Jendre Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 This seems like another win for Apple in the battle with PC makers. I could not quite believe this: the latest USB sound card from Sound Blaster comes with a support for Mac (as well as PC). As for a sound card it is rather a basic one with e.g. no real surround sound. But it has a built-in wireless streamer that can blast music from itunes to speakers or a hifi in another room, according to the Sound Blaster Wireless for iTunes product page anyway. Source: http://www.epizenter.net/comment.php?comment.news.480 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175011-sound-blaster-now-supports-macs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
riws Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 The older one, SoundBlaster Live! 24bit External has Mac Support, as most USB cards. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175011-sound-blaster-now-supports-macs/#findComment-1200894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMafia Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 You gotta be kiddin' me! USB sound? I have to plug yet another gizmo in because Apple doesn't have a real 3rd party sound driver? Why is this news? Mac sound is totally average, if not lame. My biggest complaint against Apple (Supposedly a Music Company) is you can't buy a real sound card. You can't even get simple optical/digtal Dolby 5.1 sound. What is up with that?! I have a Razer sound card on my PC (there's probably a half dozen other good ones) that has all the hardware drivers for Dolby, THX, etc. It sounds awesome! No comparison to Mobo 5.1 sound Mac or PC. I never totally switched to my hackintosh because of crappy sound. fyi, I have a MacBook Pro, but I didn't buy for music/sound. Why can't you buy a real PCI or PCI-x sound card with Mac Drivers? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175011-sound-blaster-now-supports-macs/#findComment-1201490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitap Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I suspect there isn't a big market for the pci (e) sound card for mac since mainstream macs can only have add-ons through UBS or Firewire. Pro users using MacPros would usually have the money to get high end sound interfaces that support mac. So... it sucks for us hackintosh users... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175011-sound-blaster-now-supports-macs/#findComment-1202089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Yeah, I really hate that, we hackintosh users are away from PCIe TV tunner cards and good sound cards, no 5.1 Dolby Digital Live, no tv, etc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175011-sound-blaster-now-supports-macs/#findComment-1204853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuz12 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 yes, i do too.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175011-sound-blaster-now-supports-macs/#findComment-1216829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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