Sound Blaster X5 - Hi-res External Dual DAC USB Sound Card

Audiophiles and pro-audio lovers: The Sound Blaster X5 is made for you.

The Sound Blaster X5 is an external USB DAC and amp sound card that is packed full with top-notch audio components, including 2 Cirrus Logic CS43198 DACs and a fully balanced Xamp headphone bi-amplifier. It supports playback of up to 32-bit / 384 kHz and DSD256 ultra-high resolution, and doubles up as a Bluetooth receiver for wireless audio.

0:00 Introducing Sound Blaster X5
0:14 Pristine audio in 32-bit / 384 kHz over PCM at up to 130 dB DNR
0:31 Brings out the best in any headphones with fully balanced headphones bi-amplifier
0:47 Drive studio-grade headphones of up to 600Ω
0:53 Go wired or wireless with Sound Blaster X5
1:00 Versatile connectivity with RCA, TOSLINK Optical connectors, and more
1:11 Easy-to-access and intuitive controls
1:20 Full customizability via Creative App

[viagem-voyage-travel]

I used to be very happy in the 1990's I used S Blaster´s products.

[PradeepRaajkumar]

My condolences to the creator Owner of Singapore...Loved Soundblaster

[kaanyazici]

After using a decade my Creative Titanium HD i hate my Atom+ Dac, this could be an upgrade.

[sup]

sound blaster stepping up their audio, nice!!

[staticvoidmain]

Why did you remove SXFi though? That thing is amazing with open-back headphones. Did you replace it with something similar?

[porkchopper]

No XLR input? As a YouTuber (not on this account), I'm in the market for both a new sound card and an interface. This was really close to being a 2-in1 for me. I'm still rocking my X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro after all these years, so I was hoping to go with Sound Blaster again.

[SoundSelector]

All reviews say the casing is made of plastic, a friend of mine just told me his is aluminium.
Any info on this please?

[SuperTemak]

What kind of speakers would I use with this? How much power? Is there an output for a subwoofer>

[klaymoon]

Nice looking product! I believe it can be used without a PC for the most part, right? Is there a remote control by the way?

[asmongoldsmouth]

It's about time we see a new design and build. The last great external I've seen was the X-tigy. (Which was decades ago).

[TheWolfKing]

i own the X5 and its good but from drivers way are a mess, needs some tweak on installation process (cant install em) unless i kill the cmd that opens in driver setup and then install em manually. besides that work good but have room for improvements. primary i still using my ae-9 cause now its a stable piece of beauty!

[dufreversi]

Does it works with XLR microphone? Will it boost that?

[TheDarmach]

Is there such model for 5.1 speaker set?

[jonleeyc]

Finally a Sound Blaster card that has 4.4mm balanced output, if USB-A audio host support USB mic with sidetone / real time mic monitoring, I’m sold.

[DeniosG]

Waiting for new model with better ttx sound, and super x-fi. 2 in 1.

[YouTob.]

Is it better than AE-9 to connect a receiver?

[klaymoon]

Nice looking product! I wish it had a hdmi port. Other than that, can it be connected to a remote control?

[bumbble]

Hey, can i pair this with my sound blaster kartana V2?

[MestreErog]

Seems nice but I was expecting it to have a bit more power than 340 mW @ 32 ohms (balanced) 170 mW @ 32 ohms (unbalanced) for the asking price :(

[quebecpower]

No link to where to buy? Is it available on Amazon?