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About The Revolution 7.1
With this card, gamers, media enthusiasts, and business
users can add speakers and supercharge their systems
with eight channels of pro-quality audio
HE Revolution 7.1 is half the size of the stereo sound cards of just a few
years ago, yet it delivers up to eight separate channels of sound, is far qui-
eter, and is priced less than $100. It includes full (not trial) versions of Tony
Hawk’s Pro Skater 3, WinDVD4 Dolby Digital EX Edition,VJ Lite, and
trial versions of other software.
Key Revolution 7.1 Features
Surround Sound
Up to eight separate channels—left, center,
right, surround (2), and surround center/rear
(2) plus subwoofer—completely envelope users.
Surround effect
from two speakers
SRS TruSurround XT technology gives sur-
round-sound effect from a traditional stereo
two-speaker set-up or headphones.
Convert stereo into
true surround sound
Advanced Circle Surround II technology creates
true multichannel surround sound from stereo
MP3s, CDs, and other audio.
Ready for most
encoded formats
Supports Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3), Dolby Pro
Logic, DTS, and other encoded multi-channel
formats.
Best signal-to-noise
ratio available*
Even the 106dB SNR of Creative’s Sound Blas-
ter Audigy 2 Platinum eX can’t match The
Revolution 7.1’s SNR of 107dB.
* source: www.soundblaster.com/products/audigy2_platinum_ex/specs.asp
Part
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Time to Upgrade:
Stuck with poor
sound for years,
many computer
users don’t know
they can upgrade
their sound card
and speakers to get
professional, high-
quality audio. Now
is the time.