Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook

Pros: Clear, bright sound. DVD decoding and a slew of other features.

Cons: Occasionally buggy drivers. Dongle might be a problem if you are rough.

The Bottom Line: Highly recommended: the sound quality and feature set blow away anything that comes stock in a laptop.

Review: For the three years that I've owned my Thinkpad, I was desperate to improve the horrible sound quality of my laptop's built in sound-card. When Creative finally released a PCMCIA sound card, I was sold before I read a single review. Thankfully, the card ...

Pros: Inexpensive, amazing sound quality. 7.1 channel decoding. Portable. THX certified. Fantastic software bundle.

Cons: Drivers install AOL, yuck.

The Bottom Line: For under $100, you get THX-ceritified sound with full 7.1 decoding. Your laptop CAN produce great sound with the help of the Audigy 2 ZS Notebook!

Review: Most laptops have lousy built-in sound cards. For the longest time, I was stuck with only basic stereo from a headphone jack, my sound often ruined by static from a poor ground. Creative came to the rescue with an ingenious product, the Audigy 2 ZS ...

Pros: Amazing sound!!! Powerful software with many interesting and useful features!

Cons: Sound card looks "fragile", it creates an impression to be easily broken

The Bottom Line: I highly recommend this sound card for laptop owners who like to listen music with amazing quality

Review: I have never had experience with advanced sound PC hardware and was a bit skeptical about performance of sound cards such as Creative sound blaster. At the same time every time listening something from my broad music collection was always disappointing ...

Pros: The most versatile and talented multi-use mobile sound card available - unparalleled sound quality.

Cons: I'll have to rerecord all the tracks on my Creative Zen Touch MP3 player...rats!

The Bottom Line: Better than even my audiophile expectations, this card has made my best ever recordings, and plays midi instruments wonderfully. Surround sound for DVDs and games along with quality free speakers.

Review: Since buying this card, my audio experience has improved as follows: 1: My M-Audio 49e keyboard is now fully functional, all keys work well, and sound quality is a quantum leap ahead - no comparison to the built in sound of my Acer laptop; 2: With ...

Pros: Better sound...better gameplay...now have a gameport...

Cons: none so far...

Review: I have been using the onboard sound on an ASUS K8V-X mother board...I bought a refurbished card thru Creative (Ebay). Installation of the card and gameport went OK...software installation went well. Results: I mostly play UT2004 offline...liking ...

Pros: Inexpensive- With rebates, I only paid $69 + tax at CompUSA.

Cons: Unusable, poor mfr. support, software isn't the most stable either.

Review: Well, not just mine but many others too. You see it turns out anyone that has a notebook that uses the ENE cardbuss controller will have some issues, and that's a lot of people! Before you buy it - check your device manager to see what's on your PC. ...

Pros: Well designed.

Cons: Driver doesn't always work.

Review: No driver available that always work. Save yourself a huge headache and buy something other than Creative Sound Blaster Sound Cards. You'll thank me later for the ...