User manual

General Specifications A-2
EAX ADVANCED
HD™, Advanced Audio
and 3D Audio
Te c h n o l o g y
Optimized user-selectable settings for headphones, two, four or six speakers and
external A/V amplifiers
Improved Creative Multi Speaker Surround™ (CMSS) technology accurately
places mono or stereo sources in a 360
º
audio space
Realistic EAX reverb, panning and elevation effect brings life to your music and
games
Advanced time-scaling feature allows variable playback duration without altering
pitch of original content
Powerful Audio Clean-up feature removes noise and 'clicks' from playback of vinyl
disk or cassette tape recordings
Dynamic Dolby Digital
Playback
"Dolby Laboratories" approved hardware Dolby Digital decoding that does not rely
on the host processor power for decoding, resulting in a consistent Dolby Digital
playback that does not depend on software or hardware DVD players
Dedicated Dolby Digital (AC-3) hardware DSP decoder with support for up to 24-
bit I/O data format. Ability to decode Dolby Digital streams from optical, coaxial
SPDIF input or host PC via USB connection
Built-in 24-bit DACs provide the best audio resolution for Dolby Digital playback,
making it the perfect partner for DVD applications
Optimum bass management feature allows speakers of different sizes to be
accommodated - be it Creative Inspire
TM
range of 5.1 channel speakers or '6-
channel ready’ home A/V amplifiers
Provides mixing of Dolby Digital audio with real-time game play audio effects - a
feature that normal consumer Dolby Digital A/V receivers are not capable of
supporting