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  PURE Digital SonicXplosion DVD review

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Test System

The SonicXplosion DVD was tested on a PC comprised of the following components:

  • Windows XP Professional SP 1

  • 256MB DDR RAM

  • AMD Athlon 1.2Ghz

  • GeForce 4 Ti 4400

  • Abit NV7-133R nForce

  • Sigma Designs REALmagic Xcard

  • Inspire 6700 6.1 Speakers

  • All latest Drivers were installed.

Technical Specifications

Listed beneath are the specifications for the SonicXplosion.

Audio processor:

High-performance Cirrus Logic Crystal CS4630 audio DSP with 96 stream DirectSound/DirectSound3D acceleration & 64 voice hardware wavetable engine.

MIDI wavetable synthesizer:

Up to 976 software voices & 64 hardware voices with high-quality 8 MB sample set supplied (custom up to 8 MB).

Digital audio:

8/16-bit playback & recording at up to 48 kHz (mono/stereo).

Extended full duplex at playback & recording (mono/stereo).

Recording & playback of all audio sources.

Driver/control panel features:

Individual volume control of all audio sources.

10-band stereo equalizer with presets.

Choice of configuration for 2, 4 or 6 speakers, each DSP optimised for sound quality.

Speaker positioning & testing feature.

Optional copyright protection on recordings.

External connectors:

Optical 48 kHz digital out (Toslink) with AC-3 pass through support; optical 32, 44.1 or 48 kHz digital in (Toslink).

3 stereo line out jacks.

Switchable line in or amplified headphone out stereo jack.

Mic in jack (mono).

Separate WaveBlaster compatible 15-pin MIDI/joystick port with DirectInput acceleration; analog/digital joystick interface; MPU-401 compatible (UART mode); SoundBlaster compatible MIDI interface.

Internal connectors:

Digital in (32, 44.1 or 48 kHz) for CD audio input.

2 inputs for analog CD audio input (MPC3).

Aux in (MPC3).

Wavetable connector (WaveBlaster pin compatible).

Amplifier:

2 x 60 mW headphone amplifier.

High performance drivers:

Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

DirectSound, DirectSound3D, DirectMusic, A3D 1.0/2.0, EAX 1.0/2.0, I3DL2, General MIDI, MPU-401, DLS 1.0, Sensaura Macro FX, MultiDrive, Sensaura 3D, Sensaura Environment FX & SoundBlaster/SoundBlaster Pro compatibility.

Bus architecture:

32-bit PCI local bus 2.1, 2.2.

PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification 1.0.

Approvals:

PC 2001 compliant.

Compliant with EMC directive (CE).

Technical support:

Technical hotline & online support at http://www.pure-digital.com/.

Warranty:

5 years.



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