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Creative Labs X-Fi HD USB Audio component
The Sound Blaster X-Fi HD from Creative Labs is a THX certified digital audio interface that can be connected to Windows-based computers to facilitate the playback and ripping of digital and analog music to a PC.
The Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD audio interface includes a choice of digital and analog inputs and outputs. Analog music fans will appreciate the unit’s RCA phono input that is designed to help consumers rip their vinyl collections into a digital audio format such as AAC or FLAC.
These days it's interesting how the polar opposite worlds of analog and digital audio are converging with millions of Americans merging the best attributes of these technologies to form creative ways to listen to music.
Creative Labs, a company's that's been at the forefront of the computer audio movement has recently added to its line of computer-based, THX certified audio components with the release of four new components that are highlighted by the Sound Blaster X-Fi HD device. The Sound Blaster X-Fi HD is a USB audio interface device that can be used in conjunction with a PC to allow users to listen to digital audio files that are stored on their computer, and the ability to rip their vinyl (LP) collections into a digital audio format such as AAC or FLAC.
The product incorporates RCA line outs with 24-bit/192kHz digital-to-analog (DAC) converters, as well as RCA/phono line inputs that feature 24-bit/192kHz analog-to-digital converters that have a dynamic range of 108dB. In addition, the device also includes Toslink input and outputs, a 1/4-inch microphone input and a 1/4-inch headphone jack.
Creative Labs says the USB powered device is compliant with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.
Creative Labs, a company's that's been at the forefront of the computer audio movement has recently added to its line of computer-based, THX certified audio components with the release of four new components that are highlighted by the Sound Blaster X-Fi HD device. The Sound Blaster X-Fi HD is a USB audio interface device that can be used in conjunction with a PC to allow users to listen to digital audio files that are stored on their computer, and the ability to rip their vinyl (LP) collections into a digital audio format such as AAC or FLAC.
The product incorporates RCA line outs with 24-bit/192kHz digital-to-analog (DAC) converters, as well as RCA/phono line inputs that feature 24-bit/192kHz analog-to-digital converters that have a dynamic range of 108dB. In addition, the device also includes Toslink input and outputs, a 1/4-inch microphone input and a 1/4-inch headphone jack.
Creative Labs says the USB powered device is compliant with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.
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Audio · Video · Digital Media · Media Servers · Demo · Digital Rights · Media Center · Networking · Thx · Creative Labs ·About the Author
Robert Archer, Senior Editor, CE Pro
Bob is an audio enthusiast who has written about consumer electronics for various publications within Massachusetts before joining the staff of CE Pro in 2000. Bob is THX Level I certified, and he's also taken classes from the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) and Home Acoustics Alliance (HAA). In addition, he's studied guitar and music theory at Sarrin Music Studios in Wakefield, Mass.
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