Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z PCI-Express 5.1 Channels 116dB SNR 600ohm Headphone Amp and Beamforming Microphone Gaming Sound Card. Designed around the powerful Sound Core3D audio processor, the Sound Blaster Z series once again raises the bar for the industry standard of PCIe sound cards. Sound Blaster Z has been designed to meet the standards of those who want a vastly superior experience over motherboard audio. With external DACs delivering 116dB SNR, a 600 ohm audiophile-grade headphone amp, and massively customizable SBX Pro Studio technologies, Sound Blaster Z packs a serious audio punch.

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116dB SNR OF SUPERIOR EXPERIENCE
Sound Blaster Z has been designed to meet the expectations of those who want a vastly superior experience over motherboard audio. With external DAC’s delivering 116dB SNR, a 600 ohm audiophile-grade headphone amp, and customizable SBX Pro Studio™ enhancements, this sound card packs a serious audio punch.

3D SURROUND SOUND
SBX Pro Studio technologies allow you to control the level of audio immersion in music, movies, and games. Go beyond ordinary 5.1 and 7.1 solutions with an enhanced sense of audio depth and spaciousness by creating virtual surround sound channels via SBX Surround.

CRYSTAL CLEAR COMMUNICATION
The CrystalVoice suite of technologies ensures you’ll experience crystal clear communications while using VOIP services, chatting or gaming, as well as providing a set of enhancements to ensure that recordings are of studio quality.

SOUND BLASTER BEAMFORMING MICROPHONE
The bundled beamforming microphone is optimized for use with CrystalVoice technologies. The dual microphone array enables implementation of advanced noise cancellation, creating superior recordings, and provides a voice transmission platform over a standard single mic solution.

SOUND CORE3D AUDIO PROCESSOR
The quad-core Sound Core3D audio processor was designed to offload SBX Pro Studio and CrystalVoice effects processing from your primary CPU, improving your overall PC performance, resulting in drastically superior audio and voice quality.

HIGH FIDELITY SURROUND SOUND
Connect to your home theatre system through a single digital cable and enjoy cinematic DVD movies by transforming any stereo or multi-channel streams into high fidelity immersive surround sound.

NEVER UNPLUG YOUR HEADPHONES AGAIN
With the Sound Blaster Z-series Control Panel, just toggle between your headphone and speaker system with a flip of a switch.

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