You love enjoying Hollywood movies on your desktop computer and would love to have the original audio that the producer intended to reproduce in the theater. But most computer sound cards don't have enough channels to reproduce the sound, do they? Today we’ll free your ears with this wonderful Striker 7.1 channel sound card from HT Omega.
This Striker sound card features 8 discrete outputs in a well arranged layout. An up-mix matrix technology turns any 2 channel audio into 7.1 surround sound. It means you can turn your sound files like WMA, MP3, CD and other audio files into multiple channels, and you have a true-to-life audio experience. Enjoy multi-channel digital output with the encoding features of Dolby Digital Live and DTS:interactive to external digital speakers.
No matter whether you're playing games, listening to music or watching movies, with this HT Omega Striker sound card, you have an incredible audio experience.
Front Panel AudioWith the onboard front panel audio connector, the Striker roots uncompromised audio to your case's front panel, combining premier audio quality and access convenience. The auto detection function mutes analog outputs automatically when headphone is plugged to the front panel for hassle-free private listening.
Dolby Digital LiveThe on-board Dolby Digital Live real-time content encoder generates a Dolby Digital bit stream (48kHz at 640Kbps) 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.
DTS InteractiveDTS 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.
DTS NEO:PCA perfect companion to DTS Interactive, the NEO:PC turns any 2-channel stereo audio into 7.1 channel sound. With the Striker, experience the true surrounding music never before!
Pros: Heavy Duty Engineered in the USA No mail in rebate or free cheap headset gimmicks. Customer service agents are really quick to find a solution to a problem, and they return your emails fast. The sound from this card is better than a woman.
Cons: Quality control can be a little bit better. We all know something will sneak through every once in awhile, I just happened to be that one.
Overall Review: When I first bought the card there was a quality control issue with one of the metal pins on the FP Audio connector. I attempted to return the product to the company not realizing that new egg had a 1 year warranty on the product. After an exchange of emails with HTOmega, I seemed to have lost one of their emails with the RMA information. Not realizing they emailed me the RMA info, I gave the card a bad review based upon not having received the RMA info. When Howard of HTOmega caught wind of my review(yes they read our reviews)within 1 business day I had a new card (Yes 1 business day), the only question asked was where do we send it. Now that is rockin customer service. AMD has excellent customer service, but these guys are even better than AMD. Don't be fooled by the gimmicks of their major compeititor. They will give you some free 1$ head sets or a 50$ rebate just to get you to buy their junk. HT Omega is a small company that just wants you to give them a shot. And you should.