Creative Labs Sound Blaster CT5801 PCI 128 Sound Card OEM General Features: OEM for HP (HP part #: 5185-0470) Creative Labs ES1373 chipset PCI interface Soundblaster 16 compatible AC97 CODEC 48 kHz stereo sampling 16-bit software-based real time audio compression/decompression Up to 128 simultaneous voice polyphony
Editorial Reviews:
The Sound Blaster AudioPCI 128 utilizes the ES1373 PCI audio chip sold in the OEM market. SB AudioPCI 128 is a PC99 compliant card incorporating 3D Audio technology from Creative which immerses users in 3D audio space. What's more, the ES1373 supports 3D Positional Audio, Environmental Audio Extension (EAX) for DirectSound and DirectSound3D, and custom OEM configuration options for CDDA. In addition, Creatives 3D Audio technology dramatically improves sound clarity, spatial realism and sound effects, through the minimization of crosstalk, which will dynamically adjust for monophonic or stereophonic input without user intervention. The SB AudioPCI 128 series is fully Plug and Play compliant for ease of use in either DOS, Windows Millennium, Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT. applications. SB AudioPCI 128 provides General MIDI compatibility at an attractive price point. It provides a professional audio solution for todays generation of game, music and entertainment software. SB AudioPCI 128 also adds support for General Sound drum kit samples and cuttingedge positional 3D audio for true spatial localization of sounds and complies with the Roland. MT-32 standard for wave table audio. It is fully compliant with Multimedia PC Level 3 specifications and with Microsoft Multimedia extensions for Windows. The CT5801 model of the SB AudioPCI 128 adds the capability of a SPDIF output. This output is shared with the Line-out, and has an audio sensing circuit to determine if the cable plugged into the jack is for analog or digital output.
