Sounds card for movie lover

Hercules and TerraTec have sounds card presented that loaves on movie lover. Both have been diverted by existing sounds card: the Gamesurround Sparrow 5.1 DVD is the sharp praised successor of the Sparrow XL, while the newest Terratec the small brother is of the DMX6fire 24/96.

Technologically there little has been changed at the new Sparrow. The large difference is the zeskanaals sound. Just as the name 5.1 DVD does suspect, is this feature especially for pc-users that their dvd's want to look at with surroundgeluid.

Therefore the Hercules-card has three analogous stereo-outputs for a direct connection on a 5.1-speakerset. Furthermore there is in microphone entrance, an analogous line-in, but no digital connection. The CMI-8738-chip offers availed sound on 16/48 KHz. That is less strengthen then the offer of TerraTec, but the price is there then also to. The Hercules Gamesurround Sparrow 5.1 DVD carries a price ticket of 49.90 Euros, including btw. The card can grade crossing with the most recent 3D-audiotechnologien, through which gamers do not stand remain in the cold.

The TerraTec DMX6fire LT is perhaps a 'light' -version of an expensiver card, but nevertheless good quality offers. The card has been arranged also for gamers: support is there for the newest sounds technologies, below which A3D1.0, MacroFX and EAX2.0.

Cores of the DMX 6fire LT is the EWX/EWS88-technologie. That state in combination with 24 availed/96 KHz A/D-convertors on all in and exits guarantor for an impressive signal-to-noise-rationale of -104 dB/a. The sound that comes from the card, will thus, according to the specifications on paper, ruisarm must be.


The LT has been equipped with three analogous stereo-exits, an analogous entrance, a microphone connection and an optical digital in and output. With this can pick movie fans dvd-sound with AC3 and DTS, choose decode to work if they with a separate/amplifier. In contrast till its larger brother all connections at the back of the card sit. There is thus no separate front panel with additional midi-gates.