Ports & interfaces
| Microphone in |
Y |
| S/PDIF in port |
Y |
| CD/AUX audio in |
Y |
| Line-out |
Y |
| Host interface |
PCI |
| Headphone outputs |
1 |
| Line-in |
Y |
| S/PDIF out port |
Y |
Technical details
| Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) |
0.004% |
Audio
| Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) |
109 dB |
| Audio quality |
24 bit |
| Internal |
Y |
X-Fi Xtreme Music - 24 bit, 109 dB, 7.1
Hearing is believing. Redefine your expectations of PC audio.
Creative's Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic brings the revolutionary new Xtreme Fidelity audio standard to the PC. With 24-bit Crystalizer it restores the sparkle lost during MP3/WMA compression while CMSS 3D Surround upgrades all audio to 24-bit surround sound. Featuring the world's fastest audio processor, it accelerates gaming and also enables CMSS 3D Headphone for incredible surround sound over stereo headphones for compelling LAN gaming, late-night gaming, and movie watching. Bring movies to life with comprehensive soundtrack decoding (DTS-ES, Dolby Digital EX), CMSS up-mix for non-encoded movies plus THX certification. With three selectable, easy-to-use modes (Gaming, Entertainment, Audio Creation) it's the ultimate audio solution for the PC.
- The world's fastest audio processor for ultra-fast gaming, equivalent to a Pentium 4 3.6GHz and 24 times the power of Sound Blaster Audigy.
- CMSS 3D for incredible surround sound over stereo headphones plus stereo-to-surround up-mix for headphones and multi-channel speakers.
- 24-bit Crystalizer makes all audio sound better, including MP3/WMA, streaming audio and video, DIVX and DVD movies.
- Active Modal Architecture with 'Entertainment', 'Gaming' and 'Audio Creation' modes dedicates the processor 100% to the task at hand, with an easy-to-use interface for each mode.
- SuperRip converts stereo CDs to 24-bit surround files.
- DTS-ES and Dolby Digital EX movie soundtrack decoding.
