AuzenTech X-Raider 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
·
712 words · ~3 min read
0:00
today we're going to be having a look at the x- Raider 7.1 from azente this is
0:05
one of their lower end cards but it does still have some key features first of
0:09
all you've got support for 7.1 audio so
0:12
that means you can hook it up to basically any audio system that you can
0:16
get your hands on for a PC I don't know that there are too many people running
0:20
you know 9.1 or 7.2 audio systems on
0:24
their computers but I mean hey if you're doing that then feel free to uh drop as
0:30
a comment on the video and you know let me know hey lonus you're off your rocker
0:33
you have no idea what you're talking about I'm running that so this is a PCI
0:37
sound card as I mentioned before you got support for 7.1 audio but there's also
0:41
some other cool stuff first of all you've got support for optical input and
0:45
output which is something that it has over its uh little
0:50
brother the X Studio
0:53
5.1 and you've also got swappable opamp
0:57
sockets for all
1:00
um all eight channels so that's a pretty
1:03
cool feature as well we'll have a closer look at the card in just a minute I just want to have a look at the accessory
1:08
package so they've got an easy setup guide uh shows you how to install your
1:12
drivers and um yeah hey look at that
1:16
they've even got instructions for downloading the drivers off the azente
1:19
website good work azente that is the correct thing to
1:23
do what else do we have in here we have a driver CD okay so you probably won't
1:28
need that because you can download the drivers off the manufacturer website so
1:33
that's it that's the whole accessory package other than that we've just got a
1:37
card now aen tech cards as I mentioned
1:40
in my last unboxing of an azen card are generally speaking uh the best purchased
1:45
choice to make uh in your price range whatever your price range happens to be
1:49
so figure out your price range how much do you want to spend on a sound card and
1:53
if you just buy an azente card for however much that is then you'll probably get pretty much the best card
1:58
for your dollar so here we are we've got internal
2:01
digital audio out this is running off of
2:05
the oh can't see that huh what chipset is that let me
2:12
have a look well apparently it's using an X Gear 3 audio engine okay whatever
2:17
that means and we're actually running a
2:20
c media CMI 8768 audio processor I think
2:24
it's just labeled a little bit differently oh no it's not never mind I was just uh apparently I went crazy for
2:29
a minut I couldn't see the I couldn't see that right there okay never mind I
2:32
figured it out so here's all your swappable op-amp sockets you can go
2:36
ahead take those out these will basic I mean amplification is what gives you
2:40
most of the Distortion in your audio so if you replace them with a higher
2:44
quality op amp or if you replace them with one that just sounds a little bit
2:48
better to you you can actually get a very customizable sound out of a fairly
2:54
inexpensive card with that particular feature so that's pretty cool you've
2:58
also got support for front panel audio so there's no custom headers or anything
3:02
like that you just hook that right up to your front panel HD audio so here we are
3:07
here is our digital uh Optical in and out and then our 7.1 interface so thank
3:13
you for checking out my unboxing of the x- raater 7.1 PCI sound
3:19
card oh yeah oh never mind hold on apparently it has some unique karaoke
3:24
functionality cool you can add color with mic Echo key shifting and vocal
3:29
cancellation that's a pretty neat software feature don't forget to
3:33
subscribe to my video blog