[interpolate]

A very detailed review...the kind that Ars Technica used to produce. 

 

[jincuteguy]

  Fair point. Still, it does support Dolby Digital Live signal and does work with consoles 9as far as audio goes, chat is another story)

Ok I hope so cause im gonna pick up the X7 tomorrow.

 

[Yethal]

  Ok I hope so cause im gonna pick up the X7 tomorrow.

You won't be disappointed. Keep in mind though that it does require installing Creative's horrible app to setup (can be operated without PC once all settings are good), and that console chat is tricky

 

[hi2chris]

Total forgot to update this but i ended up buying a power supply here
 
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-AC-110-240V-to-DC-24V-6A-power-Adapter-Converter-with-power-cable-PA/32219461012.html
 
only $26!!
 
 
Just make sure you tell them in the comment when ordering to change the DC from 5.5*2.5mm to 5.5*2.1mm
 
It works perfectly for me.
 
I do have one question though and I swear it has been answer but I am unable to find where I read it.

to use the increased power supply I have to change the Ohm switch to 4, but in your test you said you used 8ohm, how?
Did you just change it to 4ohm, turn on the increased power in setting then switch the Ohm switch back to 8? i did this but don't hear a difference.
 
and it runs my SP-FS52 Speakers perfectly, bloated bass but that's the speakers rather then the X7.

 

[Nalif]

  Total forgot to update this but i ended up buying a power supply here
 
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-AC-110-240V-to-DC-24V-6A-power-Adapter-Converter-with-power-cable-PA/32219461012.html
 
only $26!!

 
I've been wondering about alternatives for the power supply since the official one is so expensive - I'm curious about the cons of using something so cheap, however. Would a sub-par power supply affect audio quality? Would a sub-par power supply affect the life span of headphones/speakers plugged into the x7?
 
On a slightly different note, I have the standard edition x7. I'm currently looking at two different sets of bookshelf speakers to be used with my PC. Would the standard edition power supply be able to adequately power either of these?
 
AV123 ELT525M
Polk Rti A3

 

[Sedare38]

just bought the E-MU XM7 to go with the X7. Went for the brown cabinet option. They'll arrive later this month (such a long wait!). I received a coupon code for 70 bucks off so it was too good to pass up. I'll have saved 170 bucks on my x7 and speaker combo when all is said an done. I"ll have to test it out with and without a sub to hear a comparison.

 

[earfonia]

  Total forgot to update this but i ended up buying a power supply here
 
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-AC-110-240V-to-DC-24V-6A-power-Adapter-Converter-with-power-cable-PA/32219461012.html
 
only $26!!
 
 
Just make sure you tell them in the comment when ordering to change the DC from 5.5*2.5mm to 5.5*2.1mm
 
It works perfectly for me.
 
I do have one question though and I swear it has been answer but I am unable to find where I read it.

to use the increased power supply I have to change the Ohm switch to 4, but in your test you said you used 8ohm, how?
Did you just change it to 4ohm, turn on the increased power in setting then switch the Ohm switch back to 8? i did this but don't hear a difference.
 
and it runs my SP-FS52 Speakers perfectly, bloated bass but that's the speakers rather then the X7.

 
Thanks for the info!  Wow that's cheap!
Looks smaller than the one use by Creative, hopefully no over heating.
FYI, you don't have to switch the impedance to 4 ohms. I use the 144 W power supply with 8 ohms setting, because I like the sound better on the 8 ohms setting. So you can switch to 4 or 8 ohms, find which one sounds better on your speaker.
 
 

  just bought the E-MU XM7 to go with the X7. Went for the brown cabinet option. They'll arrive later this month (such a long wait!). I received a coupon code for 70 bucks off so it was too good to pass up. I'll have saved 170 bucks on my x7 and speaker combo when all is said an done. I"ll have to test it out with and without a sub to hear a comparison.

 
Cool!

 

[jincuteguy]

Thanks for the info!  Wow that's cheap!
Looks smaller than the one use by Creative, hopefully no over heating.
FYI, you don't have to switch the impedance to 4 ohms. I use the 144 W power supply with 8 ohms setting, because I like the sound better on the 8 ohms setting. So you can switch to 4 or 8 ohms, find which one sounds better on your speaker.



Cool!

So are the 4 and 8ohm for speakers only? Or will it work for headphone?

 

[earfonia]

So are the 4 and 8ohm for speakers only? Or will it work for headphone?

 
The ohm setting is only for speakers, and not affecting the headphone output.

 

[Andi-C]

I'm asking again if anyone else is having the issues as I'm still getting the problem of a hiss in the left channel in both Speakers &/or headphones & the crystal clear mic settings being ON even though the software is grayed out ? Wondering if its worth sending it back to Creative it see if its faulty !

 

[Yethal]

I'm asking again if anyone else is having the issues as I'm still getting the problem of a hiss in the left channel in both Speakers &/or headphones & the crystal clear mic settings being ON even though the software is grayed out ? Wondering if its worth sending it back to Creative it see if its faulty !

Hve You tried resinstaling the latest version of Firmware/driver/control app ?

 

[Andi-C]

I've been in chat with Creative via PM here some months ago & they said to try this but the software won't let me ? Keeps saying I don't need to...

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

Open a Command Prompt and copy/paste the update installation file into it. That should let you bypass the message saying you don't have to update.

 

[Yethal]

Sound Blaster X7 has a way of implementing chat audio painlessly. I've attached a link to my post over at Mad's guide explaining how.
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/534479/mad-lust-envys-headphone-gaming-guide-5-31-2015-beyer-cop-and-shure-1540-added/31380#post_11756076

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

Just wanna note that that X7 exhibits more bass presence through USB compared to the SPDIF in. Tested on my PC, quick switching both devices with a few mouse clicks. So if you feel bass is lacking without EQ, don't bother with SPDIF if USB is an option. Mids are more present on spdif, so that's a benefit.