The tiny Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Micro is a portable USB Sound Card perfect for your Laptop or PC with both analog and digital outputs. The Micro USB Laptop & PC Sound Card incorporates a surround-sound simulator for creating an immersive listening experience on standard headphones or stereo speakers.
Home Theater Experience for Music, Movies and Games
Whether you're listening to a DVD on the road, or piping 5.1 surround sound to your Home Theater System, the Audio Advantage Micro is the perfect way to get the most out of your listening experience.
Conveniently connect to the USB port of your PC or Laptop
Easy install and use, just plug your headphones into the Audio Advantage Micro, and plug the Micro into a USB port, and you've instantly got better quality PC or Laptop audio!
Crystal Clear Music Reproduction
Listening to music, movies, and games on the road or at home 'after hours' is enhanced with the Audio Advantage Micro, no matter what you're listening to. Its built-in headphone amplifier also gives laptop audio that sound boost often missing from laptop headphone outputs.
Add Digital Audio output to any PC or Laptop
The included Digital Audio adapter allows you to easily digitally connect to home theater or recording equipment. Just plug the adapter in to the Audio Advantage Micro, then connect your equipment via an optical digital cable.
Features:
• Stereo analog output - Connect headphones or powered speakers to your PC or laptop.
• Works with USB port on any PC or Laptop - Provide a second audio output source or additional headphone output so you can stop fumbling around the back of your computer just to switch from speakers to headphones
• Multi-channel digital audio pass-through - Send Dolby Digital® and DTS® multi-channel DVD sound to A/V receivers or digital speakers. (DTS pass-through is only available in Windows 2000/XP)
• S/PDIF optical digital audio output - Connect your PC or Laptop to the latest high-tech home entertainment equipment with a pure-digital, distortion-free signal, for highest fidelity, low noise audio reproduction.
• Revolutionary signal processing system - Listen to stereo digital music or movies with the simulated sound of a multi-speaker, surround-sound system using ordinary stereo headphones or stereo speakers.
• Built-in headphone amplifier - Laptop users often complain of low output from their headphone jack. Audio Advantage Micro addresses this with its built-in headphone amplifier giving you a wider range of amplification.
• Virtual 5.1 Surround Sound with stereo music - Replace the "in your head" effect of regular headphone listening with spacious surround sound on stereo sources such as CDs or MP3 files. It's almost like having a whole new music collection!
• Virtual 5.1 Surround Sound with DVDs - Listen to DVD audio with spectacular simulated home-theater surround-sound on stereo headphones.
• Simulated 3D audio effects with games - Enjoy realistic 3D sound effects with stereo headphones while playing multi-channel games.
• Wide variety of ambiance settings ("Environments") - Enhance music playback with simulated "big room" effects such as concert hall, hallway, stadium, and more.
• Multi-band equalizer with user-defined presets for adjusting tone - Adjust the bass, treble or other tone settings so you can listen to your music exactly the way you like it.
• Easily switch between sound field settings - Select whichever one suits the particular program material and your own preferences.
• Powered by USB bus - No external power supply is required, so it's convenient to carry around with your laptop.
• Convenient and portable package - Easy to carry in your laptop bag and doesn't get in the way when using it for travel or work - about the size of your thumb!
Systems requirements:
• Computer (PC) - Pentium 450 MHz / compatible or higher (PC or Laptop) with one available USB port.
• Computer (MAC) - The Audio Advantage Micro offers limited capabilites for Mac Users.
• RAM 128 MB system RAM (minimum)
• Hard Drive - Approximately 50MB of free hard drive space is required during the driver / application installation process.
• Display - 1024x768 High Color (24-bit)
• Operating System - One of the following: Windows 2000 (SP-3 or higher required); Windows XP Home; Windows XP Professional; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows Vista; Mac OSX and higher - click here for more info.
• CD-ROM Drive - CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive required for software installation. A DVD drive, compatible DVD player software, and a high-quality 5.1 Surround speaker system (5 powered speakers plus a powered subwoofer) are required for playing back Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio from DVD movies with the Audio Advantage.
• Speakers - High quality stereo (2-speaker) sound system, stereo powered speakers or headphones are recommended to properly hear the Audio Advantage high-quality stereo playback. A digital speaker system or home theater A/V receiver with optical TOSLINK is necessary for connecting the Audio Advantage optical digital output.
