Creative Whips out USB Style X-Fi Audio Dongle

One of the most common threads between many notebook and desktop computers using on-board sound is that the sound quality is typically not good. Creative has announced a new product that should fix the problem with poor sound quality on most computers. The product is called the Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! and the dongle uses X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity technology.

The sound card plugs into the USB port of a computer and has 1GB of built-in flash memory. The software needed to install and run the X-Fi Go! is stored on the internal storage, which incorporates read/write switch protecting important gaming profiles from being accidentally deleted. Other features include 360-degree X-Fi Headphone surround, EAX Advanced HD 4.0 (host-based), OpenAL and CMSS-3D. VoiceFX Technology is built-in to morph the user's voice during voice chat sessions. Other software includes the Creative Karaoke Player and Creative WaveStudio. The X-Fi USB dongle will go on sale this month at $79. Creative also has extended the X-Fi brand to other USB audio, including the HS-1200 headset and USB X-Fi Surround 5.1.

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