Creative Labs Sound Blaster Play! 3 External USB Sound Adapter for Windows and Mac. Plug and Play (No Drivers Required). Upgrade to 24-Bit 96Khz Playback

Worked great for my use case and much better than onboard Audio on my X670E Tomahawk. I am pairing it with Corsair HS50 Pro stereo headset and for that it works perfect. I did have to download APO + Peace GUI and tune it to my liking as the default sound has high treble and limited bass which was causing my ears to hurt. After tuning I can hear footsteps in games better, there is bass (as best as can be) and overall sound clarity is quite high. For such a cheap price I can't complain too much. Box was bent a bit but item was new and works fine. Update: the Treble harshness was too much for me and I am returning this. I got Play! 4 which is leagues better than this. If you are in the market for a dac just get Play! 4 instead of this.

Avevo bisogno di uno splitter per separare gli ingressi di cuffia e microfono del mio notebook, recensioni e prezzi dei cavetti di separazione non mi hanno convinto e ho preferito acquistare una scheda audio esterna. Dopo averla provata con il driver installato da Windows 11, ho scaricato il driver proprietario e funziona benissimo. Ha un livello di uscita adeguato a pilotare la mia cuffia che ha un'impedenza di 250 Ohm, mentre con la scheda audio interna il volume a volte era troppo basso. Avrei preferito le prese di cuffia e microfono un po' più distanti fra loro, ma non è un problema. Molto soddisfatto dell'acquisto, funziona molto bene e ha un prezzo poco più alto di un semplice cavetto. Pagata poco più di 16 euro.

Good product

I have a PC with a normal embedded 48KHz Sound Card, with no empty slot for a new one... I was desperate. But now, with this USB Sound Blaster Play! 3, I have the chance to get the quality I always wanted. It is crystal clear and powerful. One last Advice: although it can work immediately after plugging in with no need for a driver, I strongly encourage you to install its driver from the Creative website. It will give you an easy-to-use yet powerful control panel with useful controls to meet your customized needs.

Really excellent, can be used for speakers too not just headphones.

My laptop's inbuilt sound card gives terrible sound. With this dongle, I can certainly sense the performance has improved quite a lot. I use it on my laptop and it works with my android mobile as well. You need to enable the USB Debugging option in the settings of your phone. Moreover, to drive the headphones I have added the Volume Booster app so I can increase the volume output. It does cause phone overheating so be cautious. 20-30 mins use should be okay. Yes! You need to install the Creative SBX Pro app on your PC/Laptop. I use this device for Zoom meetings, on-location content recording, and to connect my lav mic (with adapter TRRS to TRS). I love it. Going to drive my Sony MDR 7506 headphone monitors, the Blackwire 5220 headset and the basic Sennheiser CX180 headphones. I shall update the experience here because not much review/content is there on YouTube and elsewhere for this product. Overall, I loved the product. Priced quite high compared to the USA market. I am going to get the Sound Blaster Play 4 for online meetings and calls.