HT Omega CLARO 7.1 Channel Sound Card

[SwedBear]

Reviewer: Olin "Das Capitolin" Coles

Date Published: February 9, 2007

Excerpt: "HT Omega, Inc. is among the first companies to offer authentic high-fidelity sound at a true 24-bit level of performance. The world class Oxygen 8788 based audio processor by C-Media supports most all industry standards for 3D computer sound, including EAX™ 1.0 & 2.0, A3D™ 1.0 and DirectSound™. Other very large companies abused consumer trust and have made claims to having this level of sound, only to wind up in court disputes or offer subsequent products that boast 24-bit processing but haplessly renders at 16-bit. HT Omega has released the real deal: CLARO 24-bit/192KHz 8-channel high definition sound."

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Link To Review (http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1051)

[UnregisteredChad]

Do the drivers allow this card to appear as 4 stereo outputs instead of 7.1? Some of the 7.1 cards allow you to see the card as 4 virtual soundcards each capable of being addressed by applications independantly.

[Kougar]

Hi Chad,

I have looked up their website to try and answer this but they do not give a clear answer. The card appears to have the hardware required to do this, but I cannot say whether HT Omega's drivers are designed for that feature or not. If no one else here readily knows then I'd suggest dropping HT Omega a quick email to their sales team. :)

[westy87]

Hi. Great review. However the review is for the CLARO, yet the link on last page for newegg is the for the striker not the claro. The striker is about $70 the claro nearly double that. Just thought id point that out :)