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Treat your ears to the ultimate audio experience for digital music, DVDs and gaming by upgrading your desktop system to the Montego DDL (Dolby Digital Live) sound card from Turtle Beach. Dolby Digital Live converts any audio signal into a Dolby Digital bitstream for playback through a home-theater system via a single cable.
Analog audio outputs for up to 7.1-channel sound systems are built into the board along with an optical 7.1-channel digital S/PDIF output for pass-through of Dolby Digital and DTS multi-channel DVD sound with 24-bit resolution at 48KHz or 96KHz. Installation is simple and straightforward. Just seat the card in a vacant PCI card slot in your desktop and install the drivers from the included disk and you're ready to connect your speakers and enjoy high-quality audio.
Gamers will enjoy the broad support for immersive audio APIs like EAX 1 and 2, A3D, I3DL2 and DirectSound 3D. An optical digital input lets you connect to the latest home-theater components for low-noise, high fidelity audio reproduction. There's a line-in jack for recording from music equipment, CD players and digital audio players directly to your PC. An external mic input is onboard, too, for connecting a microphone for recording sound or for video conferencing, gaming or Internet phone calls or chat.
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HTPC Must!
- Comments: The fact that people are giving this sound card low ratings due to poor EAX support is just silly. What IS silly is that Crxxxve won't pass EAX over a digital/optical output. Enough with the rant, here's my experience.
I have an HTPC running XP MCE 2005 hooked up to a 7.1 sound system. I started off using my existing Axxigy2 ZS and soon found out that I was not able to get digital out from the card to the pre-amp. So I decided to try an X-Fi. I bought the platinum edition with the Live Drive. Again, trying to use the digital out on the back of the X-Fi brought the same results as the A2. I then tried to use one of the ditital outs on the Live Drive. This actually worked. I don't know how many postings I read and no one ever mentioned this. So at this point I have a pretty expensive sound card that works fine for DVD, DVD-Audio, MP3's HDTV, etc., but for games only sends a stereo signal to my pre-amp. As mentioned before, you can only get EAX from analog outputs. But I have EAX 5.0! wow, currently one title shipping that uses it. And can I please have an optical connector sticking out the front of my PC?
Enough was enough, I researched the DDL technology and ended up buying a Montego. I Uninstalled the 1 Gig of garbage that Cxxxtive littered my hard drive with and put the Montego in and installed the driver. I went to the control panel and enabled the SPDIF to output DDL 5.1 and voila. The difference in the rear channels of DVD-Audio is extraordinarily better with the Montego. And in general, music and HDTV sounds so much better. The imaging is definately superior.
I am also a gamer, so I fired up Doom3 and was able to turn on the surround option now (couldn't with the X-Fi and digital out). Sounds awesome. I also played a little UT2004, I think they only support EAX 2.0 anyway, which this card has.
I am officially happy with my HTPC...the sound card woes are over!
GET THE REFERENCE DRIVERS!
- Pros: Insanely awesome sound. I have been watching a ton of movies and playing games on my HT system now that I finally have dolby digital on it!
- Cons: The Montego drivers are horrible. I was really upset with the sound card, until I remembered someone in the reviews suggesting the reference drivers. The difference was night and day. The Montego drivers make it sound like it's being played out of a kids boombox. The Cmedia reference drivers make it sound like you in a hurricane!
www.cmedia.com.tw is where I got them
- Other Thoughts: get the reference drivers! they should be included out of the box
| Model | TBS-3300-01 |
| Channels | 7.1 |
| Sample Rate | 96KHz |
| Digital Audio | 24-bit |
| Interface | PCI |
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Good Sound Card for the Money
- Pros: Nice sound; possibly a little more detailed in the high end and clearer in the mids than my X-fi.
- Cons: Last I checked Win7 drivers weren't available.
- Other Thoughts: I like the card. I'm using it in a 2nd PC so I can't comment on any gaming use/issues with it. But it does sound pretty good listening to music.
Downloaded the C-media drivers and they worked for Win7. As far as I can tell, the TB driver pack just uses a prettier interface; otherwise they seem identical. No issues with it so far.
Hardware OK but no Win7 support
- Pros: Card works well in Win XP. Good Price. Sound decent.
- Cons: No Win 7 support. This is outrageous to me. I updated my theater system where I have this card and can't get drivers for it. They said they may have them buy mid November. This will be my last purchase of a Turtle Beach card. It tells me they aren't serious about supporting their products.
Another wiiner
- Pros: This is my 5th purchase on this series. I am a HEAVY gamer (COD series) and for my use this card rocks. I CANNOT speak to the music side as I do not listen to music through the PC. But, if you are a gamer and a movie watcher via the PC, buy this card. For the money, and for what I need, this is the best card out there.
- Cons: None. However, I was blogging about this card and I found that the driver that comes with this card is junk, and it is. The best driver for this card is called HT Omega Striker 7.1. Very easy to config and run.
- Other Thoughts: I also bought new head phones. I bought the Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset. Newegg has them for $49.99. So if you buy this card and use it on older technology head sets, DO NOT BLAME THE CARD. BTW the head sets totally rock with this card. While playing COD everyone said i needed to turn my mic volume setting down.
| Model |
| Brand |
Turtle Beach |
| Model |
TBS-3300-01 |
| Audio core |
| Channels |
7.1 |
| Sample Rate |
96KHz |
| Digital Audio |
24-bit |
| Hardware Decode |
Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Ports |
| Line In |
Yes |
| SPDIF In |
Up to 16bit/48kHz |
| SPDIF Out |
Optical |
| MIC In |
Yes |
| Spec |
| Interface |
PCI |
| Operating Systems Supported |
Windows 2000 Professional / Windows XP / Windows XP Media Center |
| Features |
| Features |
Front Out, Surround Out, Sub/Center Out, Rear Out, Line In, Mic In, S/PDRIF Digital Out, S/PDIF Digital In |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
TBS-3300-01 Montego DDL Sound Card
Driver Disk |
Introduction
Treat your ears to the ultimate audio experience for digital music, DVDs and gaming by upgrading your desktop system to the Montego DDL (Dolby Digital Live) sound card from Turtle Beach. Dolby Digital Live converts any audio signal into a Dolby Digital bitstream for playback through a home-theater system via a single cable.
Analog audio outputs for up to 7.1-channel sound systems are built into the board along with an optical 7.1-channel digital S/PDIF output for pass-through of Dolby Digital and DTS multi-channel DVD sound with 24-bit resolution at 48KHz or 96KHz. Installation is simple and straightforward. Just seat the card in a vacant PCI card slot in your desktop and install the drivers from the included disk and you're ready to connect your speakers and enjoy high-quality audio.
Gamers will enjoy the broad support for immersive audio APIs like EAX 1 and 2, A3D, I3DL2 and DirectSound 3D. An optical digital input lets you connect to the latest home-theater components for low-noise, high fidelity audio reproduction. There's a line-in jack for recording from music equipment, CD players and digital audio players directly to your PC. An external mic input is onboard, too, for connecting a microphone for recording sound or for video conferencing, gaming or Internet phone calls or chat.
Highlights
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S/PDIF Input and Output
The S/PDIF input supports recording of digital audio from external sources, while S/PDIF output allows pass-through of Dolby Digital and DTS DVD formats for pure digital quality surround sound on A/V receivers or digital speakers.
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7.1 Surround Sound
With 8 analog line output channels, enjoy multi-channel music, games and DVDs on 7.1-channel speaker systems.
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Dolby Digital Live Support
With support for Dolby Digital Live, hook up your PC to a Dolby Digital-equipped audio/video receiver or digital speaker system via a single digital connection for absolute audio signal integrity.
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Supports Game Surround Sound APIs
The Turtle Beach Montego DDL supports multiple game surround sound APIs including EAX, A3D, I3DL2 and DirectSound 3D to deliver the most immersive 3D sound effects available.
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Quick Specs
| Channels | 7.1 |
| Sample Rate | 96KHz |
| Digital Audio | 24-bit |
| Hardware Decode | Dolby Digital, DTS |
| SPDIF In | Optical |
| SPDIF Out | Optical |
| Line In | Yes |
| MIC In | Yes |
| Interface | PCI |
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Reviewed By: sundawg on 9/27/2005
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
