Diamond Multimedia XtremeSound 7.1/24 bit Sound CardPCI - 24 bit - Internal - MPN: XS71DDL See Product Details
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Items In Sound Cards You Might Be Interested InProduct Details of Diamond Multimedia XtremeSound 7.1/24 bit Sound CardDescription Diamond Xtreme Sound allows the user to experience high level, theater quality sound while watching videos, listening to music, and playing games all in true 7.1 channel surround sound. This is an essential upgrade for anyone interested in increasing their computer audio experience while freeing up valuable computer system resources. Quick Glance Supported Channels: 7.1 Slot Type: PCI Summary Product Title: Diamond Multimedia XtremeSound 7.1/24 bit Sound Card Manufacturer: Diamond Multimedia Power Score: 4.3 | 23 Reviews General Class: Card Category: Sound/Multimedia Supported Audio Channels: 7.1 Type of Sound Card: Internal Sound Board Slot Type: PCI Interface Connection: 1 x - (Microphone In), 1 x Audio Line In - (Stereo), 1 x Audio Line Out - (Front channels Left/Right), 1 x Audio Line Out - (Surround channels Left/Right), 1 x Audio Line Out - (Rear channels Left/Right), 1 x Audio Line Out - (Center/Subwoofer channels), 1 x S/PDIF - (In), 1 x S/PDIF - (Out) Audio Technologies: EAX, A3D Digital Audio Depth: 24 bit System Type: PC URL: Manufacturer Link Additional Specifications Audio & Mixing Features: Dolby Digital Live Karaoke Support 10 Band Equalizer with Presets Dolby EX and DTS formats DVD playback Edit and mix an unlimited number of tracks Fade the volume up or down smoothly with the Envelope tool Easy editing with tools such as Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete Use unlimited Undo (and Redo) to go back any number of steps Alter frequencies with Equalization, FFT Filter, and Bass Boost effects Adjust volumes with Compressor, Amplify, Echo, Normalize and other effects Remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises from your recordings Sampling Rate: 16 bit 48 kHz Recording Reviews on Diamond Multimedia XtremeSound 7.1/24 bit Sound Card
By member:
tc17
- Jul 10, 2006
Nice SoundcardStrengths: Excellent price, and very good 3d sound Weakness: Buggy Diamond drivers Using the supplied Dimaond drivers for this card, it would cause a couple of games to almost instantly crash on me. I tried it in Guild Wars Factions, and it would crash soon as I turned the sound quality selector to its full setting. It also would crash instantly in Nascar Racing 2003. I then tried the drivers off of the www.cmedia.com.tw website (for the 8768+ chipset). And they too would crash...
By anonymous - May 26, 2006
Diamond Multimedia XtremeSound 7.1/24 bit Sound CardStrengths: -Dolby Digital Live -Music sounds good -Sounds great with games -Rebranded turtle beach Montego DDL -No static on mic Weakness: -Can't have analog and dolby digital at the same time -Only has toslink for spdif in/out This card works great. You can actually use auzentech xplosion drivers by replacing the CMHiTec.INF with turtle beach one. Another alternative is using cmedia's reference drivers
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gasserd
- May 19, 2006
Diamond Multimedia Xtreme Sound - 7.1/24 bit Sound...Strengths: Sound Quality. Features. Weakness: Difficult to set-up. This card sounds great listening to Pandora in Dolby Digital 7.1, which is what I bought it for. I don't play games so I have no comments about that aspect of it. It was a severe pain in the butt to install and make work properly, but that could have been as a result of my system and not the card. All in all, I recommend it.
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jwkoda
- Feb 9, 2007
Nice sound card but buggy driversStrengths: Good price, good sound Weakness: Buggy drivers This is nice sounding sound card if you can work out the driver problems. Many people have problems with the included Diamond drivers. Others use the cmedia or Auzentech drivers. Why can't Diamond just work out the driver issues with this product? Once you get a set of working drivers, this card produces excellent sound at a good price.
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naicon
- Aug 9, 2007
Affordable 7.1 solutionStrengths: No hiss Affordable High quality for game Weakness: Not as great as Creative one Flawless installation with detail manual. Work great with my new computer E6300 and motherboard 680i. Now my room is 5.1 surrounded sound. Don't know how 7.1 would perform like but that is for the future when I have enough $$ to buy a good 7.1 system. Very cheap I got this $10 from Staples.. so no complain here. WAAAAy better than my onboard sound card..
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rkr22
- Mar 27, 2007
Xtreme Sound - 7.1/24 bit Sound Card with Dolby...Strengths: Dolby Digital Live/Good audio quality at a low price. Weakness: Choice of drivers on CD software bundle The Diamond Multimedia Xtreme Sound 7.1 is a good choice for the home theater pc user or for the casual gaming user. The Diamond Multimedia Xtreme Sound 7.1 has good audio quality plus the Dolby Digital Live is great for music and movies. I am very satisfied with this purchase and product.
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steevl
- Feb 14, 2007
Great Card -- Reasonable PriceStrengths: Many features for the price. True digital signal pass-through. Weakness: No significant weaknesses that I've found. You can spend a lot more on a sound card than I did on this one, but I doubt you'll find better performance for the price. The built in SPDIF port is a feature you'll have a very hard time finding anywhere at this price point. The accompanying documentation is very basic, though; just a guide with the very basic installation instructions.
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pgmannj
- Feb 10, 2007
Decent sound card for the moneyStrengths: Decent sound quality (definitely better than many on-board cards); optical in and out; cheap. Weakness: Dolby digital is hit and miss; drivers are buggy. I bought this card as it was cheap a card with AUX-IN, which was needed to get some video software to work (AUX-IN is not usually present on many recent motherboards). It took some time to install the card as the drivers are buggy, and had to search and install non-OEM drivers (Mystique's Xplosion drivers) to get things in good shape. Dolby digital is hit and miss as some cards are shipped with...
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prushant
- Jan 10, 2007
Good SoundcardStrengths: 7.1 and 24 bit Weakness: None This soundcard works great with my existing 7.1 home surround sound system. The drivers provided on the cd with the product work fine with Windows XP professional. The sound is very good and I would recommend this to anyone. The diamond website has updated drivers that resolves any problems related to the sound card connected to the sound system.
bestcovery.com - Mar 25, 2010
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testseek.com - Nov 4, 2008
Diamond Xtreme Sound 7.1 Dolby Digital Live XS71DDL PCI
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OK for the price
Strengths: 7.1, decent sound quality, cheap
Weakness: bad drive
It's easy to install the card in my desktop and the sound quality is noticeably better than the onboard sound chip. I used the Auzentech X-Mystique drive though. But for the price, I won't complain.