Riviera is an affordable, high quality sound card for enjoying immersive PC game play and multi-channel DVD audio, MP3 or other digital PC game play and multi-channel DVD audio, MP3 or other digital music enhanced with the fullness of multi-speaker surround sound. With selectable 2, 4 or 6 channel outputs, plus a digital S/PDIF output for pass-through of Dolby Digital and DTS multi-channel DVD sound, Riviera's feature-rich surround sound environment makes it a perfect upgrade for the stereo sound capabilities of typical PCs.Supports the latest in 3D positional audio for interactive PC gaming such as EAX, HRTF-based 3D positional audio, DirectSound 3D and A3D. 32-bit PCI bus interface compliant technology coupled with signal processing handles multiple3D streams and full-duplex audio with ease.Enjoy DVD playback when using 2, 4 or 6 speakers. Optical S/PDIF output for playback of pure digital audio at resolutions of up to 24 Bits at 48KHz sampling rate, allowing for passthrough of Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel DVD sound to external A/V receivers.Connect analog joysticks for PC games. Optional MIDI adapter cable lets you connect external MIDI keyboard equipment. MIDI software is included to help get you started creating music with your PC.High-quality reproduction of MP3, WAV, CD, DVD and Internet Audio. Virtual surround sound technology converts stereo sound sources to multi-channel format, for listening to MP3 digital music or movies with enhanced surround sound on 2, 4 or 6 speakers.
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Customer Rating: Summary: Simply the best! Comment: I got an Creative XFi for my new computer that I build (this was few months ago) but Creative doesn't have any support for Linux (I use Ubuntu), so I promptly returned the card. After months of using the on-board sound card (it was ok not that great) I decided to buy a new sound card. After a bit of research I decided to buy the Turtle Beach Riviera. Let me tell you it has been my best choice for a sound card. Installed the card into my computer and booted into Ubuntu and everything was setup already without any input from me. I had beautiful sound and my music, movies, and anime never sounded better. I high recommend this sound card. Customer Rating: Summary: Avoid this card Comment: I purchased this card for the purpose of passing through Dolby Digital from my Home Theater PC to my external Sony amplifier. I could never get anything but 2 channel stereo to work. I spent weeks trying different decoders and software to no avail. This card is an OEM product. Although not stated, there is no warranty and it is not supported by Turtle Beach. You are on your own using it. I eventually learned the card by design DOES NOT pass through Dolby Digital as advertised but instead down converts it to 2 channel PCM.
I replaced the card with a different brand and it worked immediately without any effort other than selecting S/PDIF output.
Customer Rating: Summary: Turtle Beach Riviera Sound Card Comment: After a weekend of frustration trying to use the built in sound on my new ...,.@#@^$%& mobo i finally broke down and purchased this Turtle Beach product. My experiences with other sound card
manufacturers were OK, but since i just wanted sound for basic games and video , i thought , "why not?"
The card installed without a problem, provides great sound, a joystick port and MIDI in interface (cable not provided).
A great value sound card that performs like it cost alot more. Customer Rating: Summary: Almost Perfect Comment: This is a very nice pci sound card, and it produces quality audio.
