Introduction

High Definition

Digital Audio

Entertainment

*Available with some models of the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card.

MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing), the method of audio data compression used in DVD- Audio, reduces file size without removing any of the information that was contained in the original recording. The listening audience will hear the audio as it was intended in the original recording. Other packing methodologies that remove data as part of the compression are referred to as “Lossy Compression”.

Thank you for purchasing Sound Blaster Audigy 2, the next generation Creative audio product with exciting new features and enhanced audio processing architecture.

This User Manual (on CD) guides you through the installation and usage of Sound Blaster Audigy 2. Sound Blaster Audigy 2 consists of the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card and Joystick/MIDI bracket*.

Featuring 24-bit/192 kHz audio playback, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 delivers high-definition sound of astounding quality and 24-bit/96 kHz audio recording capability from all Line Ins and SPDIF In. Sound Blaster Audigy 2 supports surround sound audio on your computer and has output capabilities for 6.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX.

As a THX® -Certified product, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 has passed some of the most stringent and rigorous audio quality and performance tests in existence. THX is renowned in the entertainment industry for its knowledge and expertise of audio-visual systems, and its certification programs are designed to ensure that products bearing the THX logo will each deliver an excellent media experience.

The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card, with its Audigy 2 processor, enables awesome EAX® ADVANCED HDTM technologies for your gaming and music listening experience. The SB1394TM/FireWire® port provides easy high-speed connectivity to NOMAD® portable digital audio players, external CD-RW drives, and other IEEE 1394 compatible devices like DV camcorders, printers, scanners, and digital still cameras.

Combine Sound Blaster Audigy 2 with our rich software package for hours of endless fun. Included in your Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Installation and Applications CD are the latest generation drivers and software for you to enjoy DVD-Audio entertainment with native MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) support, and to create EAX-enhanced MP3 songs, which you can share with your friends over the Internet.

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