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Treat your ears to the ultimate audio experience for digital music, DVDs and games by upgrading your desktop with the X-Plosion 7.1 sound card from AuzenTech. The card supports Dolby Digital Live and DTS-Connect. Dolby Digital Live converts any audio signal into a Dolby Digital bitstream for playback through a home-theater system via a single cable. DTS-Connect enabled PCs are capable of playing full surround sound from DTS-enabled movies, music and games, as well as providing surround sound from normal stereo sources.
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 disc and you’re ready to connect your speakers and enjoy high-quality audio.
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Card & Tech Support DOA
- Pros: None except that it looks to be high Quality
- Cons: DOA. Their tech support is only available by email. The back and forth via email was just taking too long. Problem never solved
Pricey for the chipset
- Pros: I don't own this card so I won't give it a bad "star" rating, but I DO have a comment. See Other Thoughts below.
- Cons: See below.
- Other Thoughts: The chipset this card uses is the C-Media CI8770. That's the same chipset used on much less expensive sound cards sold by Newegg -- such as the Striker Extreme from HT Omega ($79.99), Diamond's XtremeSound XS71DDL ($49.99), and AuzenTech's own XPlosion 7.1 ($84.99). True, unlike the Diamond card (but like the Striker and the XPlosion), this card has all-solid capacitors. And (unless I'm misinterpreting the specs) unlike the Striker and the Diamond cards, it has upgradable opamps. In addition, it apparently boasts a couple of sound processing technologies that the other cards lack.
The Bluegears b-Enspirer sound card, at $104.99, has the better C-Media CMI8788 chipset (but only electrolytic capacitors and without the opamps). The HT Omega Claro (at $159.99) has both the better C-Media CMI8788 chipset and all-solid capacitors, although it, too, lacks the opamps.
Given it's price-point at $129.99, I have to wonder about it's price/performance ratio.
| Model | AZT-XPCINE |
| Audio Chipset | C-Media CMI8770 |
| Channels | 7.1 |
| Sample Rate | 96KHz |
| Digital Audio | 24-bit |
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Incompatible with Vista?
- Pros: Sounds very good in 2 channel mode
- Cons: Simply does not work in 5.1 dolby mode. Once the supplied c-media software is installed, it stops working completely. Emails to Auzentech have not been returned. Will be returning this one.
What Quality????
- Pros: Fast shipping! German sounding name......not a Mercedes------
- Cons: Never did work right. It always seemed to have driver issues. The optical input always dropped out. The channels seemed to be confused. It would run for a while then it would quit and you would have to reinstall it or trouble shoot it. It is a real pain in the but! Don't buy this. Stay with the tried and true brands.
- Other Thoughts: It just finally messed up the operating system! I could not get any program to execute as long as the drivers for this Explosion were installed at all. This was touted as a much better quality board than the Creative brand even though they both run the same chip. They were right: The board didn't smash as near as I thought it would after I ran over it with my car.......Piece of junk.....
Sounds good, but...
- Pros: When installed under Windows XP this card performs well. Good sound quality, and straightforward installation.
- Cons: The manufacturer claims windows 7 support, however after three clean installof 7 I was never able to get the digital out to work.
- Other Thoughts: If this is your fisrt attempt into home theater, make sure your 3rd party dvd software supports DTS. I bought a new Blue Ray for this project, and the software was too old to provide digital sound. Updating to the latest version resolved this.
If you expect timely technical support for a product you bought, pass on this card. The only support option is through E-Mail, and I have been waiting 72+ hours for a response.
| Model |
| Brand |
AuzenTech |
| Model |
AZT-XPCINE |
| Audio core |
| Audio Chipset |
C-Media CMI8770 |
| Channels |
7.1 |
| Sample Rate |
96KHz |
| Digital Audio |
24-bit |
| Hardware Decode |
Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Ports |
| Line Out |
Front/Rear/Center/Subwoofer/Rear Center |
| SPDIF Out |
Yes |
| Spec |
| Interface |
PCI |
| Operating Systems Supported |
Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/Server2003/XP |
| System Requirements |
Genuine Intel Pentium III 1Ghz, AMD 1Ghz processor
At least 256MB of RAM
One available PCI 2.1 or higher spec compliant PCI slot
16Pin MIDI_IO Header for supporting MPU-401 MIDI UART Port
Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/Server2003/XP operating system with DirectX 9.0a
Hard Disc Drive supporting UDMA 66/100 and 5400rpm
Active 2ch speakers / Headphone or 5.1ch/7.1ch Speakers with powered amplifier |
| Features |
| Features |
C-Media CMI8770 PCI chipset (8CH audio single chip with DTS Connect and Dolby Digital Live Real-Time Content Encoder)
8CH codec embedded PCI audio single chip
Full-duplex 8CH 24bit/96kHz DAC / 2CH 16bit/48kHz ADC
Integrated S/PDIF input/output supports 44.1kHz/48kHz/96kHz sample rate and 16/24bits resolution
The world's first DTS¨ Connect logo program certificated PCI audio board, now with upgraded OPAMPS.
DTS Interactive : A real-time 5.1 encoder that takes any 2 or more channel and encodes it into DTS bit stream. DTS Interactive provides a single cable connection via S/PDIF digital audio output to a DTS enabled surround sound system by encoding all audio into a DTS compatible bit stream at 1.5Mbps
DTS Neo:PC : An up mixing matrix technology that turns any 2 channel audio into 7.1 surround sound. DTS Neo:PC, based upon DTS Neo:6 matrix surround technology, transforms any stereo content such as MP3, WMA or CD audio, into a 7.1-channel surround sound experience
Dolby Digital Live(DDL) Real-Time Content Encoder converts PC audio into a 5.1 channel Dolby Digital bit stream
Swappable dual DIP type OPAMP controlled preamp circuit (4pcs output control OPAMP IC with DIY socket, 2pcs MIC input control OPAMP IC with DIY socket)
Upgraded Operational Amplifiers from National OPAMP LM4562 (Front L/R) and JRC 5532 (B.S & Cent/S.W)
Max 2.8Vrms full swing analog output gain by unique preamp circuit / incredible powerful analog output, improve dynamic range / SNR
Proper OPAMP control circuit (+8V, -8V dual power supply circuit) for high quality audio quality, prevent audio distortion at high volume level |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
X-Plosion 7.1 Cinema Audio Card
Driver Disk
Audio Cables |
Introduction
Treat your ears to the ultimate audio experience for digital music, DVDs and games by upgrading your desktop with the X-Plosion 7.1 sound card from AuzenTech. The card supports Dolby Digital Live and DTS-Connect. Dolby Digital Live converts any audio signal into a Dolby Digital bitstream for playback through a home-theater system via a single cable. DTS-Connect enabled PCs are capable of playing full surround sound from DTS-enabled movies, music and games, as well as providing surround sound from normal stereo sources.
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 disc and you’re ready to connect your speakers and enjoy high-quality audio.
Highlights
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Dolby Digital Live
The on-board Dolby Digital Live real-time content encoder generates a Dolby Digital bit stream from any PC sound source to unleash the full surround sound potential of your home theater system. Simply connect your PC to a Dolby Digital enabled AV receiver or devices via a single cable connection and start enjoying thrilling surround sound from 3D games, DVDs, music and more.
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DTS Interactive
DTS Interactive encodes any digital sound source into DTS Digital Surround for transport and playback through any DTS-enabled system via a signal cable connection, such as powered PC speakers, an A/V receiver or any other DTS- compatible surround decoder sound system, eliminating the hassle of multiple cables and ensuring audio signal integrity.
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Quick Specs
| Brand | AuzenTech |
| Audio Chipset | C-Media CMI8770 |
| Channels | 7.1 |
| Digital Audio | 24-bit |
| Hardware Decode | Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Interface | PCI |
| Line Out | Front/Rear/Center/Subwoofer/Rear Center |
| Operating Systems Supported | Windows 98/Me/2000/XP |
| Sample Rate | 96KHz |
| SPDIF Out | Yes |
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Reviewed By: JoeBeats on 10/4/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
