planning to buy creative external souncard

[newbee1]

Hi,

I am planning to buy creative soundblaster external sound card.. Will it be a good alternative for a DAC ??

Regards

 

[netant]

Hi,
Will it be a good alternative for a DAC ??

No.

what will be your primary style of usage / objectives ?

 

[newbee1]

listening to music from my laptop..

 

[baijuxavior]

I had previously owned a creative 5.1 usb card, it is good if you have a 5.1 speaker system with analog inputs. The LR line out is definitely better than the onboard sound of the laptop. I will suggest you Xonar U3 or DACs from FiiO if 5.1 is not important to you.