Sound Card By :Hoontech Price : $47 without any bracket, $69 with XG-DB I API Support : DirectSound, DS3D, EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0, I3DL2 and A3D 1.0 (by
translating to DS3D calls, works with most but not all titles) S/N Ratio :
Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: Not mentioned other than Sondius-XG requires a Pentium
II 233 Mhz or faster.
Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0
Open PCI 2.1 compliant slot
Available bracket for Digital I/O Card (optional)
Headphones or amplified speakers
CD-ROM drive for software installation
Reviewers PC:
Mikael
- Win98
- Celeron
300a o/c 450
-
128MB PC100 ram
-
Creative TNT
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6.4 GB Quantum SE
-
For four speaker testing purpose I hooked the card up to Videologic's
Digi Theatre speaker system using the analog inputs and later in testing I also tried
VideoLogic's Sirocco Crossfire. For two speaker testing purposes I used the same
speaker systems but only connecting to the front channels and for headphones testing I
used a set of Sennheiser HD5570
Mark - Win98
- Celeron
333a o/c 416
-
64MB PC100 ram
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Creative TNT
- Creative
Voodoo Blaster 12 M
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6.1 GIG EIDE HD
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For four speaker testing purpose I hooked the card up to the Klipsch
ProMedia v.2-400 speaker system using the analog inputs and for COAX SPDIF out testing
I used the Cambridge Soundworks DTT2500 digital. For two speaker testing purposes
I used the same system with the rear inputs removed. For headphones testing I used a
set of Sennheiser HD525s
Digital In/Out - Optical, Coaxial, AES/EBU with optional bracket
Internal Audio Input
CD-IN(4-pin), Video-In(Audio input from the TV Card), SVD modem, AUX
External Audio Input
Front/Rear speaker-output
3D Sound API support
DirectSound 2D and 3D
Features
YAMAHA XG 100% Compatibility
Advanced PCI Direct Sound 2D/3D Accelerator
S/PDIF high quality playback and recording(with optional bracket)
Adapts state-of art YAMAHA MIDI/Wave processor.
Pefect Digital Sound System
Supports Digital Input (Coaxial, Optical, AES/EBU) and Digital Out
(Coaxial, Optical, AES/EBU) with XG DB I ( $29 US)
Supports 4Speaker Digital AMP (PA Digita/4ch, ST Digital AMP/4Ch)
with NX DB II
Supports CD Digital In without Digital Bracket
Supports -96dB Digital Recording with NX DB II & ST DB III
3D Sound Experience positional 3D audio and moving effect.
MIDI
The Most Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer
Maximum 64-voice XG capital Wavetable Synthesizer including GM compatibility
Built-in Joystick MIDI Port
Joystick MIDI port supports the latest input devices.
Introduction:
Hoontech is a small Korean company that inthe past only sold
professional/high-end music cards (e.g. ST 128 DDMA & ST Digital Audio) that you would
find in music shops. However, Hoontech has recently started to offer very
inexpensive cards with digital connections that are targeted at the broader home
user & consumer market. Most people who know the name probably know it due to
the exposure received by their inexpensive digital daughter cards for the Live and
Live!Value.
In this review will take a look at Hoontech's SoundTrack YMF 744
Digital-XG which as you may guess uses Yamaha’s YMF744 chip. The version of the board
we tested comes with a bracket board with coaxial, optical and AES/EBU digital in/out but
it’s also available without the bracket board. For 3D sound and reverb it uses the
Sensaura engine which supports DS3D, I3DL2, EAX 1.0 and 2.0.
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