Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Sound Card Retail

Audio Performance

Signal-to-Noise Ratio with AES17 filter (A-Weighted)

	2V Rated Output	1V Rated Output
Stereo Output	108dB	102dB
Front and Rear Channels	108dB	102dB
Center, Subwoofer, and Rear Center	108dB	102dB

	Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted) = 0.004 % (1V, 2V Rated Output)
	Frequency Response at -3 dBr = <10 Hz to 22 kHz

Technical Specifications

High Defenition Audio Quality for Playback and Recording

24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion during playback with sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz in 7.1 mode and up to 192kHz in stereo mode

24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion during recording in 8, 16 or 24-bit at sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz

SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) input at up to 24-bit/96kHz quality

SPDIF output up to 24-bit resolution at 48 or 96kHz

ASIO 2.0 drivers for low latency (as low as 2ms) multi-track playback and recording at 24-bit/96kHz*

*(Latency performance may vary based on system configuration)

Wave-Table Synthesis and Midi Features

Creative Hardware synthesizer (2x16 channels) with 64-voice polyphony featuring E-MU��s patented 8-point interpolation technology for accurate sample reproduction

Creative Software synthesizer - multi timbral wave-table (16 channels)

2 MIDI I/O ports (2x16 channels) (gameport adapter required for MIDI I/O 2)

FireWire� (IEEE� 1394) Connectivity

FireWire� (IEEE� 1394) / i-Link� compatible interface with up to 400Mbps transfer rate

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS On-Board Connectors

Line level out (Front / Side / Rear / Center / Subwoofer)

Digital Out for 5.1 support (6-channel SPDIF output to Creative digital speakers

Line in

Microphone in

FireWire� (IEEE� 1394)

Telephone Answering Device in

Analog / Digital CD Audio in

15-pin MIDI / Joystick port extension header

Internal IEEE� 1394 header to Audigy 2 ZS Internal I/O Drive

AD_EXT extension header to Audigy 2 ZS Internal I/O Drive