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This card is at least 4 years old. I kind of lost track. In any case, it's an early revision. I only use the two front speakers.
This card works well with the latest ALSA drivers in Slackware-current (as of 11/2003). Earlier versions of ALSA didn't work, but the card did work with older drivers.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $20.00 | Rating: 8
Kernel (uname -r):
2.4.20-gentoo-r8
Distribution:
Gentoo
I've been using OSS, and the Live! Value works wonderfully. Apparently the MIDI (/dev/sequencer) is kind of a hack, but I honestly haven't ever touched it.
Support is in the vanilla kernel back to the 2.2.x series. The rear speakers just mirror the front speakers.
It's a great, simple, nothing-to-configure sound card.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 9
Kernel (uname -r):
2.2
Distribution:
RedHat 7.1
while I have never asked much of my sound cards this one has worked through many test installs and many versions/distros. 7.1 was my baseline, I'm running RH9 now.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
Kernel (uname -r):
2.4.24
Distribution:
Slackware 9.1/current
Works great for me. Not using ALSA, I'm using the emu10k1 module that comes with the kernel. No need for any audio subsystem likes ARTSD or anything as this is a full duplex card.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
Kernel (uname -r):
2.4.26
Distribution:
Libranet 2.8.1
I've had this card since 1998 with many distro's and it always work and still works great. Nothing to wine about it just works.
Usign EMU10K1 module from kernel and full duplex. Easy setup.
Wish I could say that for other hardware I had.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $16.49 | Rating: 8
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.6
Distribution:
slackware-current
I use kernels compiled by myself. I only compile Sound Support into kernel (not OSS or ALSA in kernel compile). I download and follow instructions for compiling support for this card using www.alsa-project.org.
This card performs well. It has good pricing point (I bought on ebay, my stated price included shipping).
For the price, it gives good sound and performs well. No problems.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $183.29 | Rating: 10
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.12-gentoo-r9
Distribution:
Gentoo
Price may not be entirely correct, I'm from norway and rates constantly change. Anyway.
The product works perfectly 100% of the time for me. Although I haven't tried anything supporting 3D sound, all four speakers get sound. (I use two of them for the computer and two for the TV, so yeah... I'm kind of glad it doesn't work as intended. ;))
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.12
Distribution:
PCLinuxOS
Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
Worked at first boot!
Except to turn the master volume in alsamixer down; no config needed :)
When I play DVD's my dog actually thinks there's an intruder in the house.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.9-42.0.2.EL / 2.6.15(?)
Distribution:
CentOS 4 / Kubuntu 6.06
!! This is about the DELL OEM version of the card !!
lspci: Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Value EMU10k1X
Alsa soundcard matrix: Sound Blaster PCI X (Dell OEM) SB0200 Details (emu10k1x)
Worked on boot with Kubuntu, needed to compile the Alsa driver with CentOS. Rating 10 because I haven't got full options working but that seems more distro specific than a fault with the hardware. Note the X in the driver, it won't work with emu10k1.
Good card, no hassles, should be really cheap now.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 0
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.15-27-386
Distribution:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 06)
Excellent soundcard, with excellent support for linux. Has worked for me straight away with each distribution of linux I've tried (Mandrake 10.1, Ubuntu 5.04, Ubuntu 5.10, Ubuntu, 6.06, Ubuntu 6.10, Knoppix 5.0), and has excellent features; bass/treble control, hardware mixing of sound (especially useful for linux, since software mixing of sound isn't quite as good as it could be), hardware MIDI synthesis, and a 3D sound effect.
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