Product DescriptionWhy settle for basic, built-in sound? Your music and movies deserve Xtreme Fidelity. Turn your MP3s into your own personal concert. Hear your movies in virtual surround sound over stereo speakers or headphones. Plus the Creative Xmod Module for PC and Mac is truly plug-and-play. You can use it right out of the box-no software installation needed.
What Others Say
Xmod Excellance For Your Tunes
I purchased the Xmod for my Ipod. It worked wonders from the very beginning. I placed it between my 80GB Ipod and any speaker system. I even use it in my car with astounding results. It brings all of my MP3 tunes right back to life. I get a rich full sound at home, from my computer or from my Ipod to my home theater sound system. I also get this same outstanding sound in my car. All the amazing deep lows to the highly defined highs are your with this amazing product from Creative...
Dan-N-Oregon
Does the job for streaming radio
I purchased this unit because my $89 MP3 player sounded so much better than the audio from my desktop RCA jack, which is the primary way which I access my music. I have a compact desktop, and can't find an audio card replacement that fits. The audio out is also dead on my laptop, so USB is the only viable option.
The real gains are from internet radio streams. I used to avoid Pandora, because of the muddied audio, but this unit makes it a pleasure to listen to. The effect is less pronounced for 192 Kb MP3s from CD's, but there are also some gains here, though the "crystallizer" makes the music a little bright for my taste when listening through my Sennheiser headphones. It is easy to switch off through an external switch; much nicer ... Read More
Wonderful
I use a macbook to play all of my music (and now video) through a home theater system. For some reason I just wasent getting the bass I should have been (using a 3.5mm jack to rca cable), so I got Creative Labs Xmod USB Sound Card for PC & Mac. Now everything works perfectly. Very pleased.
Btw, I prefer to use it without the CMSS-3D, but with the crystalizer. The CMSS-3D made it sound...unnatural.
Microsoft Plug-N-Play is Evil
I listen to live streaming audio from several radio stations around the country while working at my desk. This little beauty turns internet audio streams into pleasant listening experiences. Once in a while some error happens (A BUG IN WINDOWS?!!!) and the Xmod goes away. I have to either restart my computer (not likely while working) or unplug my headphones from the Xmod and switch to raw soundcard output. Going back to listening to what sounds like a transister radio playing underwater makes me sad. It was a pain trying to get it installed on Windows XP. Creative's help desk helped me to install it. I blame Windows for the sound not going to the Xmod sometimes. I've had the same issue with other devices/software. I had to be persistant and ... Read More
Does most of what it promises
I got the Xmod because the line-out jack on my Mac was busted, so I needed to get sound out of the computer using the USB port instead. For this purpose, this device worked perfectly. I just plugged it in, set the Mac's sound output to be this device instead of the line-out, and it worked! As advertised, there are no drivers or other programs to install. It's also nice to have a system volume control knob on the Xmod instead of needing to go through the system sound preferences. The MP3 Crystallizer does make my music sound better (more dynamic), especially the MP3s that are recorded at 128 kbps or lower quality. However the "CMSS-3D" virtual surround makes the music sound terrible (distorted, hollow, and weakened vocals) even through my high ... Read More
