22 Sep
Posted by kar as Sound Card, Wireless

Creative Technology unveiled its new Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook sound card. The Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook when combined with the Creative Wireless Receiver frees you from having to directly connect your notebook PC to your speakers up to 30m away. You can also set up individual zones to control playback independently in specific rooms. Creative’s award-winning X-Fi audio technology provides significant benefits to any audio listening experience. For music, Creative X-Fi Crystalizer technology utilises audio algorithms to selectively restore the highs and lows from instruments and vocals that were damaged or diminished during the iTunes, MP3, game audio or other compression processes. The Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook also features Creative’s EAX ADVANCED HD audio technology, for stunning positional audio realism in today’s hottest games.
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25 Aug
Posted by kar as Sound Card, USB Accessories

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! is a latest USB powered device from Creative Technology. It uses the acclaimed X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio technology to let users experience ultra-realistic gaming with surround sound over headphones. With incredibly lightweight of less than 20g in a sleek and distinctive black finish, the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! comes with 1GB of built-in flash memory, with Read/Write Protection, high quality I/O and Voice Morphing technology (Voice FX). The Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! comes bundled with Creative ALchemy software which restores surround sound in Windows Vista so that users can enjoy the same great gaming experience in Windows XP. The latest VoiceFX technology provides additional fun for users to select over 18 different voice effects to suit their online avatars for online games or amuse friends during voice chats. Other bonus software includes Creative Karaoke Player, Creative Mediasource 5/Organizer and Creative WaveStudio (available for download via Creative Software AutoUpdate).
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02 Mar
Posted by kar as Desktop Peripheral, Sound Card

ASUS has released a new audio card designed for fine-tuned audio quality with 116dB SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio), the ASUS Xonar DX Express 7.1 audio card. The new Xonar provides 35 times cleaner audio compared to onboard Motherboard audio with only 85dB SNR, and also is equipped with Dolby Home Theater Technologies and DS3D GX to provide crisp and clear audio quality and rich gaming sound effects. While noise is unavoidable, the Xonar DX dramatically reduces the amount of background noise, and it is this distinction that allows the Xonar DX to produce as little as 1/32 (-105dB) of the total harmonics distortion versus traditional motherboard audio (-75dB). As most onboard audio only provide 80~86 dB SNR audio quality, background noises are easily heard while listening to music or playing games.
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05 Nov
Posted by kar as Desktop Peripheral, Sound Card

ONKYO has introduced one of the best sound cards available in Japan market, the ONKYO SE-200 PCI. It offers the VLSC Technology (Vector Liner Shaping Circuitry) to produce the high quality of audio, which features 115dB and 24bit/192kHz. Running out of PCI slot in your PC? No worry. ONKYO has also introduced its external version of SE-200, which allows you to connect it from your PC through a USB connector, the ONKYO SE-U55SX.
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Auzen has announced the release of its latest X-Fi iteration sound card, the Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1. It sports a Creative X-Fi CA20K audio processor and 64Mbytes of memory for audio processing, the Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 is a sound card well suited for the next generation in gaming and music, designed with gamers and audiophiles in mind. With one AKM AK-5394 super high performance 192kHz 24-bit ADC for analog input and four AKM AK-4396 192kHz 24-bit advanced multi-bit DAC for analog output, the Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 provides audio fidelity to consumers like no other.
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