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Hercules Maxi Sound Game Theatre XP

Hercules Maxi Sound Game Theatre XP

List Price: $129.99
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Features:
  • Complete sound entertainment solution for movies, music, and gaming
  • Includes both a PCI sound card and an external rack with high-speed 4-port USB hub
  • Multiple USB ports accessible from the front panel for multiplayer gaming
  • Surround sound on 5.1 channels with Dolby Digital decoder for theaterlike movies
  • Includes software to convert audio source to MP3


Description:

A powerful, easy-to-use audio station, the Guillemot Maxi Sound Game Theater XP transforms your PC into a high-performance entertainment system. Composed of a sound card and a convenient external rack, it includes a powerful digital signal processor (DSP) producing 3-D sound that may be heard through headphones or two or four speakers.

The rack features numerous high-quality connectors and a high-speed four-port USB hub, as well as a game port on the front panel that lets players plug in several game peripherals simultaneously. Connect gamepads, joysticks, and wheels easily for multiplayer gaming. Bundled Sensaura Virtual Ear software further extends audio realism.

For PCs equipped with a DVD drive, the Game Theater XP delivers full, six-speaker (5.1-channel) Dolby Digital decoding and superior quality surround sound. PowerDVD enhances high-performance video playback.

For music fans using the Internet to satisfy their musical tastes, Game Theater XP features Cirrus Logic's SoundFusion DSP MP3-decoding acceleration in hardware, leaving the computer's central processor free to perform other tasks. Its USB port allows for high-speed downloads to a USB MP3 player, and its optical and coaxial digital-in/out connector lets users load digital audio files onto digital tape or minidiscs. It also boasts a complete MIDI interface (MIDI-in/MIDI-out DIN connectors) for connecting digital audio players, microphones, and keyboards.

On the software side, MusicMatch Jukebox downloads, records, and plays digital MP3 music; Siren Jukebox Xpress is a digital music management system and playback software tool for MP3, WMA, and WAV files; and Yamaha XGstudio provides a digital interface to play MIDI files.

The Maxi Sound Game Theatre XP comes with a two-year warranty.

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