{"id":133150,"date":"2021-06-27T06:10:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T05:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=133150"},"modified":"2021-06-27T06:10:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T05:10:27","slug":"sound-blaster-x4-new-multiplatform-external-sound-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/sound-blaster-x4-new-multiplatform-external-sound-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound Blaster X4: New multiplatform external sound card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Creative<\/strong>\u00a0brings to the market a new\u00a0<strong>external sound card<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0It is the\u00a0<strong>Sound Blaster X4<\/strong>\u00a0model\u00a0, and with it it aims to offer the user a way to improve the sound of their\u00a0<strong>PC<\/strong>\u00a0,\u00a0<strong>Mac<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>game consoles<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<h2>Sound Blaster X4, optimize the sound of any device<\/h2>\n<p>Bet\u00a0<strong>Creative<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>peripheral sound<\/strong>\u00a0it is as valid as the first day.\u00a0Now it launches a new reference that underpins its catalog of\u00a0<strong>external<\/strong>\u00a0devices\u00a0with the\u00a0<strong>Sound Blaster X4<\/strong>\u00a0card\u00a0.\u00a0This sound card has the firm intention of giving a qualitative leap to the <strong>audio<\/strong>\u00a0of the equipment where it is connected.<\/p>\n<h3>Product characteristics<\/h3>\n<p>The new reference comes to take over from the Sound Blaster X3.\u00a0To do this, it implements new functions and better connectivity than its predecessor.\u00a0The card offers a\u00a0<strong>new and improved<\/strong>\u00a0surround sound\u00a0<strong>DAC<\/strong>\u00a0powered by\u00a0<strong>Super X-Fi<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Dolby Digital Live technology<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0Thanks to this, the device achieves a more focused sound in\u00a0<strong>games and movies<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77070 size-full lazyloaded\" title=\"Sound Blaster X4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sound-Blaster-X4-2.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-77070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sound Blaster X4<\/p>\n<p>The product can be connected to a\u00a0<strong>PC<\/strong>\u00a0,\u00a0<strong>Mac<\/strong>\u00a0,\u00a0<strong>PS4<\/strong>\u00a0,\u00a0<strong>PS5<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Nintendo Switch<\/strong>\u00a0through a\u00a0<strong>USB-C<\/strong>\u00a0port\u00a0.\u00a0<strong>A USB-A adapter<\/strong>\u00a0is included with the card\u00a0.\u00a0This apparatus has dimensions of\u00a0<strong>130.5 x 130.5 x 40.6 mm<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0It sports a rectangular black chassis, along which\u00a0<strong>analog jack inputs and outputs<\/strong>\u00a0are distributed\u00a0;\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>digital line input and digital optical output<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0It also includes a\u00a0<strong>microphone input<\/strong>\u00a0and a\u00a0<strong>built-in headphone amplifier<\/strong>\u00a0, being capable of working with models\u00a0<strong>up to 600 ohms.<\/strong>with a signal-to-noise ratio of\u00a0<strong>114 dB<\/strong>\u00a0and resolution of\u00a0<strong>24-bit \/ 192 KHz<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<h3>More details of the peripheral<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Creative&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0new card\u00a0supports\u00a0<strong>Surround Virtualization<\/strong>\u00a0technology\u00a0developed by\u00a0<strong>Sound Blaster<\/strong>\u00a0to enhance the spatial information in audio and thus optimize it for a more immersive experience of\u00a0<strong>up to 7.1<\/strong>\u00a0independent real or virtual\u00a0<strong>audio channels<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>Sound Blaster X4<\/strong>\u00a0goes on sale for a recommended price of\u00a0<strong>149.99 euros<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-77074 size-full lazyloaded\" title=\"Sound Blaster X4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sound-Blaster-X4-3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Via |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creative.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creative<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creative\u00a0brings to the market a new\u00a0external sound card\u00a0.\u00a0It is the\u00a0Sound Blaster X4\u00a0model\u00a0, and with it it aims to offer the user a way to improve the sound of their\u00a0PC\u00a0,\u00a0Mac\u00a0or\u00a0game consoles\u00a0. Sound Blaster X4, optimize the sound of any device Bet\u00a0Creative\u00a0by\u00a0peripheral sound\u00a0it is as valid as the first day.\u00a0Now it launches a new reference that underpins [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/sound-blaster-x4-new-multiplatform-external-sound-card\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":133154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-133150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}