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| Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Fx V2 | Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 | Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 PLUS | Creative Sound Blaster X4 | Creative Sound Blaster Z SE | Creative Sound Blaster Play! 3 | Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 | Creative Sound Blaster G3 | Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 (4th Gen) | HyperX Audio Mixer | TrippLite U437-002 | Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Fx | Rode AI-Micro | Creative Sound Blaster Live 7.1 | Startech.com ICUSBAUDIO | Startech.com ICUSBAUDIO7 | Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE | Focusrite Scarlett 18i16 (4th Gen) | Startech.com ICUSBAUDIO2D | Startech.com ICUSBAUDIO7D | |
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| Type | audiophile (Hi-Fi) | gaming | gaming | gaming | gaming | on camera flashes | audio Interface | gaming | audio Interface | audio Interface | on camera flashes | audiophile (Hi-Fi) | audio Interface | on camera flashes | on camera flashes | on camera flashes | on camera flashes | audio Interface | on camera flashes | on camera flashes |
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| Form factor | internal | internal | internal | external | internal | external | internal | external | external | external | external | internal | external | internal | external | external | internal | external | external | external |
| Interface | PCIe | PCIe | PCIe | USB-C | PCIe | USB-A | PCIe | USB-C | USB-C | USB-C | USB-C | PCIe | USB-A | PCI | USB-A | USB-A | PCI | USB-C | USB-A | USB-B |
| Channels | 5.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 2 | 5.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5.1 | 2 | 7.1 | 2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 4 | 5.1 | 7.1 |
| Audiochip | Sound Core3D | Sound Core3D | Sound Core3D | Sound Core3D | Creative CAO106-DAT | C-Media - CM108B | C-Media - CM108 | CA-0106 | C-Media - CM6206 | |||||||||||
| Standards | DTS, Dolby Digital Live | Microsoft DirectSound, DirectSound3D, EAX ADVANCED HD | EAX ADVANCED HD 3.0 | Dolby Digital, DTS | ||||||||||||||||
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| Mac compatibility | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| iPhone/iPod/iPad | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| DAC resolution | 24 bit | 32 bit | 32 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 32 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 16 bit | 16 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 16 bit | |
| Max. sampling rate | 192 kHz | 384 kHz | 384 kHz | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 48 kHz | 384 kHz | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 44.1 kHz | 44.1 kHz | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 96 kHz | 48 kHz | ||
| Dynamic Range | 127 dB | 122 dB | 114 dB | 129 dB | 130 dB | 100 dB | 10 — 40000 dB | 122 dB | ||||||||||||
| Signal-to-noise ratio | 120 dB | 116 dB | 93 dB | 115 dB | 106 dB | 100 dB | 100 dB | 112 dB | ||||||||||||
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| ADC resolution | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 16 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 24 bit | 16 bit | 16 bit | 24 bit | 16 bit | |||||
| Max. sampling rate | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 96 kHz | 44.1 kHz | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 44.1 kHz | 44.1 kHz | 96 kHz | 48 kHz | ||||||
| Dynamic range | 104 dB | 123 dB | ||||||||||||||||||
| More features | headphones amplifier front panel output | headphones amplifier | headphones amplifier | headphones amplifier | headphones amplifier front panel output | headphones amplifier | headphones amplifier | headphones amplifier | headphones amplifier | external control module | headphones amplifier front panel output | front panel output | headphones amplifier | |||||||
Inputs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| mini-Jack (3.5 mm) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Jack (6.35 mm) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Balanced XLR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| RCA | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Optical S/PDIF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Coaxial S/PDIF | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| MIDI | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Phantom power | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| mini-Jack (3.5 mm) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Jack (6.35 mm) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| RCA | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Optical S/PDIF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Coaxial S/PDIF | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MIDI | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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