Superior quality 24-bit/192kHz audio, ultra-realistic game effects, and studio quality music settings
Exclusive Creative THX Setup Console provides accurate audio calibration for a precise speaker listening environment
The only available PC platform for Advanced Resolution 24-bit/96kHz 5.1 surround and 24-bit/192kHz stereo DVD-Audio playback
Multi-Environment audio -- up to four simultaneous environments processed in real time, with Bass Boost, Multi-Band Graphic Equalizer, Audio Clean-Up and Karaoke
Complete Cinematic Surround Sound with DTS-ES and Dolby Digital EX Movies
Product DescriptionThe Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS with THX certification is the perfect choice for high-impact surround sound up to 7.1. Its 24-bit ADVANCED HD engine delivers stunning 7.1 surround audio in games and movies and supports Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES. There's also the exclusive THX Console for precise speaker calibration. Music lovers will appreciate its compatibility with DVD-Audio at 24-bit/192kHz in stereo and 24-bit/96kHz in 5.1, with 108dB SNR on all channels, Windows Media 9 compliance and CMSS 3D, which up-mixes stereo audio to 7.1. The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS comes with Creative MediaSource 2 for digital audio playback, library creation and management. Musicians will also benefit from its true 24-bit/96kHz recording and low-latency ASIO 2.0 support.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Great Card - Poor Support
Production of this card has been discontinued with no upgrade available.
The Creative Audigy 2ZS and Platinum 2ZS cards provide a host of features including full support for a variety of speaker configurations trough 7.2, a joystick/MIDI interface, Optical SPD/IF, and an IEEE 1394 Firewire Port.
The Creative Software for the Audigy 2ZS is powerful, extensive, and easy to use. An ideal card for gamers, Home Entertainment, and Home Studio.
Rating: - Piece of JUNK
the optical output only does 2.1 sound. If you want 5.1 to 7.1 sound then you have to use analog plugs on the back. Don't waste your money.
Rating: - Great sound card
This is one of the best sound cards you can get for this price.
Using it will give you around a 10FPS boost when gaming as it has a very low cpu load (if you have a onboard sound card, the sound processing load is sent to the cpu but with this card, all processing is handled within the card)
It is great for working with audio editors and studio apps like FL studio as it has great asio support and can handle hundreds of sound streams at 1 time with out skipping and with ... Read More
Rating: - Beware
"Bait and switch... The amazon link showed a full retail box with included software. When the actual seller responded they indicated a "bulk" item. So what I got was not a retail box but a "baggie" with the card and a driver CD. I would consider another vendor..."
Rating: - significantly improving the sound quality
I bought refurbished Audigy 2 (older version of Audigy 2 zs) from creative's ebay store. It significantly improves the sound quality of my Logitech z 2300. I really love Audigy 2!!
I found my refurbished Audigy 2 is very easy to install. I was really worrying about setting up BIOS as some one mentioned here before I bought that card. When I installed it, I just disabled the onboard audio through volume control. I found this is enough!
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- Great Card - Poor Support
- Piece of JUNK
- Great sound card