I believe the LiveDrive works with all SB soundcards except the Value card. I've got an SB Live Platinum 5.1 which came with a LiveDrive IR and the main reason I bought it was for the 1/4" headphone jack (with volume control). I didn't like having to reach behind and plugging and unplugging my headphones everytime I wanted to use them. Of course I haven't explored the usage of the SPDIF in/out, the optical in/out or the Aux in/out of the LiveDrive but that's where the fun is!