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Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum |
Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro |
Sound Blaster® Audigy® 4 Pro |
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Sound Blaster® 24-bit ADVANCED HD" Quality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) |
100dB |
106dB |
108dB |
108dB |
108dB |
113dB |
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Max. Audio Resolution Playback & Quality |
24-bit/96kHz |
24-bit/192kHz in Stereo |
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Max. Recording / Sampling Rate |
24-bit/96kHz |
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DACs |
24-bit/96kHz |
24-bit/192kHz |
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EAX® |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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EAX® ADVANCED HD" |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD* |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hardware Acceleration of EAX &/or EAX ADVANCED HD |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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No. of Audio Environment(s) Processed Simultaneously* |
1 |
>1 |
>1* |
>1* |
>1* |
>1 |
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Max. No. of 3D Voices |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
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Max. Channels in 3D Positional Audio |
7.1 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
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PC-to-PC Gaming with FireWire® |
NA |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Speaker Calibration for Optimal 3D Positional Audio |
NA |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Music Playback/Music Creation |
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Integrated Digital Music Player |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Integrated Digital Music Ripping (in Player) - MP3 & WMA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Advanced Resolution DVD-Audio Playback |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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EAX Music Enhancements |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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EAX Effects |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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CMSS 3D Upmixing of Stereo to Multi-Channels |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Audio Clean-up |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Smart Volume Management (SVM) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Karaoke |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Multi-Channel Graphic Equalizer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Bass Boost |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Virtual Surround over 2 Channel or Headphones |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Full Support for Windows Media 9 24-bit/96kHz 5.1 content |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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ASIO Low Latency Multi-Track Recording Support (16-bit/48kHz) |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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ASIO 2.0 Low Latency Multi-Track Recording Support (24-bit/96kHz) |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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ASIO 2.0 Direct Monitoring |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Movies |
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THX® Certification |
NA |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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THX Setup Console |
NA |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Dolby Digital 5.1 Playback |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Dolby Digital EX 6.1 Playback |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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DTS-ES 6.1 Playback |
NA |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Connectivity |
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Front-Panel Audio Connectivity |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Yes |
External I/O Module |
External I/O Module |
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GamePort/Joystick Port |
NA |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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High Speed FireWire® port |
NA |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Analog Speakers Support |
Headphone, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 |
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Digital Speakers Support |
Headphone, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, |
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* Require Driver or Software Update