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Creative Aurvana X-Fi

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    6.4 6.4 from 56 reviewers
  • Expert Score (14)
    7.5 7.5 from 14 reviewers

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Listen to every detail in your music with the world’s first noise-canceling headphones equipped with X-Fi technology.

Specifications

  • Driver Units:
    40mm Neodymium magnet
  • Frequency Response:
    20Hz-20kHz
  • Impedance:
    450ohms(on), 72ohms(off)
  • Sensitivity (1kHz):
    105dB/mW(on), 95dB/mW(off)
  • Noise Reduction Level:
    20dB
  • Cord Length:
    1.5m detachable Oxygen-Free Copper cable
  • Input Plug:
    3.5mm gold-plated stereo miniplug with 6.3mm (¼”) stereo adapter
  • Net Weight:
    245g (without packaging)

Creative Aurvana X-Fi

The Aurvana X-Fi is a noise canceling headphone set from Creative Labs Inc. that comes in a black and silver color scheme. With the 2 AAA batteries, the Creative Aurvana X-Fi weighs about 250 grams. These noise canceling headphones have on-ear controls for switching the device on and off as well as for adjusting volume levels. It features up to 90% reduction of ambient noises. The noise canceling feature can also be used by itself without an audio source by unplugging the aud…

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Creative Aurvana X-Fi

The Aurvana X-Fi is a noise canceling headphone set from Creative Labs Inc. that comes in a black and silver color scheme. With the 2 AAA batteries, the Creative Aurvana X-Fi weighs about 250 grams. These noise canceling headphones have on-ear controls for switching the device on and off as well as for adjusting volume levels. It features up to 90% reduction of ambient noises. The noise canceling feature can also be used by itself without an audio source by unplugging the audio cable.

The Creative Aurvana X-Fi has 40mm Neodymium drivers and features three proprietary technologies meant to enhance the user’s listening experience: X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity, X-Fi Crystalizer and X-Fi CMSS-3D.

X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity

Creative’s X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity technology restores sound detail and expands the audio source to virtual surround sound.

X-Fi Crystalize

The X-Fi Crystalizer technology improves the quality of compressed audio by enhancing high and low frequencies.

X-Fi CMSS-3D

The Creative Aurvana X-Fi’s X-Fi CMSS-3D technology expands the audio source (stereo MP3s or movies) to simulate surround sound on the headphones.

Accessories

The Creative Aurvana X-Fi has several accessories included in the box. In addition to the black travel case, the headphone set comes with various adapters: a 1/4 inch audio jack adapter; an airplane adapter (two-pronged) that works with most airlines; and an extension cord that goes up to about 5 feet.

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Pros & Cons

  • excellent noise reduction, pretty comfortable initially, rich sonic performance, good for office use, subtle aesthetic
  • weak frequency response, harshes midrange tones, like most such technologies
  1. Reviewer: Reviewed.com
    24 July 2008

    If you're considering buying a pair of active noise-cancelling headphones like the Bose headphones, you should check out the X-Fis as well. Although they might not be as comfortable over a long period of time (which obviously won't affect all users the same way), the ability to still function as headphones when the batteries die makes them far more user-friendly. Read more

  2. Creative Aurvana X-Fi

    Reviewer: review.headphoneinfo.com
    21 July 2008
    Overall 5
    5.0
     

    Conclusion The Creative Aurvana X-Fi headphones are a mixed bag of interesting and lame. We liked the ability to choose to apply different playback augmentation tools, and we're sure mainstream consumers will as well. The audio quality was pretty average, although the X-Fis have captured the title of "Active Noise Cancellation Champ," if only for now. We liked the multiple cords, which allowed both portability and cross-room cable connectivity. We didn't think the... Read more

  3. Creative Aurvana X-Fi

    Reviewer: Computer Power User
    25 April 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    The CMSS-3D feature, which escalates your audio to surround sound, coupled with the noise-cancelling feature, make these headphones stand out from other surround-sound headphones. For a comparison, I popped a movie into my laptop and compared the surround-sound features of the Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA2 headphones to the True 5.1 Surround Sound to the Aurvanas. I didn’t detect a real difference in the sound quality, but the noise-cancelling features of the Aurvanas,... Read more

  4. Creative Aurvana X-Fi Headphones

    Reviewer: maximum pc
    24 April 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    We’ve never liked headphones that use active noise cancellation because they simply mask environmental noise by generating background hiss. But Creative’s Aurvana X-Fi headphones are almost good enough to win us over. Read more

  5. Reviewer: impulsegamer
    24 February 2008
    Overall 9
    9.0
    Value for money 10
    10
     

    After reviewing the Bose QuietComfort 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones, I thought that I would never experience quality like that again... I was wrong. Creative have come to the noise cancelling party with their latest endeavor to the market call the Aurvana X-Fi Noise Cancelling Headphones which even contains similar protective case as the Bose QuietComfort 3. Needless to say, it's style from start to finish. Easy storage No worries on where to keep your... Read more

  1. Awsome audio but comes with strings attached

    Reviewer: Amazon
    28 May 2009 See Product at Amazon ($162.00)
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    The audio even without NC is really good but as someone mentioned on some forum, the audio LEAKS.. and LEAKS badly. DON'T USE IT IN LIBRARIES if u wanna hear loudly. LOL. The audio quality is real good though. APPLE iPOD + CREATIVE AURVANA = amazing combo. DO consider BOSE QC3 if u are getting this for $300 (although QC3 doesn't work without its proprietary rechargable battery). I got it for $150 and its really worth the money. Better than my prev Creative NCs. 4/5... Read more

  2. whoops!

    Reviewer: nedwards, maximum pc
    24 April 2008

    These headphones are quite good, actually - I just forgot to select the verdict in the dropdown menu, and it defaults to one. It's fixed. Read more

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