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If you do not like one brand, you can always go with something else. If you do not like Intel CPUs, you can go with AMD CPUs. If you do not like ATI based graphic cards, you can go with NVIDIA based graphic cards. If you do not like Sound Blaster sound cards well, you can go with a C-Media based sound card. Never heard of a C-Media brand sound card? That is because C-Media does not manufacture sound cards; they manufacture sound processors and chip sets. Their processors can be found in most USB and integrated sound card solutions as well as most legitimate performing non-Sound Blaster PCI sound cards.</p> <p>Currently, C-Media's highest level sound processor for PCI sound cards is the Oxygen HD CMI8788. Featuring specifications and features not found on any other computer audio solution, the Oxygen HD chipset is designed to impress. It is this sound processor that powers BlueGears' new sound card, the b-Enspirer. Just what exactly is the b-Enspirer capable of? Read on and find out.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/bluegears_enspirer/01th.jpg"><img src="atruereview/bluegears_enspirer/01th.jpg" alt="BlueGears b-Enspirer Sound Card" title="BlueGears b-Enspirer Sound Card" width="250" height="180" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p> <strong>Package:</strong></p> <p> BlueGear's b-Enspirer sound card comes packaged in a shrink wrapped retail box. The front of b-Ensipire's box displays a brief list of the card's attributes as well as an impressive icon list of card's features. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/bluegears_enspirer/02.jpg"><img src="atruereview/bluegears_enspirer/02th.jpg" alt="BlueGears b-Enspirer Sound Card" title="BlueGears b-Enspirer Sound Card" width="250" height="181" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>The back of BlueGears b-Enspire sound card's box lists in detail the features. The back of the retail box also lists the packaged contents as well as the card's specifications and system requirements. The side of the box reiterates the card's specifications.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/bluegears_enspirer/03.jpg"><img src="atruereview/bluegears_enspirer/03th.jpg" alt="BlueGears b-Enspirer Sound Card" title="BlueGears b-Enspirer Sound Card" width="250" height="97" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Inside, BlueGear's b-Enspirer sound card is enclosed in an anti-static bag and held in place by cardboard holders. An included Toslink cable is enclosed in a plastic bag.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/bluegears_enspirer/04.jpg"><img src="atruereview/bluegears_enspirer/04th.jpg" alt="BlueGears b-Enspirer Sound Card" title="BlueGears b-Enspirer Sound Card" width="250" height="236" border="0"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left"><strong>Contents:</strong></p> <ul><li>b-Enspirer sound card</li> <li> TOSLINK fiber optic digital cable</li> <li> English Owner's manual</li> <li> Drivers/Applications Installation CD</li> <li> Warranty Card</li> </ul> <p><strong>Features:</strong></p> <p>Features for BlueGear's b-Enspire sound card can be found on <a href="http://www.bluegears.com/b-Enspirer.html">BlueGear's web site</a>. </p> <ul> <li>DTS® Interactive - a real-time 5.1 channel encoder that takes 2 or more channels and encodes them into a DTS bit stream</li> <li> DTS® Neo:PC - an up-mix matrix that turns any 2 channel audio into 7.1 channel surround sound</li> <li> Dolby® Digital Live (AC-3) real time 5.1 channel encoding bit-stream to facilitate the connection with CE AV receiver</li> <li> Dolby® Pro-Logic IIx surround processor, spreading stereo audio into 7.1 channel surround sound</li> <li> Renowned Dolby® Headphone technology, conveying 5.1 surround and 3D gaming audio over stereo headphones</li> <li> The latest Dolby® Virtual Speaker solution, creating amazing virtual surround sound from a generic two-speaker configuration</li> <li> C-Media FlexBass™ - configurable LFE channel crossover frequency (from 50 to 250Hz)</li> <li> C-Media Magic Voice™, a popular feature for disguising voice in online chatting</li> <li> C-Media Xear3D™ 7.1 Virtual Speaker Shifter technology</li> <li> C-Media's unique Karaoke functions: Microphone Echo, Key-shifting</li> <li> Individual 10-band EQ for each channel</li> <li> 27 global reverberation environments</li> <li> Supports most industrial standards of 3D sound for PC gaming, including EAX™ 1.0&2.0, A3D™ 1.0 and DirectSound™</li> <li> Supports 7.1 CH digital audio playback for WinXP/2K,/ME/98SE(Microsoft® DirectX V.9.0 and above is required)</li> <li> 7.1 channel output – Up to 7.1 channels of pristine 24-bit/192 kHz audio output</li> <li> High Quality Stereo Input – Two channels of 24-bit/96 kHz audio input for super-clean recordings from instruments and other line-level devices</li> <li> Dedicated Microphone Input – Separate microphone input for VOIP and other recording applications</li> <li> Discrete ADCs and DACs</li> </ul> <p><strong>Specifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>32-bit PCI Bus Master, PCI 2.1/2.2 compliant</li> <li> Supports multi-speaker output to 2/4/5.1/7.1 speakers</li> <li> Comply with Microsoft PC99 specifications</li> <li> Integrated 192k/24-bit S/PDIF transmitter and receiver</li> </ul> <p align="right"><a href="atruereview/bluegears_enspirer/soundcard.php"></a> <a href="bluegears_enspirer/soundcard.php">Next (Description)</a></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="footer" class="clr"> <div class="rk-1"> <div class="rk-2"> <div id="the-footer">  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>