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Creative Sound Blaster - Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (PCMCIA), 7.1. Clear and rich audio, and excellent game sound effects. Ideal for notebook users and gamers.

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The PCMCIA Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Notebook opens a new era of possibilities for the notebook user. This sound card delivers features previously only available to PC users but now available to notebook users (even those that are highly mobile). This is achieved by combining crystal clear audio with advanced, hardware-accelerated features all in a tiny PCMCIA format card! For instance it delivers THX® certified 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ audio quality playback with incredible 104dB SNR, allowing for audiophile quality playback with support for DVD-Audio¹ at up to 24-bit/192kHz and Windows Media 9: 24-bit multi-channel audio format.

The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook also provides encompassing 7.1 surround sound for Dolby® Digital EX¹ as well as DTS-ES™¹ supported DVD movies; any DirectSound3D¹ games and CMSS 3D¹ virtualized 7.1 stereo music. Gamers will love the hardware accelerated EAX® 4.0 ADVANCED HD™² that not only brings games to life, but delivers maximum performance! Musicians will also enjoy true 24-bit recording and low latency ASIO support for the ultimate audio recording platform. Notebook audio just got very, very interesting!

Unsurpassed Audio Quality

Superior Home Theater sound quality for all your music, movies, and games.
Rich, high-fidelity, 24-bit audio with 256 times the clarity of your basic notebook sound.
Music, movies, and games in virtual surround on headphones or full surround on 5.1 or 7.1 speakers.

Music

Make your digital music sound dramatically better with EAX® ADVANCED HD™ Music Tools featuring Bass Boost¹, Multi-Band Graphic Equalizer¹, Audio Clean-Up™, and more!
Create MP3s, Organize Music, Burn CDs with full-featured digital music software.
Listen to all your digital music in virtual surround or full surround sound with CMSS® 3D¹ Audio Technology.
Experience the superior quality of Windows Media™ 9 Pro audio and Advanced Resolution™ DVD-Audio™¹ in 24-bit quality and full 5.1 surround.

Movies

Hear captivating home theater surround with built-in Dolby® Digital EX¹ and DTS-ES™¹ decoding.
Enjoy precise positional audio with THX® setup software that lets you adjust speaker positioning without moving your speakers.

Games

Experience game sound effects so realistic that you'll feel like you are actually in the game. With EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD™² you'll hear all the action without compromising game performance.
Hear where your enemies are - before they find you - with immersive 3D positional audio in your games.

Recordings

Record your own music and audio samples in richer, cleaner 24-bit audio quality with high-fidelity 24-bit/96kHz inputs.
Create professional quality music anywhere with ASIO 2.0 support, SoundFont®¹ support, and hardware audio.

¹ Supported in Windows XP only.

High Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) exceeding 104 dB using high linearity, low distortion 24-bit converters with resolutions of up to 192 kHz
Playback: 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96 kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output, 192kHz for Stereo DVD-A¹
Recording: 24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of stereo analog inputs at 96 kHz sample rate
Supports Sony/Philips Digital Interface (SPDIF)² format of up to 24-bit/96 kHz quality at selectable sampling rate of 44.1, 48 or 96 kHz

Note: SPDIF² output is not available during playback of protected digital audio contents authored with Microsoft DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology.

Audio Performance
Signal-to-noise Ratio (AES17, A-Weighted, 20kHz bandwidth) = 104dB (2V Rated Output)
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise @ 1kHz (AES17) = 0.006% (2V Rated Output)
Frequency Response (+/-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input) = <10Hz to 46kHz (2V Rated Output)

* Some features and specification levels may be unavailable or limited by your notebook system configuration

¹ Supported in Windows XP only.
² SPDIF pass through is supported on Windows XP and Vista 32-bit only.

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