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Turtle Beach Santa Cruz PCI Sound Card | 
 enlarge | Brand: Turtle Beach
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 26406
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 15.5 x 9.5 x 3
MPN: TBS-3400-01
Model: TBS-3400-01
UPC: 731855034000
EAN: 0731855034000
ASIN: B000063WQ0
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| Features:
| • | Digital Signal Processor (DSP) offloads audio tasks from PC central processor | | • | High-resolution converters provide crystal-clear reproduction of MP3, WAV, CD, DVD and Internet Audio | | • | Spectacular home-theater surround sound with programmable ambiance effects on 2, 4, or 6-speaker systems | | • | SensauraVirtualEar Technology optimizes 3-D positional audio for enjoying surround sound with headphones | | • | Supports industry-standard 3-D positional audio for interactive PC gaming |
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Product Description
A next generation PCI sound card that drives up to 6 powered speakers or enhanced to sound like 6 with programmable DSP effects Simultaneous record & playback up to 48kHz Digital Outputs - 48kHz PCM or AC-3 for external processors 10-band graphic EQ with presets and peak meters 3 20-bit DACs 10Hz-120kHz (-3dB) SNR - 96dB FS A-weighted THD+N - (-3dB) - < -91 dB FS (0.0027%) Requires Pentium 200MHz processor w/MMX or better, 32MB RAM, Win95/98/NT 4.0 (w/SP.4 or higher), PCI 2.1 slot, CD-ROM drive and 69MB disk space
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 horrible November 28, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bought it one and half year ago from Circuit city. Used it mainly for general computer work, not gaming. When I upgraded to a newer machine and try to install it on it, has problem with driver on XP Media Center edition, can not record MIDI from my Yamaha keyboard, and they don't provide support for it any more. What kind of business is this vendor in? Only one and half year later, they don't provide any technical support for their products.
 A "Sound" investment January 7, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great card. Have used it in 3 machines now and not a single problem with installation or usage.
Puzzled by the negative reviews but then I figured it out. Odds are that these people are hearing what actually is on their machines. The Santa Cruz board plays true sound. So if you have a lousy copy of music or a game with lousy sound, that is what you are going to hear.
I have found this with some of my music. What sounded OK using my Creative sound board sounded lousy with the Santa Cruz board. The reason was that the music was lousy and the Creative board muddied the sound so much that it masked the flaws in the music. When I reloaded songs directly from clean CD's, the music was great.
Also the choice of outputs is a great feature. It allows you to have multiple outputs.
So the only caveat I have is, if you want to hear superb music from the Santa Cruz board, make sure the music you are trying to play is clean and not the 25th copy of the song. Every time you copy music or video on a computer it picks up flaws and drops notes. After a few iterations you have muddy music and the Santa Cruz board will play just what you input into it. Garbage In Garbage Out.
Excellent audio card - great sound and smooth setup. December 24, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Though being 5.1. surround, the onboard sound card in my new Dell XPS 400, a.k.a. Dimension 9150, was much too low quality to serve my Altec Lansing GT 5051 5.1.loudspeakers right: The sound was flat, with little or no bass, ambience or sense of depth (Although very happy with my Dells in general, you would think that a dedicated gaming system such as the XPS would have an audio card already in it!)
When doing my audio card research to complement my GT5051 speakers, I concluded that it was between a Creative Soundblaster Live! or a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (or similar). I went with the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz as other reviewers had suggested that the setup was pretty straightforward and were complementary about the sound.
I can recommend it, too: The card slipped right into one of my empty PCI slots and the color coding of the card outputs matched the inputs of my Altec Lansing 5.1 speakers for quick and easy hookup. Upon restart, my XP immediately recognized the card (make sure to "Cancel" XP's offer to install the drivers itself - instead, install the drivers from the CD-ROM that comes with the card once the computer booted up).
Software installation went without a hitch. The associated software is excellent, with plenty of adjustments and settings, so you can set it up exactly for your hardware requirements, taste and applications. If you are replacing an onboard sound card (as opposed to a dedicated sound card), PLEASE note that you will need to turn off the onboard sound card in the computer BIOS (F2 or F11 on startup) - if you don't, you will get NO sound off your new Turtle Beach card. This is NOT explained in the Quick Guide that comes with the card AT ALL.
This product is not what is advertised on the box. January 11, 2005
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
This product is not what is advertised on the box. Apparently, in the past, this was a retail version product. Now, the software is unavailable, the user guide is not included, and they offer no support for this product. A phone call to the company left me even more confused when they said the ones being sold now are OEM versions of the card that were packaged in a new retail version box. Don't expect any help in installing the card, using the features, or getting any of the cool software advertised on the box, it's not going to happen.
Off to a great start December 28, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have been looking into audio cards for a few monthes on Amazon. This board always rated highly and I noticed other boards had problems. Circuit City had it on sale for $39.99 and I told my wife to get it for me for Christmas.
I had the card installed in minutes, drivers as well. I proceeded to play one of my favorite cd's: Metallica's S&M (with the San Francisco Symphony). It was incredible. My wife and I then played the Genesis: The Way We Walk dvd and it sounded excellent. I can't wait to load DOOM3, the real reason I had to upgrade in the first place.
I have a 3-pc LABTEC (satellites & sub) and they sound fantastic.
As stated: we're off to a good start.
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