Turtle Beach Santa Cruz PCI Sound Card
by TURTLE BEACH SYSTEMS
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: TURTLE BEACH SYSTEMSModel: TBS-3400-01
Product features:
- Digital Signal Processor (DSP) offloads audio tasks from PC central processor
- High-resolution converters provide crystal-clear reproduction of MP3, WAV, CD, DVD and Internet Audio
- Spectacular home-theater surround sound with programmable ambiance effects on 2, 4, or 6-speaker systems
- SensauraVirtualEar Technology optimizes 3-D positional audio for enjoying surround sound with headphones
- Supports industry-standard 3-D positional audio for interactive PC gaming
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Turtle Beach Santa Cruz PCI Sound Card
Customer Review: Just what I needed: good price, great value
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently upgraded from basic speakers to a 5:1 speaker set and discovered a hardware problem with my old sound card, a Creative Labs card that was a standard component with my system. The documentation that came with the card wasn't great, and it took a while to identify the problem, so I was looking outside the Creative family for my next sound card. I'd read several good reviews of the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card, so I figured I'd take a shot on it. That shot definitely paid off. I have nothing but good things to say about my new sound card: installation was easy (I only had to unhook the microphone connector from my old card and snap it onto this one), the drivers installed quickly and easily, and the accompanying software was far superior to the software that I had from Creative. There are a host of sound options available: your standard volume-by-source controls, a graphic equalizer that can be turned on and off with several presets, options for multiple speaker setups with an accompanying image showing where your speakers should be connected (2 speakers, 4 speakers, 5:1, and so on), and additional applications if you want to get more involved.
I haven't had a chance to put the card through its paces with a decent game, but the difference in listening to my iTunes files is amazing, and the control I have over the music is great. I'd definitely recommend this card to anyone looking for a reasonably-priced, fairly high-powered sound card, and with Amazon's newly-lowered price, it's an even better deal than when I got it. Buy it and enjoy!
Description of Turtle Beach Santa Cruz PCI Sound Card
A next generation PCI sound card that drives up to 6 powered speakers or enhanced to sound like 6 with programmable DSP effects Simultaneous record & playback up to 48kHz Digital Outputs - 48kHz PCM or AC-3 for external processors 10-band graphic EQ with presets and peak meters 3 20-bit DACs 10Hz-120kHz (-3dB) SNR - 96dB FS A-weighted THD+N - (-3dB) - < -91 dB FS (0.0027%) Requires Pentium 200MHz processor w/MMX or better, 32MB RAM, Win95/98/NT 4.0 (w/SP.4 or higher), PCI 2.1 slot, CD-ROM drive and 69MB disk space