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.

The sound card does also have a frontal wheel for controlling both headset and microphone volumes, while the jacks in the back are hybrid so they operate in both analog and (digital) optical modes.

As expected, the G6 trails the AE-5 in terms of Rightmark Audio Analyzer benchmark results; AE-5 does score just a bit lower because of the interferences inside the computer case (since it is a PCI-Express card).

The G6 sound card is also paired with an easy to use Sound Blaster Connect 2 interface, that allows full control over it; here we can choose between headphones/speakers output, adjust the preset profiles with our own choices, with the mixer, EQ, RGB lighting and more.

Sound BlasterX G6 is currently listed on the Creative Store for about 149.99 Euros.

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