Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 Hi-Res Internal PCIe Sound Card, Quad-Core Processor, 127dB DNR ESS SABRE-class 9018 DAC, Xamp Discrete Custom Bi-amp, Discrete 5.1/Virtual 7.1, Dolby, DTS Encoding (Black and Gray)

It completely change the environment of the Hall, Why did you pick this product vs others?: Sound quality is good, use with sony s40r speaker.

After a very long time searching and reading reviews and specs of various sound cards, I finally purchase Creative soundblaster AE-7. It meets all my requirements, ie crystal clear sound and clarity. this sound card has ultra low THD of 0.00001% and very high signal to noise ratio. being fond of listening Indian classical music since 30 years I am very happy with this sound card. this card is very easy to install. very much thanks to Creative and Amazon.

Was hesitant to invest money on a sound card, but I wanted to use my DTS system to the fullest. After long research decided to pickup AE-7 Pacakge was cool Build Quality with LED is awesome Configuration is easy, but need to spend time in understanding the terminologies Register self and product in the SBC app to save the configurations, if not you will have to configure every time you restart. Not using the external controller for now, but an usefull one for content creators Mounted on a MSI B560 MB this is working like a charm. Splits the channels beautifully. Slightly over priced , but a GOOD one for what we pay.

Audio sync should be set manually, otherwise all okay

For around 20 k this is the best sound card available in market right now. It supersedes any other on board sound card and also blows off some entry level AV receivers as well. The SABRE class 9018 DAC used here is awesome and you can feel the nuances of sound. Be sure to invest in some quality headphone and speaker system if you are planning to buy this one.

Bought AE-7 and from the very first day it has been full of bugs, be it the card or Sound Blaster app. I have three PCIE ports and have tried the card in all three but every other day I have to uninstall and install the drivers. Then it would work okay for a day or two and then again system doesn't read the card. I also installed the card in my other system (with different MoBo) just to check and the same problem persists. Please don't buy this, go for external sound card.

You have must high resolution supported speaker system for best result of this sound card, without high resolution speaker totally waste of money for this sound card don't buy if you have normal speaker.

I think AE -5 plus is good, not a good Dolby