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The future has begun! FireWire is making its debut on the sound card market, and TerraTec Electronic is introducing a product using this technology: the Aureon 7.1 FireWire. Its futuristic metal housing with control knobs lit in orange and blue LEDs makes that abundantly clear. It will be hitting the shelves in January 2004.
Not only its design stands out-the technology of this external 7.1 sound system is also sure to find a lot of fans among hard-core gamers, musicians and home theater owners that want the full effect from their DVDs with impressive surround sound. Opening your computer's case and installing expansion cards is history: thanks to its new, lightning-fast FireWire technology, you can keep your screwdriver in the toolbox. It's easy: install the drivers, plug it in and go! Analog line and phono (with preamp) inputs and digital I/O (S/PDIF, optical) are available for connections to your other audio equipment. It even features a professional microphone input for vocalists (1/4" jack) with a gain control and peak LED.
If your domestic situation ever makes the full glory of 7.1 surround sound inadvisable, then simply tone things down by using the high-quality headphone connection with its separate volume control. Whether you're using speakers or headphones, the system's audio quality is always in a class of its own, with up to 24-bit/192-kHz signal processing. And that holds true for gamers, MP3 fans and musicians.
And the best thing about it: you can control the Aureon 7.1 FireWire's functions and those of all other common PC multimedia applications from the comfort of your sofa with the infrared remote control.
Key features:
* 7.1 surround sound system
* 24-bit/192 kHz signal processing
* Analog line and phono inputs
* High-quality headphone connection with volume control
* High-quality microphone input with gain control and peak LED
* Master volume control on device with mute function
* Digital S/P-DIF input and output (optical)
* ASIO 2.0 support
* FireWire interface to PC
* Hot pluggable
* Optional external power supply
* Infrared remote control for common PC applications
Bron: Terratec
