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Advantages: Cheap as hell Disadvantages: Sounds cheap as hell
Digital Surround 511 5.1 sound card. While the name certainly suggests "quality and professional" I can assure you, it ain't!
I got my purchase home, and began the process of installing it. I am not a complete computer whiz, but I assumed that following the instructions should see me through the process. In fact, it's not all that difficult - remove a couple of screws and just clip it in. I put the cover back on and fired the machine up. At this point I expected to hear a noticeable change in audio quality, as my current on-board sound can become relatively scratchy and a bit strained at high pitch or high volume. However, on start up, I was greeted with a blank screen - no sound, no picture, nothing.
A number (at least 5 times from memory) of attempts to take the card out and put it back in, trying every conceivable method, in case ...
Advantages: good quality at a low price Disadvantages: headband a bit heavy
-line remote control (Rear/Front/Centre, Volume)
Amplifier box with volume control, On/Off switch and two earphone jacks and 3 ports to allow you to output to another surround sound device.
Includes all the cables you will probably ever need, with gold-plated interconnects
4 metre long cord
The earphones have front/rear/center speakers that do really give surround sound and made such a difference to playing games and listening to music.
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Amplifier box :
Power Supply: 7.5V DC / 500mA
Output power: 500mW x 6
Signal/Noise (S/N): -60 dB
Distortion: <0.5%
Analogue output
Speaker specs :
Surround sound speakers (front/rear): dia. 30mm x 2; 32Ω 20Hz-20kHz
Centre speaker: dia. 40mm x 2; 64Ω 20Hz-20kHz
Subwoofer: dia. 32mm x 2; 8 Ω 20Hz-20kHz
Microphone specifications ...
Advantages: 5.1 sound anywhere you like Disadvantages: Feels a bit flimsy & cheap, lack of internal mic support?
undoubtedly this was due to the cheapness of the laptop rather than the complexity of the speakers and i'm pretty sure more expensive laptops, and nearly all desktop pc's have the appropriate sockets. Not mine however.
And this is where I finally get to the point. The lack of appropriate sockets on my laptop, despite already having 5.1 sound lead for the need of the Trust 510EX, or as it is sometimes known the TrustSC-5500p. As I have previously mentioned, I chose the trust over the offerings from the like of SoundBlaster purely on price. Whilst i'm sure the more expensive rivals may beat the 510 on quality, they can't hold a torch to it on price, and in the grand scheme of things, under £20 to pay for portable 5.1 sound on whatever computer/laptop you plug this into, is very reasonable indeed.
Getting it out the box you're immediately ...
Product Information for "Trust SC-5100 5.1 Surround Soundcard" »
Audio output
Sound Output Mode
5.1 channel surround
DAC Data Width
16-bit
Sample Rate
48 kHz (max)
Max Speakers Qty
6
Compliant Standards
MPU-401, EAX, A3D, DirectX
Manufacturer's product description
Trust Computer Products provides a complete, innovative and affordable range of technological products. The key principle in developing products is to offer variation, pleasure, relaxation and excitement to the user, a principle Trust aims to fulfill.PRODUCT FEATURES:5.1 sound card for amazing surround sound;Ideal for DVD movies and games with 5.1 audio;Compatible with DirectX, EAX, A3D and HRTF;Fully Windows Plug & Play.
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