Razer Barracuda AC-1 Gaming Sound Card

Razer Updated: 2009-01-05 RSS
Razer Barracuda AC-1 Gaming Sound Card

The Razer Barracuda™ AC-1 Gaming Audio Card delivers optimized audio signals directly from the computer game to the gamer, creating the most realistic gaming environment. It features proprietary Razer audio technologies including the patent pending Razer Enhanced Sonic Perception™ architecture to allow gamers to pinpoint the exact location of enemies more accurately than before.

Expanded In-Game Dynamic Soundstage for Explosive Gameplay
The Razer Enhanced Sonic Perception™ enhances the sonic level of your 3D audio, so that you can have increased audible range in-game.

Onboard Dolby® Pro-Logic Decoder for Surround Sound
The Razer Barracuda™ AC-1 comes with a Dolby® Pro-Logic IIx Surround Processor to decode and convert stereo audio to simulate 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1-channel surround sound.

Surround Sound with Only Two Speakers
The Dolby® Virtual Speaker Solution employed within enables complete immersion in virtual surround sound fields delivered via stereo speakers.

Razer Barracuda AC-1 Gaming Sound Card Technical Specifications

* Razer Fidelity™ gaming audio engine
* Eight discrete drivers (six for mid-high frequency, two for sub-woofer)
* Six-channel analog input
* Individual volume controls: front, rear, center, bass and master
* Detachable uni-directional noise-cancelling microphone
* Razer High Definition-Dedicated Audio Interface™ (HD-DAI™ connector)
* 2m cable

Audio Characteristics (Headphones)

* Frequency response: 50~20,000Hz
* Impedance:
- Front speaker: 64
- Rear speaker: 32
- Centre speaker: 64
- Sub-woofer: 8
* Total power rating: 330mW RMS

Audio Characteristics (Microphone)

* Frequency response: 50~16,000Hz
* Sensitivity: -58 ± 2dB
* Impedance: 2.2K

Razer Barracuda HP-1 Gaming Headphones Technical Specifications

* Razer Fidelity™ gaming audio engine
* S/PDIF receiver/transmitter
* Dolby® Prologic IIx surround processor
* Dolby® Digital Live 5.1 hardware encoder
* Dolby® Headphone technology
* Dolby® Virtual Speaker
* DTS® NeoPC
* DTS® Interactive real-time hardware encoder
* 7.1-channel digital audio playback
* Supports EAX™ 2.0, Aureal3D™ 1.0 and DirectSound

Audio Characteristics

* Signal-to-noise ratio (output): 117dB
* Frequency response (at 24-bit / 96KHz): 20~20,000Hz
* Dynamic range: 116dB
* Total harmonic distortion + noise: -97dB
* Simultaneous voices: = 128

Hardware Characteristics

* PCI 2.2 interface (burst modes and bus mastering)
* Four synchronous I2S input/output pairs
* Razer High Definition-Dedicated Audio Interface™ (HD-DAI™ connector)
* S/PDIF in/out Toslink connectors
* CD-in
* Aux-in