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Entered CNET Catalog: 02/10/2005
SKU: 0054651070936
Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Manufacturer description
When it comes to PC game audio, there is really only one name to know - Sound Blaster! With full EAX 4.0 advanced HD performance, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value will take your gaming experience to a new level. Give yourself the competitive edge with compelling 7.1 surround sound. Plus advanced music tools, Advanced Resolution DVD-Audio playback, and Dolby Digital EX support, makes Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value an awesome audio upgrade!User opinions
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User Rating: 
9/10
Great sound, Easy Install, Sound's Great
Pros: Excellent Sound Quality At A Good Price!
Cons: None \ No Problems At All
Even As I Wright This Im Listining To Its Rich Clear Sound On A 5.1 Logitech z-640 Speaker Set,
I Highly Recomend This Ignore The People Who Say Its Bad! I Bought It Knowing The Bad Reviews Because I Trusted My Instinct!
Trust Your's Good Bang For The Buck I Tell You I Hightly Recoomend It!
User Rating: 
8/10
Great Sound, Great Price, No Problems At All!
Pros: Excellent 24 Bit Audio, Reasonable Price, Includes, Useful Software Apps Included
Cons: Drivers On CD-ROM Didn't Work
As for applications, Creative's software bundle has improved greatly versus my previous card, the SB Live 7.1. In any case, the CD-ROM offers a custom install option allowing users to select exactly what they want to install. The CD also allows users to modify the installation by adding and removing programs as desired without disturbing the driver or the remaining software. For those who prefer to run lean, no worries! It's possible to use the card with nothing but the XP driver installed. I found my "Audigy 2 Value" on closeout at Staples for $44 in April, 2006.
User Rating: 
1/10
Squeal of Death
Pros: Claims great features.
Cons: Doesn't work on many machines, countless problems.
What my web research led me to was pretty infuriating: that there is a known, very specific set of problems with this product line, which often have no solution... and yet Creative front-line tech support is NOT INFORMED. If your case is escalated, you start talking to people who know the problem all too well, but overall, Creative seems to be denying anything is wrong EVEN THOUGH they originally (Feb 2002) admitted they were investigating it.
Basically this card will lock up a surprisingly large number of computers. I am posting more information (from my other post) below.
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Do a Google search for "squeal of death" and you'll start to get a sense of how awful this product line is. As in, "in need of a recall." The Audigy, Audigy 2, Audigy 2 Value, ZS, and so on, are the targets of countless consumer complaints. And not just because they don't live up to their promise (the first Audigy had a class-action suit against it, which Creative settled on, because of false claims about delivering 24-bit audio).
The real problem: they don't work. On a large number of machines, and a wide variety. They lock up, repeat sound loops, give the dreaded blue error screen, and, worst of all: the now famous "Squeal of Death" that plagues countless users and has had tech articles devoted to it. This SoD occurs when almost any program plays sound for a prolonged period... including the bundled Creative diagnostic software.
Don't just believe this review. Search "squeal of death" and check the following links... and avoid this series like the plague.
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=972039&goto=nextnewest
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=21230&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
(24 pages of negative posts)
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,48708,00.asp
(article on the squeal of death)
User Rating: 
4/10
good sound but mega problems
Pros: Good sound
Cons: I am having not end of difficulties with this sound card and my Norton Antivirus. Creative offers little help beyond sending me to the Symantec site for their fix which hasn't worked
