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AuzenTech X-FI Prelude 7.1 Sound Card PCI 32BIT Eax 5.0
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Features
- By T_K @Jan 17, 2008
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Features
Overview
- 24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 96kHz sample rate
- 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output
- 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of stereo digital sources at 96kHz to stereo output
- 16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates:32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
- ASIO 2.0 support at 16-bit/44.1kHz, 16-bit/48kHz, 24-bit/44.1kHz 24-bit/48kHz and 24-bit/96kHz with direct monitoring.
- Enhanced SoundFont support of up to 24-bit resolution
- 64MB of X-RAM
- Rear panel connectors for MIC, line input, channel line output, S/PDIF input and output
- Front panel connectors for MIC input and headphone
- On-board connectors for AUX and digital extension header
- Swappable OPAMP Socket (Front L/R only)
- Software and drivers
Features Top
 Gaming Mode
Enjoy the ultimate gaming performance and maximum realism.
 Battle in a 3D soundscape
Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the room. Take your games to the next level with EAX® ADVANCED HD™ sound effects.
 X-Fi CMSS-3D delivers an amazingly realistic surround sound experience with headphones
Know exactly where your enemies are whether you're using headphones or speakers.
 Boost game audio performance even further
Free up system memory and improve your audio quality and performance in games such as Battlefield 2, Prey, Quake 4, Doom 3 and others that take advantage of X-RAM.
 X-Fi Crystalizer™ automatically Upgrades existing games for extreme realism
Experience gaming audio that sounds more dynamic and realistic than you could ever imagine!
Features Top
 Entertainment Mode
X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer and CMSS-3D will transform your PC to a complete DIgital Entertainment system and Home Theatre PC.
X-Fi CMSS-3D delivers an amazingly realistic surround sound experience with headphones
X-Fi CMSS-3D technology expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into surround sound over multichannel speakers, stereo speakers or even headphones. Voices are centered in front of you and ambient sounds are moved all around you.
X-Fi Crystalizer™ restores vibrance to music and movie audio
X-Fi Crystalizer technology restores the detail and vibrance to your compressed music and movies. All the highs and lows are intelligently enhanced so you'll hear everything in crystal clarity.
Features Top  Audio Creation Mode
Utilizing the Creative X-Fi audio processor, you'll get the most advanced features and effects of any audio processor for music and audio creation delivering pristine audio playback quality.
 Advanced Features and Effects for Music and Audio Creation
Auzen X-Fi Prelude supports up to eight different 24-bit hardware effects, unprecedented hardware synthesis capabilities, 24-bit SoundFont sampling, and 3D MIDI recording.
 Lowest Latency ASIO Recording
Experience the most precise audio recording capabilities in any class with ASIO recording that has latency as low as one millisecond with zero CPU load.
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Specifications
- by T_K @Jan 17, 2008
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Specifications Key Components
- Creative X-Fi CA20K audio processor
- One AKM AK-5394 super high performance 192kHz 24-bit ADC for analog input
- Four AKM AK-4396 192kHz 24-bit advanced multi-bit DAC for analog output
- 64Mbytes of memory for audio processing
- High fidelity audio OPAMPs for analog input and output (TI OPA2134)
- Front L/R output OPAMP is replaceable by end-user (National LM4562NA)
- Dual mode S/PDIF receiver and transmitter
Audio Performance (Rated Output @ 5Vrms, Typical Value)
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio (20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Weighted)
- Stereo Output : 120dB (part spec)
- Front and Rear Channels : 120dB (part spec)
- Center : 120dB (part spec)
- Subwoofer and Side Channels : 120dB (part spec)
- Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (-3dBFS, A-weighted) : 0.001% - part spec
- Frequency Response (+/-0.01dB, 24-bit/44.1kHz input ) : 20khz (part spec)
- Frequency Response (+/-0.01dB, 24-bit/96kHz input ) : 43.5 khz (part spec)
- Frequency Response (+/-0.01dB, 24-bit/192kHz input) : 87 khz (part spec)
- 16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
IO Connectors
- One 3.5mm MIC input connector in rear panel
- One 3.5mm line input connector in rear panel
- One 4-pin AUX connector on board
- Four 3.5mm 8 channel line output connectors in rear panel (FL/FR/C/SW/RL/RR/RSL/RSR)
- One S/PDIF combo input connector in rear panel for receiving either coaxial or optical digital
- One S/PDIF combo output connector in rear panel for transmitting either coaxial or optical digital
- One 10-pin front panel connector on board for MIC input and headphone support
- One 40-pin digital extension header on board to support AD-Link and other digital functionality
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 Rated by Giang_V, December 23, 2008
After a lot of thought and consideration I had decided to buy this sound card. It was my first sound card and to say the least I'm quite impressed by how much the quality has improved. I primarily play games so this helps heaps.
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 Rated by drozd, December 8, 2008
I bought this card to experience full digital surround for the first time on my computer. The difference between this and onboard sound was noticeable right away. I still experienced the popping/crackling issues that others have had using the anolog jacks, but in my version, the sonud also becomes muted and dull. Whenever it happens, all I have to do is turn my receiver off and then on again, which makes me think the problem isn't only with IRQ sharing. Anyway, now that I've switched to using a coaxial cable, everything has been crystal clear with no issues whatsoever.
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Rated by a Nice Guy™, October 17, 2008
This card sounds amazing, and chances are if you upgrade from anything else the difference would be very noticeable.
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Rated by Scaotclysm, October 17, 2008
I replaced a SB live 24-bit with this. I have some crumby Logitech x530 speakers, and the quality difference was immediately apparent.
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Rated by kim_a, October 10, 2008
This completely changed the way games are played for me. If you think onboard sound is fine than you've never played crysis with this beast. Well worth the money
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Rated by Intro, October 6, 2008
Outputs available for anyone. Great sound. Really enhanced gaming and movie experience. Though it caused me to splurge on speakers..
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Rated by Wajih_S, September 26, 2008
NCIX ROCKS!! Just got it a week ago, item was shipped the next day of my orderering. This was an upgrade from SoundBlaster X-Fi Audigy; man, everything sounds so much better, clear and solid. Took me whole night to setup my Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speakers as the card wasn't detecting rear speakers, I had to Uninstall and re-install drivers for 3 times and play with settings to get all the speakers to work, but once It's done it's worth it, the sound just shakes my room, very cinemetic. I've already tested it with playing music, games, movies with dolby digital surround sound, audio rendering, and the quality has never been so good. It gives you choice of 3 modes, Game, Entertainment, and Music Creation, and I stick to Game mode for anything because everything sounds much better in this mode. Make sure to turn the Crystelizer all the way to MAXIMUM!!!. I'd recommend this card for anyone and for anything, gamer, music lover, music creation, movies. It was a Good investment.
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Rated by windscar, September 25, 2008
To think some people still use onboard sound, this card with good set of speakers (Z5500 for me) will blow you away. This card can really bring a game alive with game mode. Sadly the mic will not work properly, I would like a fix but onboard is just fine. Cant wait to see what they come out with next.
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Rated by mike_v, September 22, 2008
This completely changed the way games are played for me. If you think onboard sound is fine than you've never played crysis with this beast. Well worth the money
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Rated by Ex{20 PPD FTW!!!}, August 28, 2008
very high quality sound coming form this card i use this with 5.1 speakers and it sounds perfect eax is very good too but soemtmes i get lagg with it. Still one of the best carsd out there.
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