
Sound Blaster Z PCIe Gaming Sound Card with High Performance Headphone Amp and Beam Forming Microphone
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Creative Sound Blaster Z SBX PCIE Gaming Sound Card with Beamforming Microphone
Creative Sound Blaster Z SBX PCIE Gaming Sound Card with Beamforming Microphone
This Sound Blaster Z is an ideal all-round solution for your PC gaming and entertainment needs. It comes complete with the Sound Blaster beamforming microphone for crystal clear voice communication.
Our Sound Blaster product philosophy comes from a total system approach. We've designed the Z series cards to give the best experience for not only those wishing to experience content, but those wanting to create it as well. This includes optimizations for voice chat and recording in addition to all of the amazing SBX Studio Pro audio output enhancements.
High-Quality Connections
The Z card is equipped with gold plated connection points to ensure the card delivers the best possible audio signal.
3.5mm gold plated headphone jack driven by the 600 Ohm Maxim MAX97220 amp
3.5mm gold plated microphone jack
3.5mm gold plated 5.1 channel connections
TOSLINK digital audio input and outputs
What's in the Box?
Sound Blaster Z sound card, Sound Blaster Beamforming Microphone, Quick Start Leaflet, Installation CD containing: Drivers for Windows, Creative Software Suite, User’s Guide
116db Signal-To-Noise Ratio
A signal to noise ratio or SNR of 116dB means your audio will be >99.99% pure audio which is 34.4 times better than motherboard audio.
SBX Pro Studio Technologies
Experience awe-inspiring audio with the SBX Pro Studio suite of technologies that immerses you in your games and movies with amazing detail and a 360-degree true-to-life sound stage.
Crystal Voice Technologies
Experience crystal clear commmunication with your teammates with the CrystalVoice suite of technologies that removes echoes, ambient noises and picks up your voice from within a zone (Voice Focus). It also maintains your voice level even if you are near or further away from the microphone.
Sound Core3D Audio Processor
The quad-core Sound Core3D audio processor is to designed to offload SBX Pro Studio and CrystalVoice effects processing from your primary CPU, improving your overall PC performance, resulting in drastically superior audio and voice quality.
Sound Blaster Beamforming Microphone
When used with CrystalVoice Focus, the bundled beamforming microphone creates an acoustic zone and suppresses noise outside it, enabling you to be heard with amazing clarity.
Which Creative Soundcard is Right for You?
Audio Processor
2x Sound Core3D
Sound Core3D
Sound Core3D
Audio Resolution
24-Bit/96 kHz
24-Bit/96 kHz
24-Bit/96 kHz
Digital Audio Converter
TI Burr-Brown with Fine Gold Caps
Cirrus Logic
Cirrus Logic
Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)(20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Wgt), @24-bi, 96kHz
124dB
116dB
116dB
I/O Ports (Main Card)
Headphone: 1x Amplified 1/4" jackSpeaker Out: 2x RCS (L/R)2x 3.5mm jacks (Rear, C/Sub)Mircrophone In: 1x 1/4" jack
Headphone: 1x Amplified 3.5mm jackSpeaker Out: 3x 3.5mm jacks (F/R/C-Sub)Line/Mic In: 1x shared 3.5mm jackOptical Out: 1x TOSLINKOptical In: 1x TOSLINK
Headphone: 1x Amplified 3.5mm jackSpeaker Out: 3x 3.5mm jacks (F/R/C-Sub)Line/Mic In: 1x shared 3.5mm jackOptical Out: 1x TOSLINKOptical In: 1x TOSLINK
I/O Ports (DBPro Card)
Line In: 2x RC (L/R)Optical Out: 1x TOSLINKOptical In: 1x TOSLINK
N/A
N/A
Digital Audio Converter
TI Burr-Brown with Fine Gold Caps
Cirrus Logic
Cirrus Logic
Shielding
EMI and Copper Plating
EMI
EMI
Included Accessories
Audio Control Module(with built-in Beamforming Microphone)
Audio Control Module(with built-in Beamforming Microphone)
Beamforming Microphone
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Creative Sound Blaster Z SBX PCIE Gaming Sound Card with Beamforming Microphone
Creative Sound Blaster Z SBX PCIE Gaming Sound Card with Beamforming Microphone
This Sound Blaster Z is an ideal all-round solution for your PC gaming and entertainment needs. It comes complete with the Sound Blaster beamformin
• Includes an external high quality dual-microphone array standard with card. Supported operating systems: windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
• Features Sound Core3D Audio Processor for accelerating advanced audio and voice technologies
• SBX Pro Studio sound technologies create unprecedented levels of audio realism including stunning 3D surround effects for your speakers and headsets
• Delivers 116dB SNR, plus audiophile-grade capacitors and gold-plated I/O connectivity and Stereo Direct lets you listen to your music pure and unprocessed at the amazing bit rate of 24-bit 192 kHz.
• Use the Sound Blaster Control Panel just toggle between you headphone and speakers system with a flip of a switch
• OS : windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
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