PC's sound card, so that users cannot capture the bits and make illegal copies.
The Sound Blaster Recon3D sound card is slated for availability later this year.
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On a more practical level, the unit is compact, USB-powered, and has a built-in audio-interface (no extra sound card required for headphone monitoring).
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Basu points out that Creative and Aztech first faced the problem of commoditization of their sound card business, then had disastrous forays into the CD-ROM manufacturing business.
There haven't been many choices in PC motherboards for audiophiles -- the 'real' kind that might see even a good dedicated sound card as slumming it.
Providing phenomenally accurate positional 3D audio over headsets or speakers, the Sound Blaster Recon3D sound card is also powered by the new SoundCore3D quad-core audio and video processor.
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Anyone who's ever installed a sound card, scanner or modem knows that even at its easiest, it still requires a bit of know-how and a fair amount of time.
It also includes an audio cable you can connect to your sound card so you can listen to music on the CD-R drive while using your CD-ROM for other tasks.
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The beefier BX300 steps up to a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU, 1TB of storage spanning two 500GB drives, NVIDIA's 256MB GeForce 8600 GTS graphics card, and a 7.1-channel sound card.
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Immediately recognizable by its stunning design and glowing red Creative Sound Core3D processor, the Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion sound card provides hardware-accelerated THX TruStudio Pro audio technologies for unparalleled audio playback quality.
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We ran the Jambox through a gauntlet of tests, ranging from smartphone Pandora sessions all the way through movies, games and carefully ripped lossless audio pulled direct from a discrete PC sound card, and the verdict was clear: the Jambox isn't a magical treasure chest of audiophile bliss, but it is a pretty potent portable speaker that sounds great.
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Ample expansion is available with two open PCI-E x1 slots for adding a sound, graphics or RAID card and an open PCI-E x16 slot for a video card.
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It has an nVidia Riva TNT2 Pro graphics card, and the 3D surround sound capabilities of the Aureal Vortex2 AU8830 chip.
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Going further, he believes the ID card scheme in its current form could sound the death knell for government services online at a time when they are just beginning to be adopted by people.
It may sound superficial, but a fit and energetic appearance is a key calling card in the work world for us boomers.
Their flexibility remains their trump card in the era of star casting, while celebrities ultimately need to sound enough like themselves to be recognized.
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