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Mac Gaming News - XLR8YourMac Reports Possible SoundBlaster Live! Shipping Date

by , 3:20 PM EST, February 26th, 2001

XLR8YourMac.com reported this past Friday that SoundBlaster Live! for the Mac may be shipping soon. The information came from a post XLR8YourMac's forums from someone claiming to be a CreativeLabs employee. That post was subsequently deleted, but we can all hope. From XLR8YourMac:

"Good news folks! You heard it here first.

It appears that, BARRING ANY UNFORSEEN, LAST MINUTE DISASTERS, we'll be packing boxes late next week and shipping shortly thereafter!

It's sounding *really* good, and I'm quite pleased with its audio enhancements on both my G4-350 and my old PM9600. This thing with a set of Cambridge FPS2000 digital speakers sounds awesome.

Thanks for all of your support. I still think this is the best thing to happen to Macintosh audio in a long time. Certainly at the price point. Enjoy, and TELL YOUR FRIENDS!"

You can find the original post at XLR8YourMac.

The Mac Observer Spin:

The SoundBlaster Live! sound card is going to be a Big Deal for Mac gamers. The Mac's built-in 16 bit sound is good, but the 128 bit sound offered by the SoundBlaster Live is fantastically better. This is one area where the Mac's built in quality meant that there was little incentive for a manufacturer to bring their sound cards to the Mac; we just didn't "need" it on the Mac. The technology has now progressed to the point where we will handily notice the difference, and we are quite excited about this product coming to the Mac.

Now, if only Apple will start bundling this card, or offering is in place of the 16 bit sound they ship now.

Creative Labs

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