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EW-Link 5.1 Surround PCI Sound Card - Sold by E W Link Co. Ltd | 
 enlarge | Brand: EW
Category: CE
Buy New: £3.49
New (2) from £3.49
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 2108
EAN: 6921804700269
ASIN: B000LST8H2
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | CMI 8738 Chipset, 5.1 Channel PCI Sound Card. Complete Internet Entertainment (Audio Files, MP3, Games etc) & DVD Player Solution. Provides audio fidelity that rivals movie theatres with 6-CH digital sound. Customise internet audio with the power and surround sound of EAX audio technologies. | | • | Enjoy compelling 3D audio and 4 CH sound on multiple speaker series. DLS-Based Wavetable music synthesizer, supports Direct Music. AdLib and sound blaster 2.0. Microsoft WSS 1.0 and 2.0, Direct Sound. Full duplex playback and Simultaneous record and playback. Built-in 16-bit full duplex CODEC. | | • | Receive and Transmit for internet phone. Supports multi-speaker output. Headphones / 2 / 2.1 / 4 / 4.1 / 5.1 Channel Speakers. 32 Bit PCI Bus Master interface Connection (PCI 2.1 & 2.2 compliant) Plug and Play Connection.Built-in 32-ohm earphone buffer. Multi-channel 16 bits DAC. | | • | HRTF-based 3D extension positional audio. Supports Microsoft's DirectSound 3D and Aureal A3D interfaces. Supports Creative EAX, Karaoke key, echo sound effects. Supports rear side speaker, C3DX positional audio in multi CH speaker modes. | | • | Legacy Audio Sound Blaster 16 compatible. Rich Software bundle which includes Driver software. High performance dual Game port, MPU401 compatible MIDI interface, Work with VISTA NOW!! |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
Great value, with a small compromise on sound quality January 18, 2008
Master B. P. Merivale
This card is great if you want good 5.1 surround sound at the lowest price you can get. It does all that its meant to do and the bass is pretty orgasmic.
There are a few slight difficulties, the main one being the installation of the driver:
You want to place the disc in, run it and open Cmi8738, then go to Setup and select which operating blah you're on. Thanks to the guy afew pages on for that.
Also sound quality is slightly worse than my on board audio device; its noticeable, but worth it in my opinion for the extra 3 speakers operating.
In conclusion, I would give this a 4/5. Though if you have the money, its probably worth spending the extra tenner or so to get better sound quality.
 problem wid mic December 18, 2007
M. Usama (UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
i bought ths card with my Logitech X-530. its very good so far .sound quality is superb but the draw back is that i cant use mic on this card . if anyone knows anything about this .please let me know
Fiddley to install November 25, 2007
Crazy Foo (England Land)
An exellent sound card, really good quality sound, you wont need better unless your planning to run a recording studio :P . Took about 5 seconds to bung it in the PCI slot, and all night trying to install the software! The jacks dont seem to fit the speaker or headphones properly, the auto install diddn't work on my windows XP, (the installation file u want is in Cmi8738, then click on the appropriate folder for your windows type, took me ages to find it). THEN, u have to fiddle about with all the settings in the sound panel to make sure its set up for headphones or whatever (use the green jack)...lol hard work but admittedly worth it for this price ^_^ still v happy.
Great Value September 4, 2007
Mr. A. Wittenberg (London)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this card soon after buying my logitech x-540 speakers (which I highly reccomend.) For a few days I was running them on the onboard sound card and I decided I needed something better. The card arrived within reasonable time and in good condition. However there were no written insturctions on how to install it into the PCI slot, so if I had not known how already this could have been a problem The only written instructions were a receipt sized peice of paper with very vague and barley comprihensible instructions regarding the drivers. Also I was dissapointed with the installation of the drivers. I had to go into the cd via 'my computer', and search through a few folders to find the install program. The last setback is that there is not enough space between the input sockets. I had to cut some of the rubber on the sides of the input jack off on my speaker inputs to get a comfortable fit.
Now onto the praise: When I got everything in and working and switched the default input hardware around via the control panel I was astounded by the quality of the sound. For such a cheap card it is brilliant, with very clear high and mid pitch and throbbing base. It is miles and miles better than the onboard. I expect the card could have made my altec lansing speakers, so old the prototype was probably carved out of wood with a sharpened flint, sound great.
So to summarise:
Sound / Value for money = 10
Ease of use and intallation = 6
Build = 6
 Disgruntled July 12, 2007
PL (London)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Quite a pretty little ornament for anyone who has Vista because it sits there and does nothing. No software updates available or at least none I have been made aware of.
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