The CT2919 was the non-"Value Edition" version of this card, designed for the OEM market. More Images

The CT1790, also called Sound Blaster 16 Sony is the same as the CT1740 but with a Sony CD-ROM interface. More Images The CD Jumper is a stylish and versatile piece that adds a touch of sophistication to your wardrobe. With its classic design and high-quality construction, this jumper is a must-have for any fashion-conscious individual. Following the success of the CT2260 and its first ViBRA-16 card, the CT2800 or Sound Blaster Vibra 16S, uses an updated chip - the ViBRA 16S (CT2504). Regardless of whether your card is PnP or not, if you cannot find the original driver disk, or don't want to have the hassle of lots of utilities to initialise your card, you can try UniSound from Vogons member JazeFox - it's a simple utility that detects and initialises your card, making it ready for action. It works on SB16 cards including all the ViBRA-based ones, AWE32, AWE64, as well as many other manufacturers sound cards such as those with OPTi, Crystal, Analog Devices, Yamaha YMF71x, ESS1868/1869, and more! It is designed to work on systems from old 8088/8086 XTs up to Pentium-era and beyond. The CT2260 was an OEM version of the CT2230, though with some major differences. The CT2330's integrated CT1747 (FM synth chip) was replaced with Creative's new ViBRA-16 chip - CT2501. This was Creative's answer for the OEM market for Sound Blaster 16 - a cheap and cheerful solution that integrated the bus controller interface, DSP, mixer and codec into a single chip. This same chip would go on to be used on the Sound Blaster 32 range and many more budget ("Value edition") cards.

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The design of the Sound Blaster 16 board, which varied from model to model, could further exacerbate CQM's inaccuracies. Despite its shortcomings, it was much more faithful-sounding than the sample-synthesis simulation that AudioPCI-based sound cards employ. Boards utilizing CQM synthesis have a CT1978 chip, or they may have CQM integrated into another chip, e.g. ViBRA16C/X-based boards. The CT2230 and CT2290 seem to be the most loved SB16s because they offer the lowest noise output of all the SB16 cards and are not Plug & Play. This is good because we retro gamers like to have our choices at the hardware level! Plug & Play was in its infancy in 1994, and would make configuring your card almost impossible outside of Windows. Creative Labs produced an enormous number of variants of the Sound Blaster 16, which are all listed below. But before we get into the model-by-model breakdown, let's explore a few things that the SB16 range brought, both good and bad...

The CT2299 was identical to the CT2290 but was marketed without the CSP/ASP chip (though still supported this option). Despite the model number, the CT2700 is still a 1st-generation card, being almost identical to the CT1740 and CT1750 cards, except that it gets only a Mitsumi CD-ROM interface. More Images The least noisy of the Sound Blaster 16 second-gen cards are the CT2940 and CT2980 with an embedded Yamaha YMF chip. These have the CT2502 (ViBRA) chips and are Plug & Play. CT2230 / CT2239 addition if realistic sound synthesis is important. However with the daughterboard installed, you can't use the adjacent slot).offers the same high quality sound, plus the facility to upgrade. Also available with advanced signal processing for enhanced sound capability, it features both IDE and Creative/Panasonic CD Rom interface." Some CT2230 cards (board revision 49432) do not get header pins on both the Sony and Mitsumi CD-ROM headers, leaving the Panasonic header as the only one you can use. You can also compare this card's audio output side-by-side to numerous other cards in my Sound Blaster CT2770 Retro Review! The CT2260 appeared to be pretty good compatibility-wise, working well for every game I tried. It has a wavetable connector which I tried and it worked well with my NEC XR385 daughterboard, however I can confirm the presence of the "hanging note" bug with this card. The CT2230, full name Sound Blaster 16 MCD ASP (Multi-CD with ASP chip) was the first of the 2nd-generation Sound Blaster 16 cards. Like the 1st-gen CT1750 it got

The CT2291 is the "Value Edition" version of the CT2290. These do not support having a CSP/ASP chip. These cards also only have an IDE connector - no 'Creative/Panasonic Drive' connector. The MPU-401 interface on the 15-pin game/MIDI port continued to be non-standard (the pinouts differ from the Roland standard). The CT2740 was a "Value Edition" card. It pre-dates the "earliest" 2nd-gen SB16, the CT2230. Note the CT1747 chip did not yet have the "OPL" licence logo on it - this is most likely because Creative had not received permission to put it on there from Yamaha at the time this board was made.Sound Blaster 16 Value edition. Most of these have the CT1978 CQM FM synthesizer chip which is almost universally considered poorer quality than a true Yamaha OPL3 chip (some CT2980 cards have the original Yamaha chip which is preferable). If it has the Yamaha chip instead, this is one of the lowest-noise SB16 cards you will find.