Posted in Soundcards on June 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Is it me or does Auzentech appear to be the most innovative sound card manufacturer around? It seems like they are up to their old tricks again by announcing the Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater 7.1, which will support HDMI 1.3, HD-audio codecs, and EAX 5.0. Finally, one card to rule them all.
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Posted in Soundcards on May 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Sound is a crucial aspect of any home theater system. Home theater computers have the potential to be an excellent audio source though hardware and codec issues still exist, hampering the overall experience to this point.
Missing Remote has a good overview of home theater sound for you HTPC. It is [...]
Posted in Soundcards on April 30th, 2008 No Comments »
This week, Auzentech updated their X-FI Prelude drivers for improved Dolby Digital Live support. Why is this important? This proves that Auzentech is a company that is willing to increase the performance of their product through timely release of driver updates, something Creative is notoriously bad at doing.
While somewhat pricey, the X-Fi Prelude [...]
Posted in Press Releases, Soundcards on March 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Dolby has announced a new certification for the home theater pc, called “Dolby Home Theater,” which includes Dolby Pro Logic II decoding to produce 7.1-, 6.1-, or 5.1-channel audio from a two-channel source. The certification also supports Dolby Digital Live, which converts any analog audio signal, as from a PC or game console, into [...]
Posted in Audio Server, News, Soundcards on January 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
One of the more interesting CES press releases that flew under the radar was Auzentech’s announcement of the HDMI X-Tension. Sound cards have always been the weak link in an HTPC set-up, especially with the lack of HDMI 1.3 and Dolby True HD/DTS HD support. The HDMI X-Tension will be the first [...]
Posted in News, Soundcards on August 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Auzentech is now shipping the Auzen X-FI Prelude 7.1 soundcard, which should be available at retail stores August 28. This marks the first time Creative has permitted a third-party soundcard vendor to use the Creative X-FI chipset in its own soundcard design.
So why is this a big deal? Computer audio, especially for media centers, [...]
Posted in Soundcards on April 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Auzentech, a soundcard manufacturer well-known by home theater computer users for making sound cards based on C-Media’s new Oxygen HD audio chip (which includes the ability to encode Dolby Digital Live and DTS), has announced the impending release of the Auzen X-FI™ Prelude 7.1 near the end of May. This new sound card [...]