ESI/Ego Sys Prodigy 7.1 HiFi 192 kHz Sound Card

The Prodigy 7.1 HiFi 192 kHz Sound Card from ESI is a powerful PCI multimedia digital audio interface ideal for your home theater PCs, designed to satisfy both beginners and professionals looking for high quality digital audio solutions. Its unique design makes it different from many other consumer sound cards, providing excellent audio quality which is perfect for music and multimedia enthusiasts.

This sound card is based on the powerful VIA Envy24HT (ICE 1724) audio controller and the Wolfson WM8776 / 8766 codecs, providing 2, 4, 6 (5.1) and 8 (7.1) channel support as well as optical digital I/O with 24-bit/196kHz support.

Your Prodigy 7.1 provides stable high level output signals, using a fine selection of high quality capacitors from Sanyo (SP series) and from Nichicon (up to 2200uF RU series / Nichicon ES series) to optimize the power supply of the analog and digital components on the card and to optimize the audio output quality.

The special design of Prodigy 7.1 with its 4 layer PCB, cuts off electromagnetic waves from the internals of the PC which means there won't be problems with an unstable power supply caused by the system's CPU or the HDD. A separation between the analog and the digital part using an aluminum cover that shields the sound against electromagnetic waves is a major part of this design. Even better, the OpAmps on the card are installed on sockets, providing the possibility to change according to your preference.

The Prodigy 7.1 HiFi driver software is based on EWDM standard providing perfect compatibility with Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 and even Windows XP x64 as well as Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit and Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit, offering high performance and low latency operation with all important famous audio applications.

This driver software provides a simple yet powerful interface with your computer. Under Windows XP, this provides two operation modes. The normal Prodigy 7.1 HiFi operation is used for digital recording and normal audio output. The other mode QVE96-24 is based on the 3D sound effect QSound Engine for multi surround sound or gaming. The control panel gives you control over both driver functions.

The DirectWIRE 3.0 support in the driver allows you to virtually patch all your digital audio sources internally between various software applications running at the same time and use effect plugins simultaneously. Audio streams can be transferred between different audio applications, which are especially great while using software effects, synthesizers or virtual instruments.

Note! QVE96-24 available only under Windows XP