Creative Sound BlasterX G6 7.1 HD Gaming DAC and External USB Sound Card Review

Audio/Others by stefan @ 2018-09-15

The latest Sound BlasterX G6 DAC and external sound card is very flexible in terms of supported platforms, but also features important upgrades over the G5. We do have now a future-proof 32-bit/384kHz, 130dB DAC that is combined with separate amplification for each channel, marketed as Xamp. The amplifier supports up to 600 ohm headphones and with the G6 we also have now Dolby Digital Decoding. Scout Mode was been introduced quite some time ago and applies certain filters in-game, for hearing more clearly footsteps, weapons and should give you an advantage. For easy operation, we do also have a hardware button for Scout Mode, but also for switching between different preset profiles or for choosing the amplification.

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Sound Blaster Connect 2 Part I

We are already familiar with the Sound Blaster Connect 2 GUI from the previously tested products from Creative; it comes with a lot of preset profiles that fit different usage modes, but this time the manufacturer took its time and developed some more for the recent gaming titles, such as Fortnite:

 

 

 

On the right side of the GUI we are able to customize the EQ, BlasterX Acoustic Engine effects, enable Scout Mode, choose the Dolby effect intensity, work with the filters, enable microphone Voice Morph or customize the RGB LED lighting:

 

 

 

 

The Sound can be further customized via the dedicated menu:

 

Equalizer

 

 

 

EQ Presets

 

 

 

Acoustic Engine

 

 

 

 

Scout Mode

 

 

 

Dolby Audio Mode

 

 

 

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