users considering the THX surround allows you to upmix stereo channel sound into 5.1 channel sound in real time, so you don't need to worry about not getting sound from the rear channels(surround R/L...

i had a creavtive usb sound box before this one was using it on windows 7 no real support for it as sound box was out way before windows 7 it worked but popped quite a it,so i thought bout getting another sound card pci card or usb so i decided to get...

This sound card is excellent to use it, Soung quality perfect for my Creative Giga Word 5:1 Speaker system.Now i am very happy to get it...