The Sound BlasterX AE-5 Owners' Club
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Just put one of these in my new PC build, previously had an Asus Xonar D2X.
Mighty impressed with the performance of this card, just ticks so many boxes.
Driving a pair of DT1990's with pleasure and has brought life back to my 8 year old M50's.
Using the card in direct mode and 32bit/384kHz, I presume this is the best setup if I don't want any additional processing and for the soundcard to serve purely as a DAC?
Mighty impressed with the performance of this card, just ticks so many boxes.
Driving a pair of DT1990's with pleasure and has brought life back to my 8 year old M50's.
Using the card in direct mode and 32bit/384kHz, I presume this is the best setup if I don't want any additional processing and for the soundcard to serve purely as a DAC?
Yep just had the issue with Spotify, failed to play anything beyond 24/192
Thanks for the heads up, I'd have been scratching my head for a bit otherwise!
On mine if I set it higher it plays but I get a screechy sound in treble and intermittent pops/crackles.
Personally I don't notice any difference between 24/192 and higher upto my HD600s - I don't have anything higher quality to play with though and they aren't the most revealing compared with some higher end headphones.
Personally I don't notice any difference between 24/192 and higher upto my HD600s - I don't have anything higher quality to play with though and they aren't the most revealing compared with some higher end headphones.
I have this too.
It's almost repeatable... if I drop in to bios and then reboot, windows doesn't see the card. I have to reboot again for it to pick it up.
I don't have to reseat it mind. Although did once one my old mobo....but not on my new one.
So I've not had any problems for a while. But i've just had my audio go muffled. Like all i was getting was bass and no mid or tweeter.
I restarted and rebooted, and with in seconds of a video it would do it.
noticed there was an update in the commander app...I've updated and rebooted and I don't think it is happening anymore.
I restarted and rebooted, and with in seconds of a video it would do it.
noticed there was an update in the commander app...I've updated and rebooted and I don't think it is happening anymore.
Hi All, I just bought a used AE-5 on eBay. Installed it last night but no matter what I do I cannot get output from the rear channels or centre/sub in my 5.1 set-up, connected to the 3 analog jacks on the AE-5. I'm running a Genelec 5.1 studio monitor set-up and it worked flawlessly with my previous card (Sound Blaster Recon3D THX). I removed that card and uninstalled all of it's software before installing the AE-5. Then I downloaded the latest SBC (3.4.94.0) and I've played with every setting I can find in SBC & Windows 10 but I get zero output from the rear & centre/sub. I have Windows 10 set up for a 5.1 config and when I hit "test" I hear left, right, then nothing, but I see from the indicators on screen that it's attempting to output to the various other channels as normal. Same thing when I click test in SBC. Just for fun I plugged my rears into the L/R jack and sure enough they're on and working, but this card appears to have no output from the actual rear & centre/sub jacks. Has anyone encountered this before? Could it be as simple as I bought a defective card on eBay? Before I take up the issue with the seller I want to be sure I've exhausted all the troubleshooting options. Thanks for any advice!
Thanks. Just double-checked, definitely speakers.
Do you hear the relays clicking on the card itself if you change to and from headphone mode?
Yeah, you can definitely hear the relays activating when you switch between headphone and speaker.
Anyone else having problems with their AE-5? Lately my sound keeps cutting in and out randomly while playing games, sometimes it cuts out completely and sometimes it goes all crackly, I can fix it by going to Windows Sound and disabling the Soundcard then re enabling it again. I'm having to do this quite often now, like once every minute when it starts playing up. My driver's are up to date and I use Sound blaster Connect 2 (3.2.28.0) which I recently uninstalled and reinstalled which seemed to fix the problem for a week but now it's back. It's nothing to do with my headphones and only happens when gaming, I use music software a lot and I never have sound issues then.
My issues sound a bit like those mentioned here (https://support.creative.com/kb/ShowArticle.aspx?sid=200261&c), but I am using SSD's and there are no Windows updates happening when I have sound problems and there are no high usage background tasks happening either? High utilization problems would make sense because it only happens when gaming and not when using other software. But, I've had this same system for 3 years now with the same soundcard and never had any problems until recently so the general utilization and hardware is the same as it always has been.
My issues sound a bit like those mentioned here (https://support.creative.com/kb/ShowArticle.aspx?sid=200261&c), but I am using SSD's and there are no Windows updates happening when I have sound problems and there are no high usage background tasks happening either? High utilization problems would make sense because it only happens when gaming and not when using other software. But, I've had this same system for 3 years now with the same soundcard and never had any problems until recently so the general utilization and hardware is the same as it always has been.
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FYI the modmic hiss can be fixed by plugging the mic into a Sabrent USB Soundcard (about £8.0) rather than directly into the Soundcard. It's a common thing and a common fix, I did it to mine. See random video here:
https://youtu.be/CjFNWvqWhn
It's a very cheap easy fix with great results, just plug the Sabrent into a spare USB slot, plug the mic in and select the Sabrent in your Windows sound settings under the 'Recording' tab. No software or drivers required.
https://youtu.be/CjFNWvqWhn
It's a very cheap easy fix with great results, just plug the Sabrent into a spare USB slot, plug the mic in and select the Sabrent in your Windows sound settings under the 'Recording' tab. No software or drivers required.
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Not sure this is actually a soundcard related issue so I'm starting a new thread about it.
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Hi,
Looks like I'm joining the club as I've just purchased AE-5 at Ebay
But few seconds later I'm not convinced I've done well. I own two sounds cards already: M-Audio Delta 2496 and SB X-Fi Titanium, both used for different things. AE should replace X-Fi due to some small cracklings issues (and lacking of current drivers) - but this thread reminds me AE doesn't support CMSS 3D, which is main function in my X-Fi. I use 5.1 speakers config (no headphones at all), unfortunately with various "hearing" point, lol - during a day a sit at a desk when front speakers are closer, and during nights I'm on a bed, when rear speakers are closer (and CMSS 3D makes a big difference with movies without 5.1 track). I'd like to keep stereo -> surround converting capabilities, whatever it takes, so technology doesn't have to be named CMSS 3D - do I have any options here ?
Looks like I'm joining the club as I've just purchased AE-5 at Ebay
But few seconds later I'm not convinced I've done well. I own two sounds cards already: M-Audio Delta 2496 and SB X-Fi Titanium, both used for different things. AE should replace X-Fi due to some small cracklings issues (and lacking of current drivers) - but this thread reminds me AE doesn't support CMSS 3D, which is main function in my X-Fi. I use 5.1 speakers config (no headphones at all), unfortunately with various "hearing" point, lol - during a day a sit at a desk when front speakers are closer, and during nights I'm on a bed, when rear speakers are closer (and CMSS 3D makes a big difference with movies without 5.1 track). I'd like to keep stereo -> surround converting capabilities, whatever it takes, so technology doesn't have to be named CMSS 3D - do I have any options here ?