Comments on: Sound Blaster for iTunes to Give Your Library a Boost

By: Enda

Enda — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:51:03 +0000

Sound Blaster Wireless for itunes is liste don the manufacturer’s website now: http://www.soundblaster.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=873&product=18739

By: MattF

MattF — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:18:55 +0000

I’m guessing that the combined ‘Creative’ system does the same thing as Airfoil + Airport Express + powered speakers. Sends a digital signal from an audio source on your computer (e.g., iTunes, Pandora, etc.) wirelessly to speakers, so the sound is ‘enhanced’ in the sense that there is no error in the signal until you get to the D-to-A in the speakers. Might be worth it– might not.

By: Galley

Galley — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:25:28 +0000

I miss the Volume Logic plug-in.

By: Gazoobee

Gazoobee — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:16:05 +0000

Not to be too much of a downer, but I don’t understand this product. It sounds like a scam to me. The sound output of your computer is what it is, information can be taken away from that output like interference or noise, but it cannot be added. Given that the average Mac has an excellent output signal with no or minimal noise I don’t see how an audio dongle can do anything that would change the basic facts. This product reminds me of those cell-phone “signal enhancers” that are actually just vinyl stickers.

It could boost the signal if it was low, but that only makes sense if this is a wireless device that is just acting as a repeater. If that’s the case, then the Apple branded version of the same thing would be a better bet.

On re-reading the article, I notice that the author has actually failed to say *what* the device is beyond merely naming it, so perhaps my assumption that it’s some kind of dongle is off kilter. Overall, very confusing article about a confusing product that seems to do nothing at all.