34 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Dimond extreme sound not for Vista,
September 2, 2007 Ken "Ken" (Oakhurst, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diamond XtremeSound 7.1/24 bit Sound Card ( XS71 ) (Personal Computers)
I left Creative's sound blaster USB because they did not support Vista; I searched Amazon and found The Diamond by searching for "Vista sound Cards", I ordered it overnight, it arrived, but the software did not work with Vista although the generic windows driver does.
I called Diamond, because the card inside said "Do not return to vendor call us first." I did and was told, impatiently, that the box did not say Vista and that I should return it to Amazon.
So I am going to keep it, it does work, where the Creative did not. I received about half of what I thought I had bought.
Amazon showed this under a Vista search, Diamond was rude. The hassel of returning it and starting over, is too much.
So Cavet Emptor - be careful, make sure it is what you want, if it does not say Vista do not buy it no matter what the website claims.
Diamond has performed well in the past.
And, yes, I should have been more careful, I was too...Read more
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Beware if you have Blu-ray,
August 1, 2008 John S "jjmmss00" (FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diamond XtremeSound 7.1/24 bit Sound Card ( XS71 ) (Personal Computers)
I purchased this card to use with an internal Blue-ray player, and found it would not output DTS digital 5.1 or 7.1 from the optical SPDIF port (stereo worked OK). When I called technical suppoort they told me that the card did not support either DTS (contrary to claim on box), or Blu-ray. The box indicated that the card would support DVD multi channel playback in either DTS or Dolby digital.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A Great Sound Card For The Price,
March 14, 2011 Mr. Timothy Egan (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diamond XtremeSound 7.1/24 bit Sound Card ( XS71 ) (Personal Computers)
I've been upgrading my Dell XPS 400 for awhile now and it finally came to a point where I needed a new sound card. I searched Amazon and came upon this one. The price was right, it gave me what I was looking for; updating an old sound card to the latest technology thus giving me additional sound options (like Stereo Mix) that my old card lacked. I was hesitant at first to make the purchase, after reading a number of reviews regarding the install on Windows 7. I'm relatively tech savvy, and I figured you'd have to be a bit more Magyverish to get the thing installed. I took my chances and purchased the card.
It arrived today and the install was easy. Very easy after reading the reviews and going about it myself. Had the card installed in less than five minutes and was playing surround sound to my hearts content. For those of you that wander here and need help and you have a windows 7 machine, don't be afraid to buy this card. Here's what I did, with the help of some of the...Read more
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