• The only PC solution to enable the Advanced Resolution era of 24-bit music fidelity with 192 kHz in stereo and 96 kHz in 5.1.
• The best Sound Blaster clarity ever, rivaling home-theater audio quality for music, games, and movies.
• Experience superior multi-channel audio from MP3s, CDs, 3-D games, and Dolby Digital EX movies with a rear center speaker.
• The most exciting features yet with library search, automatic playlist volume matching, and hiss removal for MP3s.
• Pure path captures the quality and subtle details of your audio creations.

Product Description ------------------- Get high-quality, multi-channel and playback at up to 24-bit/96kHz resolution with the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2. It's the first PC product to offer playback of Advanced Resolution DVD-Audio at an astonishing 24-bit/192kHz with a stunning signal-to-noise ratio of 106 dB, and delivers up to eight times better clarity than host audio. From the Manufacturer --------------------- With the introduction of the Sound Blaster Audigy 2, Creative has once more raised the bar for PC audio, bringing to you the most definitive audio experience yet. Sound Blaster Audigy 2 delivers high-quality, multi-channel and playback at up to 24-bit/96 kHz resolution and is the first PC product to offer playback of Advanced Resolution DVD-Audio at an astonishing 24-bit/192 kHz with a stunning signal-to-noise ratio of 106 dB, delivering spectacular audio quality that has now redefined PC audio standards. With EAX Advanced HD, 6.1 speaker support, and Dolby Digital EX support, movies and games will be experienced with a breathtaking level of immersion and intensity, while SB1394 allows super-fast transfer of audio to external players. Advanced Resolution DVD-Audio The only PC-based solution to enable the Advanced Resolution era of 24-bit music fidelity with 192 kHz in stereo and 96 kHz in 5.1. Sound Blaster Audigy 2 brings you the purest music-listening experience on the PC with support for the music industry's latest high definition format: DVD-Audio, which reproduces music with greater brilliance and clarity compared to audio CDs, while preserving the depth and warmth of the original . Sound Blaster 24-bit Advanced HD Audio The best Sound Blaster clarity ever, rivaling home-theater audio quality for music, games and movies--vastly superior to host audio. Sound Blaster 24-bit Advanced HD audio performance at 106 dB SNR in the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 delivers up to eight times better clarity than host audio. The new Audigy 2 chip, premium quality 24-bit/192 kHz digital to analog converters (DACs), and a true 24-bit Advanced HD audio path ensure "hiss-free" audio fidelity and exceptional clarity of 106 dB SNR. Powerful Audigy 2 processing enables full 24-bit/96 kHz audio resolution in discrete 5.1-channel surround sound with playback of Windows Media Audio (WMA) 9 Professional, the Web's first digital 5.1 surround sound audio codec from the Windows Media 9 Series. THX-Certified Sound Blaster Audigy 2 is currently the first and only add-in sound card to be THX-certified. Being THX-certified means that the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 has passed the most stringent and rigorous audio quality and performance tests set by THX, the audio experts in the movie industry, so you can be assured that the awesome THX audio experience you've enjoyed in the cinema will be reproduced faithfully on your PC. 6.1 Surround Sound Experience superior multi-channel audio from MP3s, CDs, DirectSound 3D games, and Dolby Digital EX movies with a rear center speaker. Sound Blaster Audigy 2 enhances immersion with improved directionality and ambience perception delivered through an additional rear center channel on 6.1 speaker systems, bringing vivid and intense realism that will thrust you right into the heart of your favorite music, games and movies. Creative MediaSource The most exciting features yet with library search, automatic playlist volume control, and hiss removal for MP3s. Creative MediaSource provides you sophisticated and intuitive control over your entire MP3 and music library. Its intelligent search engine helps you quickly locate songs. SVM (Smart Volume Management) helps you maintain a balanced playback volume level across your entire playlist so you won't have to adjust the volume between songs. Audio Clean-Up gives even your old music collection a facelift by removing hisses and clicks from s of old cassette tapes and vinyl records. 24-bit/96 kHz The purest commercially available path captures the quality and subtle details of your audio creations. Sound Blaster Audigy 2 lets you make rich 24-bit s to your PC from analog sources with an unprecedented 24-bit/96 kHz capability, while ASIO support allows compatible music creation software to link directly to ASIO compliant hardware, allowing multi-channel simultaneously at 16-bit/48 kHz at ultra-low-latency of less than or equal to 2 ms. EAX Advanced HD Gaming The ultimate platform for delivering unparalleled audio realism from the hottest gaming titles. Sound Blaster Audigy 2 gives you the ultimate game audio realism with its built-in EAX Advanced HD technology, which delivers accurate reverberations, seamless audio transition between environments, effects processing power capable of simultaneously processing multiple environment effects and more. All of which can now be enjoyed in over a dozen premier game titles, including Unreal Tournament 2003, Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, Neverwinter Nights, Hitman 2, and Soldier of Fortune 2.