Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 Hi-res PCIe DAC and Amp Sound Card (70SB180000000-DUP)

Dimensions

Main Card: 145 x 20 x 128 mm / 5.71 x 0.79 x 5.04 inches, Audio Control Module (ACM): 100 x 92 x 70 mm / 3.94 x 3.62 x 2.76 inches  

Headphone Amp

Output Impedance: 1Ω, Supported Headphone Impedance: 16–600Ω, IEM: 16–31Ω (1.9V RMS), Normal: 32–149Ω (3V Rms), High Gain: 150–600Ω (5.6V Rms)             

Audio Technology

Sound Core3D  

Direct Mode

Playback Resolution (Stereo): PCM 16-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0, 192.0, 384 kHz, PCM 24-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0, 192.0, 384 kHz, PCM   32-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0, 192.0, 384 kHz, DSD64 (2.8 MHz)             

Playback Resolution (Optical Out): 16-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0 kHz, 24-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0 kHz   

Recording Resolution

Mic-in: 16-bit / 16.0, 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0 kHz, 24-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0 kHz, 32-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0 kHz         

AUX-in: 16-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0 kHz, 24-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0 kHz        

What-U-Hear: 16-bit / 44.1, 48.0 kHz, 24-bit / 44.1, 48.0 kHz, 32-bit / 44.1, 48.0 kHz         

DSP Mode

Playback Resolution (Stereo & Surround 5.1)      

16-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0kHz, 24-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0kHz, 32-bit / 44.1, 48.0, 88.2, 96.0kHz      

Platform

PCI-e    

Connectivity Options (Main)

1 x TOSLINK Optical Out, 1 x ⅛″ Rear Out, 1 x ⅛″ Center / Sub Out, 1 x ⅛“ Mic-in / Line-in (Software selectable, default as Mic-in), 1 x ⅛“ Headphone / Headset Out (default as Headphone), 1 x ⅛″ Front-out   

Connectivity Options (Accessory)

1 x ⅛″ Mic-in (Mono), 1 x ⅛″ HP Out (3-pole), 1 x ″ HP Out (3-pole), 1 x ″ Mic-in (Mono)            

Headphone Amp             

Output Impedance: 1Ω, Supported Headphone Impedance: 16–600Ω, IEM: 16–31Ω (1.9V RMS), Normal: 32–149Ω (3V Rms), High Gain: 150–600Ω (5.6V Rms)             

Audio Technologies

CrystalVoice       

Supported Operating Systems

Windows® 8, Windows® 8.1, Windows® 10, Windows® 11            

DAC

THD+N (Stereo) : 0.0001%, Dynamic Range (Stereo): 127 dB         

Power

PCI-e bus power              

Recommended Usage

Gaming

System Requirements

For Windows® OS           

Intel® Core™ i3 AMD® equivalent processor

Intel, AMD, or 100% compatible motherboard    

Microsoft® Windows 11, Windows 10 32 / 64-bit, Windows 8.1 / 8.0 32 / 64-bit, Windows 7 32 / 64-bit   

1 GB RAM           

>600 MB of free hard disk space

Available PCI-e slot         

Package Contents

Sound Blaster AE-7 (Main Card)

Audio Control Module   

Quick Start Leaflet           

Warranty Leaflets