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Poll #11 - Which best describes the state of your SBLive! now?

Choices	Vote Count	Percentage
Smooth. No problems encountered	850	21%
There are some pet peeves but otherwise, it's been great	900	22%
Hardware compatibility & conflicts	228	5%
Problems only during driver installation	142	3%
Serious/constant driver problems (like crashing, etc.)	331	8%
Poor driver functionality/quality	488	12%
Sound quality/crackling problems	908	22%
It just didn't work. I'm not using a SBLive! anymore	183	4%

Total Votes: 4030
Poll Period: July 6, 2001 to January 29, 2002

Poll #10 - What's likely to be causing the static problems?

Choices	Vote Count	Percentage
Creative/SBLive! hardware	292	21%
Creative/SBLive! drivers	503	36%
VIA chipsets	182	13%
motherboard manufacturers	30	2%
both Creative & VIA	227	16%
the PCI specs	30	2%
Microsoft OSes	108	7%

Total Votes: 1372
Poll Period: April 17, 2001 to July 6, 2001

Poll #9 - With no new drivers released in a very long time, what do you think Creative is up to?

Choices	Vote Count	Percentage
They are busy integrating A3D technology into the drivers	64	4%
They are way behind schedule in implementing the drivers	110	8%
They have no clue how to solve the bugs	186	14%
They ran out of ideas for new features	42	3%
They couldn't care less about their customers	451	34%
They want us to buy new Sound Blasters for the latest drivers	466	35%

Total Votes: 1319
Poll Period: March 1, 2001 to April 17, 2001

Poll #8 - What do you want Creative to do?

Choices	Vote Count	Percentage
fix the static problems	540	33%
fix the EAX problems	26	1%
fix the mixer/volume problems	19	1%
SMP support in Win2k	122	7%
AC3 passthrough in Win2k	62	3%
ASIO support	112	7%
drivers that are reliable	102	6%
APS 2.0 drivers	319	19%
a better Live!Ware NOW	295	18%

Total Votes: 1597
Poll Period: February 5, 2001 to March 1, 2001

Poll #7 - How satisfactory were the Sound Blaster Live! and Live!Ware drivers in 2000?
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Poll #6 - Will you get a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1?

Choices	Vote Count	Percentage
Yes, immediately!	193	17%
In the near future.	186	16%
No, I'm doing fine with my 4-speaker sound card.	485	42%
No, I'm satisfied with a 2-speaker sound system.	133	11%
No, its too expensive.	80	7%
I don't have space for 5.1 speakers.	57	5%

Total Votes: 1134
Poll Period: 1 October 2000 to 28 December 2000

Poll #5 - Live!Ware 3 for Windows 2000 was just released. How much improvement did it make?

Choices	Vote Count	Percentage
It made a huge difference.	32	9%
There were some improvements.	86	24%
Only minor improvements.	79	22%
There were little or no changes to me.	154	43%

Total Votes: 351
Poll Period: 31 July 2000 to 1 October 2000

Poll #4 - Live!Ware 3 for Windows 2000 and APS 2.0 drivers are late. What's your stand?

Choices	Vote Count	Percentage
I don't mind waiting.	55	7%
I have no choice but to wait.	133	17%
They have no excuse to be late.	71	9%
Creative should at least make public announcements that the drivers will be late.	268	36%
The release dates should not be announced if they were not final.	214	28%
I'm boycotting Creative/E-MU products from now on.	0	0%

Total Votes: 741
Poll Period: 2 June 2000 to 31 July 2000

Poll #3 - Did the Windows 2000 drivers work?

Choices	Vote Count	Percentage
I'm not using Windows 2000.	301	28%
I did not want to try the official drivers yet.	31	2%
Yes, it worked perfectly.	394	37%
It worked only after I re-installed a clean copy of Windows 2000.	28	2%
It installed, but didn't function correctly.	305	28%
It crashed my system when I tried to boot or logon.	0	0%

Total Votes: 1059
Poll Period: 26 March 2000 to 2 June 2000

Poll #2 - Rate your overall satisfaction with the SBLive! in 1999.

Do take into account how the SBLive! has enhanced audio on your PC, the quality of the Live!Ware drivers, and the level of technical support from Creative.

Choices	Vote Count	Percentage
I really love the SBLive!	845	55%
It was good!	363	24%
I'm neutral.	58	3%
Could have been better.	170	11%
Total disappointment	74	4%

Total Votes: 1510
Poll Period: 6 January 2000 to 26 March 2000

Poll #1 - How did you obtain Live!Ware 3?

Choices	Vote Count	Percentage
Bought the CD.	143	12%
It took too long to release. Downloaded the CD Rip version.	127	10%
Downlaoded the official web version from www.sblive.com.	657	55%
Borrowed the CD from a friend.	44	9%
Bought a new Sound Blaster Live! card bundled with Live!Ware 3.	211	17%

Total Votes: 1182
Poll Period: 21 October 1999 to 6 January 2000