- Make your MP3s sound better than CDs with Xtreme Fidelity
- Enjoy headphone surround that sounds like a room full of speakers
- Hear immersive EAX® sound effects in your games
- Play DVDs and enjoy cinematic movie sound with PowerDVD®
- Connect to multichannel speakers with the Surround Sound Upgrade Kit (sold separately)

Restore detail and vibrance to your MP3s
MP3s and other digital music are great because they are small and fast to download. But because this music is compressed, your songs sound squashed and lifeless. X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio technology intelligently restores the highs and lows for rich, crystal clear music playback.

Hear headphone surround that sounds like multichannel speakers
Slip on your headphones and X-Fi CMSS-3D technology moves the sound away from your ears and into the space around you. You'll be surrounded by nine virtual speakers and feel like you're sitting with your favorite band or in the best seat in the movie theater. Games sound better too with positional audio that's so accurate you can locate enemies by sound.

Turn stereo music and movies into surround
Music and movies just sound better in surround sound. The ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook sound card features smart technology that turns your plain stereo sound into rich surround sound by centering vocals and moving ambient sounds all around you. Listen in virtual surround over headphones or stereo speakers or add the Surround Sound Upgrade kit (sold separately) to connect to your 5.1/7.1 speakers.

Enjoy Realistic sound effects in games
Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the room. Take your games to the next level with EAX® ADVANCED HD™ sound effects.

Experience cinematic surround sound from DVD movies
Watch your DVDs in cinematic surround sound with PowerDVD software featuring DTS™ and Dolby Digital® -EX decoding (free download with purchase).