![]() Most likely this would have adversely affected the price of what is, by any standard, a budget soundcard, but as Dolby Digital is the main selling point it’s an unwelcome omission. In addition, it would also have been considerate to have included a suitable S/PDIF (Toslink) cable as it’s not the kind of thing one necessarily has lying around. Given that many people may not be aware of the capabilities and limitations of Dolby Digital, a help file, even as a PDF, would have been useful. Installation threw up no surprises but it should be noted that the manual is pretty pathetic and offers no additional information other than installation instructions (including a diagram which is incorrectly marked). This doesn’t mean that you’ll get surround sound from any signal only that you’ll get Dolby Digital, which can be anything from a mono up to a 7.1 channel signal. The headline feature of the card though is the inclusion of Dolby Digital Live, which means that any audio signal can be encoded into Dolby Digital in real-time. The 7.1 is similar to the Aureon 5.1 but with a couple more channels, just in case six weren’t enough (in soundcard land 5.1 equals six). The Aureon PCI 7.1 is the latest in the extensive Aureon line up from Terratec. ![]()
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