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product_id: 54819477
title: "Sound Blaster Play!3 High Resolution USB DAC Amp and External Sound Card"
brand: "creative"
price: "1.00 OMR"
currency: OMR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
category: "Creative"
url: https://www.desertcart.com.om/products/54819477-sound-blaster-play-3-high-resolution-usb-dac-amp-external
store_origin: OM
region: Oman
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# 24-bit/96kHz Hi-Res Audio Plug & Play USB Simplicity 24-bit/48kHz Voice Clarity Sound Blaster Play!3 High Resolution USB DAC Amp and External Sound Card

**Brand:** creative
**Price:** 1.00 OMR
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Elevate Every Sound Wave — Because Your Audio Deserves the Spotlight

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Sound Blaster Play!3 High Resolution USB DAC Amp and External Sound Card by creative
- **How much does it cost?** 1.00 OMR with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.om](https://www.desertcart.com.om/products/54819477-sound-blaster-play-3-high-resolution-usb-dac-amp-external)

## Best For

- creative enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted creative brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Compact Powerhouse Design:** Lightweight and sleek, this external sound card fits seamlessly into your professional setup without clutter.
- • **Effortless USB Plug & Play:** No drivers, no hassle—just plug into any USB port and instantly elevate your audio experience.
- • **Studio-Grade Sound Upgrade:** Transform your audio with pristine 24-bit/96kHz high-resolution playback that leaves onboard sound cards in the dust.
- • **Crystal Clear Voice Communication:** Record and chat with 24-bit/48kHz quality, perfect for podcasts, streaming, and in-game comms.
- • **Universal Headphone Compatibility:** Drive a wide range of headphones without the need for extra cables or adapters—pure convenience.

## Overview

The Creative Sound Blaster Play!3 is a compact, high-resolution USB DAC and external sound card that delivers studio-quality 24-bit/96kHz audio playback and 24-bit/48kHz voice recording. Designed for plug-and-play convenience, it enhances headphone performance without extra cables, making it an essential upgrade for professionals and audiophiles seeking crisp, immersive sound on Windows and Mac systems.

## Description

Buy

Review: Superb little unit that replaces the average onboard sound card, and works beautifully. - I bought this USB sound card as my built in sound card on the motherboard was frustrating. The motherboard is an MSI B450 Tomahawk and the sound card is the Realtek unit. The drivers have upgraded, and made it worse. Sound stutters when playing music and I open another web page with ads or videos that want to play. Also, you could hear the mouse scrolling through the speakers. Really not good. So considered an internal sound card, but what I want, with either toslink or coax to feed a DAC, are not cheap. So, I look at this little device instead. I don't use it for headphones, but rather a 3.5mm to RCA cable instead that feeds my Amplifier. What a revelation! It is many many times better than the onboard sound card. The sound is cleaner, richer, deeper and really enhances streaming music and videos. Well worth considering over a number of onboard cards. Quite simply, for cost for sound quality, it is mightily impressive. Well worth it.
Review: Massive Improvements Compared To A Gaming Headset or Old Onboard-Audio - My HyperX Cloud IIs USB Soundcard was basically falling apart, so I had to choose between getting another one for £30+, but instead looked into separate external sound cards to see if I could make the headphones better by basically plugging into this Creative Sound Blaster Play! 3 instead of using HyperX's USB Soundcard (the little thing that the headphones plug into before you can plug it into the PC). I combined this with a DuKabel 3.5mm Extension TRRS 4-Pole Headphone Cable, and instantly the results were so much better. My motherboard is a Gigabyte B450M-DS3H so the onboard audio for it is budget and old, and this play! 3 blows that out of the water. Like everyone else says, you NEED to download the Creative Sound Blaster software from their website to gain the benefits, but once that was downloaded and all set up... Incredible improvement. One of the most obvious improvements is that with no music playing, and the volume at its highest, there was no audible hiss or any static. Just pure silence, as if the headphones were off. Since using it I have noticed less headaches and haven't needed to take my headphones off as much as before due to the previously annoying hiss that I got using the soundcard supplied with the headphones. For the price, it's great value for money and is like a day and night difference to getting an audio upgrade on a budget. I definitely feel that paying even just £10 or £20 more for one of Creative's better solutions would give even better results. However, for gaming I felt that the options provided by the software were disadvantageous - competitively. The surround sound was a bit lacking and weird, and when playing games I sometimes could swear that I would be hearing sounds in different directions than they are due to it so I keep it off, but the crystallizer always remained on. For casual play and music listening, the adjustable bass boost option and bass rollover gave a very nice customization and clean boost that magnified the experience.

## Features

- Instantly upgrade to high resolution audio 24-bit 96 kHz high-resolution USB DAC playback
- Studio-grade listening - the Sound Blaster PLAY!3 drives a wide range of headphones
- Crisp voice communications and recording 24-bit 48 kHz quality for podcasts or in-game communications
- Simple, fuss-free, plug and play - simply connect it to a USB port and you're good to go; no drivers
- Convenient headphone connectivity - no need for a Y-splitter cable
- For Windows OS : Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent processor (2.8 GHz or faster recommended), Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard, Microsoft Windows 10 32/64 bit, Windows 8.1/8.0 32/64 bit, Windows 7 32/64 bit
- For Mac OS : Mac OS X 10.9 or higher

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B073KTPNDR |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | 8,847 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 10 in External Sound Cards |
| Brand | CREATIVE |
| Colour | black |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (2,218) |
| Date First Available | 1 July 2017 |
| Graphics Card Interface | Integrated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 600 MB |
| Graphics Coprocessor | Integrated Graphics |
| Graphics RAM Type | DDR SDRAM |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Hardware Platform | Personal Computer |
| Item Weight | 13 g |
| Item model number | 70SB173000000 |
| Manufacturer | Creative Labs (Europe) Limited |
| Memory Clock Speed | 96 MHz |
| Power Source | Wired electrical engineering |
| Product Dimensions | 13.8 x 2.2 x 0.94 cm; 13.01 g |
| Series | Sound Blaster PLAY! 3 |

## Product Details

- **Audio output mode:** Stereo
- **Brand:** CREATIVE
- **Compatible devices:** Personal Computer, Laptop
- **Hardware interface:** USB
- **Platform:** Windows 7, Windows 8

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb little unit that replaces the average onboard sound card, and works beautifully.
*by A***R on 21 September 2025*

I bought this USB sound card as my built in sound card on the motherboard was frustrating. The motherboard is an MSI B450 Tomahawk and the sound card is the Realtek unit. The drivers have upgraded, and made it worse. Sound stutters when playing music and I open another web page with ads or videos that want to play. Also, you could hear the mouse scrolling through the speakers. Really not good. So considered an internal sound card, but what I want, with either toslink or coax to feed a DAC, are not cheap. So, I look at this little device instead. I don't use it for headphones, but rather a 3.5mm to RCA cable instead that feeds my Amplifier. What a revelation! It is many many times better than the onboard sound card. The sound is cleaner, richer, deeper and really enhances streaming music and videos. Well worth considering over a number of onboard cards. Quite simply, for cost for sound quality, it is mightily impressive. Well worth it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Massive Improvements Compared To A Gaming Headset or Old Onboard-Audio
*by A***I on 19 June 2021*

My HyperX Cloud IIs USB Soundcard was basically falling apart, so I had to choose between getting another one for £30+, but instead looked into separate external sound cards to see if I could make the headphones better by basically plugging into this Creative Sound Blaster Play! 3 instead of using HyperX's USB Soundcard (the little thing that the headphones plug into before you can plug it into the PC). I combined this with a DuKabel 3.5mm Extension TRRS 4-Pole Headphone Cable, and instantly the results were so much better. My motherboard is a Gigabyte B450M-DS3H so the onboard audio for it is budget and old, and this play! 3 blows that out of the water. Like everyone else says, you NEED to download the Creative Sound Blaster software from their website to gain the benefits, but once that was downloaded and all set up... Incredible improvement. One of the most obvious improvements is that with no music playing, and the volume at its highest, there was no audible hiss or any static. Just pure silence, as if the headphones were off. Since using it I have noticed less headaches and haven't needed to take my headphones off as much as before due to the previously annoying hiss that I got using the soundcard supplied with the headphones. For the price, it's great value for money and is like a day and night difference to getting an audio upgrade on a budget. I definitely feel that paying even just £10 or £20 more for one of Creative's better solutions would give even better results. However, for gaming I felt that the options provided by the software were disadvantageous - competitively. The surround sound was a bit lacking and weird, and when playing games I sometimes could swear that I would be hearing sounds in different directions than they are due to it so I keep it off, but the crystallizer always remained on. For casual play and music listening, the adjustable bass boost option and bass rollover gave a very nice customization and clean boost that magnified the experience.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb sound quality
*by A***R on 7 January 2026*

Fabulous dongle with pretty much hifi quality sound.

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