Why settle for basic, built-in sound? Your music and movies deserve Xtreme Fidelity. Simply connect the Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 sound card to your PC or notebook and turn your downloaded music into your own personal concert. Watch DVDs or downloaded videos with full cinematic surround sound. Plus experience 3D audio and EAX effects in your games.
Cinematic surround sound from DVD movies Watch your DVDs in cinematic surround sound with PowerDVD software featuring DTS™ and Dolby Digital® EX decoding (free download with purchase). Plus send Dolby pass-thru audio directly to your home theater receiver using the optical output.
Technical Specifications * Playback: Up to 24-Bit/96kHz 5.1 * Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >100dB * Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz: 0.01% * Recording: Up to 24-bit/96kHz*When using a USB 1.1 connection it may not be possible to play back, record or simultaneously record and play back content at the highest bit rate and/or frequency supported.X-Fi Technology * X-Fi Crystalizer * X-Fi CMSS-3D Virtual * X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone * X-Fi CMSS-3D SurroundConnectivity * Microphone in (1/8" mini jack) * Stereo Line in (1/8" mini jack) * Headphone out (1/8" mini jack) * Left/Right Speaker out (2x RCA jacks) * Rear-Left/Rear-Right out (1/8" mini jack) * Center/Subwoofer out (1/8" mini jack) * Optical out (TOSLINK)** Optical Out supports stereo SPDIF out and pass through of multichannel DVD sound.Interface * USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible)