Sound Blaster E5

Motherboard manufacturers have made great strides in recent years with regard to audio quality. Better controllers, better capacitors, shielding, separate PCB areas, amps. It could have significantly impacted Creatives business however they have been...

This is less of a review and more of a collection of thoughts I've had after owning the E5 for about a year. I won't go into sound quality in any detail as I don't think it's particularity noteworthy for a device of this caliber. 1. The amplifier stage...

My recent audio hunt has been about getting the best possible sound out of my iPhone 5s (or 3s for 30 pin use). Being very much in the Mac world with all kinds of devices, I'm eager to use my iPhone(s) as transports for music, rather than buy a...

The E5 is so close to being a giant killer but it has a few major flaws in my opinion. This is a technically oriented review. I like neutral sound signatures and bit perfect playback. I don't like to EQ. Is this for me? Heck no get away fast. This is a...

A big thank you to @LucasCL of creative for organising this review tour and allowing me to take part in it! It's my first ever review for a source, so also another big thank you for not rushing me! Apologies for the delay here. I received the E5 quite...

INTRO:- We all know creative as a brand that makes quality audio products and accessories. Mostly known for their speakers, audio cards and headphones, this time around they have introduced a few portable Headphone Amplifiers, 3 to be precise, E5, E3...

EDIT: As of the October 8th, 2015 firmware update, you can now alter all of the SBX settings when connected to your iPhone via Bluetooth. Nice job, Creative! INTRODUCTION Creative is well-known for their sound cards. I remember building a PC when I was...

One device to hook up your headphones to... Basically anything. In the 1980's, there was a Man. So manly was this Man, he could fix or fashion any tool from materials on hand, his name became a verb for finding unusual uses for paper clips, chewing...

Creative Sound Blaster E5 Review Disclaimer: This is a review unit I received from Creative Technology Ltd. The Creative E5 is a portable DAC/AMP with tons of connectivity. I mainly used the device as a portable device with my iPad Air 2 connected via...

Back in July, Lucas (@LucasCL) of Creative put out a call on Head-Fi for reviewers for three Sound Blaster products: the Roar 2 portable wireless speaker, the Aurvana In-Ear3 Plus IEM, and the Sound Blaster E5 portable headphone amplifier. I was lucky...