Sound Blaster RE:Imagine

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Any of you guys seen this?


It's a kickstarter from Creative themselves. Not sure what it has to do with the original Sound Blaster Audio apart from the Parrot.

When I first saw the title, I thought it was going to be bringing back Hardware EAX or something like that, through an external box. I got a little excited to be honest. However, when I read through the kickstarter, it just seems to be an external sound card that you can plug everything into. With some programmable switches, a smart screen and some AI thrown in. Not sure what I make of it.
 
To be fair that looks really useful if I can plug in multiple devices and listen on one set of headphones conveniently with good sound quality and without interference and ground loops, etc. it is one thing which I've never nailed in my current setup. (EDIT: Even AVRs as mentioned above tend to be for a slightly different purpose and don't quite have the compatibility for desktop use cases).
 
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Interesting, not sure what to think. Like who's it for? The 50+ year olds that remember the first Sound Blaster in use? Seems like the the retro packaging/theme isn't really in synergy with the product. It also feels like bit of a stream deck and I'm not sure this does enough. Although they do mention in the KS that stream decks tend to lack audio connectivity options. I also think the modular design adds expense to something already expensive.

However I love the use of Linux OS and it does feel like DAC/AMPs getting 'smarter' is probably the trend right now. So in that sense this having gaming features etc. is a unique point vs. some of its competitors.
 
Long as it does not require Creative's drivers/software and works as a usual USB DAC does then all's good I guess.
 
mrk said:
Long as it does not require Creative's drivers/software and works as a usual USB DAC does then all's good I guess.
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Agreed, or even at the very least you can do everything on the device. Something their GC7 did really well and most reviews missed. In that you never needed to access the Creative App on Windows because you could either connect via Blutooth, or do everything on the actual device via the screen and numerous control dials. Even though it was far from their best product it did something the other products like the G6, X3/4, X7, G8 couldn't do.
 
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