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The Space and the Sky models are based on the Envy24HTchip and differ only in the number of analog outputs. The junior modelFun which is built on the C-Media chip and noticeably different from thenew family has optical input and output. I must say that Terratec cardshave digital Toslink connectors absolutely on all models.
Let me remind you of the successful predecessors of the new cards - 6fire DMX and 6fire LT cards based on the Envy24 chip (the old chip doesn't support 192 kHz in comparison with the new chip which has HT letters in the name). The cheaper modification named LT and deprived of an external 5' unit became more popular among customers. That is why the new models have no external communication unit bundled.
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The Space and the Sky are developed for a wide range of PC users,and first of all, for owners of quality acoustic systems and MD players.Gamers and musicians can also consider this solution but remember thatgames will have Sensaura only in software, and although audio programshave ASIO in hardware up to 24/96, a MIDI keyboard has to be connectedto a USB port.
Package and Contents
The card ships in a small traditionally (for Terratec) black package whichcontains:
- sound card;
- CD with drivers and various applications;
- optical cable for digital connection;
- user guide.
The most interesting programs on the CD are Power DVD v4.0 (with supportof the DolbyDigital Surround EX), Wavelab Lite audio editor, Jukebox Musicmatchuniversal player and Emagic Logic Fun 4.8 audio/midi sequencer. The usermanual is available as a small booklet and on the CD.
Appearance and connectors
| Inputs | Mic-in Line-in Digital optical (Toslink) |
| Outputs | Front Rear Center/LFE Back Surround Digital optical (Toslink) |
| Internal connectors | CD-in CD-in 2 Aux-in S/PDIF-in |
Hardware features
| Digital controller | Envy24HT (24bit, 192 kHz; interfaces: 5 I2S/AC-link output, 2 I2S/AC-link input) |
| Converters | 2/8 I2S codec Wolfson WM8770 (DAC SNR >106 dBA, ACD SNR >102 dBA), AC'97 codec SigmaTel STAC9744 (for analog mixing of signals from internal card connectors, 102 dBA in this mode) |
Software features
| Gaming features | support of DirectSound, DirectSound3D, EAX2 based on the Sensaura algorithms |
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Control panel
The control panel consists of a single small window (the screenshots areof the actual size) with 6 tabs containing various parameters and settings.
The first tab named Playback has volume level controls for the overallsound and separately for front, back, back surround, central and subwooferchannels. The paired channels can have their balance adjusted. Unfortunately,none of the controls in the control panel has a level indicator (peakmeter).
The next two tabs - Sources and Record - allow mixing inputs and outputsby adjusting balance and levels, and by muting.
In the tab named Digital you can make settings for the digital interface,change the sampling frequency and the ASIO buffer size.
On the Speaker tab you can select a speaker set configuration. There are5 presets in all: 7.1, 5.1, 4 speakers, 2 speakers and Headphone. Any ofchannels used in a certain preset can be tested on the picture of the satellitesarrangement on the right. A noise signal is applied to a satellite highlighted.
The Sensaura algorithms can also be enabled here. Unfortunately, you have to restart the computer to get the Sensaura enabled. If you remember, the M-Audio Revolution7.1 and Terratec DMX 6fire cards didn't require rebooting in case of changing the channels.
The last tab (Misc) deals with statistics. At the moment of testingwe used drivers v5.01.2600.11. The driver version 5.01.2600.10 suppliedwith the card has no Sensaura support.
RMAA 5.1 Tests
Remember that measurements of a sound card with its input and outputconnected are to give us extra information about the card. The crude measurementsthe Internet is overfilled with now, with wrong settings and without areference card, can be a tool of fanatic manipulations and may confuseinexperienced users.
Measurements are to be made to get additional information on audioequipment. Analysis should be based on spectrograms rather than on integralvalues of spectrum characteristics. And a sound character is determinedby spectral distributions of distortions rather than by their 'record 'weighted power.
The card was measured with the reference card Lynx Two (117 dB SNR). A short low-noise microphone cable, Proel, with gold-plated connectors was used to connect the cards. The input sensitivity of the Lynx Two is standard: -10 dB V.
Front-out
Mode of operation: 16 bit 44 kHz| Frequency response (40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB: | +0.03, -0.04 | Excellent |
| Noise level, dB (A): | -95.2 | Excellent |
| Dynamic range, dB (A): | 95.2 | Excellent |
| THD, %: | 0.0011 | Excellent |
| Intermodulation distortions, %: | 0.0054 | Excellent |
| Channel crosstalk, dB: | -95.6 | Excellent |
General performance: Excellent
The detailed results for the front output for 16 bits 44 kHz are here.
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The THD spectrogram at 44 kHz indicates minor 2nd and 3d harmonicsand a clear spectrum
The IMD (SMPTE) spectrogram at 44 kHz reveals no artifacts from oversampling
| Frequency response (40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB: | +0.04, -0.32 | Very good |
| Noise level, dB (A): | -95.4 | Excellent |
| Dynamic range, dB (A): | 95.3 | Excellent |
| THD, %: | 0.0011 | Excellent |
| Intermodulation distortions, %: | 0.0055 | Excellent |
| Channel crosstalk, dB: | -96.4 | Excellent |
General performance: Excellent
The detailed results for the front output for 16 bits 48 kHz are here.
The frequency response measured at 48 kHz shows a small smoothdrop in the HF range over 10 kHz but it's beyond the aural perception
| Frequency response (40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB: | +0.04, -0.34 | Very good |
| Noise level, dB (A): | -100.2 | Excellent |
| Dynamic range, dB (A): | 100.1 | Excellent |
| THD, %: | 0.0011 | Excellent |
| Intermodulation distortions, %: | 0.0055 | Excellent |
| Channel crosstalk, dB: | -97.1 | Excellent |
General performance: Excellent
The detailed results for the front output for 24 bits 96 kHz are here.
Mode of operation: 24 bits 192 kHz| Frequency response (40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB: | +0.03, -0.33 | Very good |
| Noise level, dB (A): | -100.2 | Excellent |
| Dynamic range, dB (A): | 100.0 | Excellent |
| THD, %: | 0.0011 | Excellent |
| Intermodulation distortions, %: | 0.0097 | Very good |
| Channel crosstalk, dB: | -97.0 | Excellent |
General performance: Excellent
The detailed results for the front output for 24 bits 192 kHz are here.
Line-in
Mode of operation: 16 bits 44 kHz| Frequency response (40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB: | +0.05, -0.29 | Very good |
| Noise level, dB (A): | -86.1 | Good |
| Dynamic range, dB (A): | 86.1 | Good |
| THD, %: | 0.0020 | Excellent |
| Intermodulation distortions, %: | 0.016 | Very good |
| Channel crosstalk, dB: | -84.8 | Very good |
General performance: Very good
The detailed results for the line-in for 16 bits 44 kHz are here.
The noise spectrogram in case of recording from the line-in demonstrateseven and odd harmonics of the power-supply noise
| Frequency response (40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB: | +0.02, -0.30 | Very good |
| Noise level, dB (A): | -86.2 | Good |
| Dynamic range, dB (A): | 86.1 | Good |
| THD, %: | 0.0044 | Very good |
| Intermodulation distortions, %: | 0.020 | Very good |
| Channel crosstalk, dB: | -82.3 | Very good |
General performance: Very good
The drivers work incorrectly in the record mode '24 bits 3 bytesint', that is why for 24 bits you should select '4 bytes int' for testsand wav editors. In general, the 32bit mode is more convenient and loadsthe processor to a less extent, that is why the lack of '3 bytes int' isbetter than it would be vice versa.
The detailed results for the line-in for 32 bits 96 kHz are here.
Digital interfaces
The digital input and output were connected with a cable supplied. Theactual results will be a bit worse because of the source and the receiverbeing mistimed. Actually, an optical connection is a home version of theS/PDIF format for hot connection of equipment, that is why the Toslinkinterface would hardly be a bottleneck for quality.
Mode of operation: 16 bits 44 kHz| Test | Original signal 1644 | Terratec Aureon 7.1 Space |
| Frequency response (40 Hz to 15 kHz),dB: | +0.00, -0.00 | +0.00, -0.00 |
| Noise level, dB (A): | -97.8 | -96.2 |
| Dynamic range, dB (A): | 97.7 | 96.4 |
| THD, %: | 0.0003 | 0.0003 |
| Intermodulation distortions, %: | 0.0037 | 0.0037 |
| Channel crosstalk, dB: | -99.3 | -97.7 |
Unlike multimedia cards of the AC'97 standard, the digital interfaceof the Envy24/Envy24HT based cards do not suffer from oversampling of everythingto the fixed frequency of 48 kHz. The test results prove it as informationis transferred nearly bit-to-bit.
The detailed results for the digital interface for 16 bits 44 kHz arehere.
RightMark 3DSound Tests
DirectSound diagnostics
(with the Sensaura support enabled)
Device: Aureon Wave (ttp9.sys)
Features:
DirectSound 3D Hardware present
DirectSound 2D Hardware present
EAX 1 present
EAX 2 present
Device has no EAX3 support
Rates:
dwMinSecondarySampleRate 100
dwMaxSecondarySampleRate 192000
Free buffers stats:
dwFreeHw3DAllBuffers 32
dwFreeHw3DStaticBuffers 32
dwFreeHw3DStreamingBuffers 32
dwFreeHwMixingAllBuffers 32
dwFreeHwMixingStaticBuffers 32
dwFreeHwMixingStreamingBuffers 32
Max buffers stats:
dwMaxHwMixingAllBuffers 33
dwMaxHwMixingStaticBuffers 33
dwMaxHwMixingStreamingBuffers 33
dwMaxHw3DAllBuffers 33
dwMaxHw3DStaticBuffers 33
dwMaxHw3DStreamingBuffers 33
CPU load
| Terratec Aureon 7.1 Space | M-Audio Revolution 7.1 | Audigy2 | |
| DirectSound 3D 16 buffers | 6.6/0.3 | 10/1.2 | 1.7/0.3 |
| DirectSound 3D + EAX2 16 buffers | 8.7/0.2 | 12/1.2 | 2.1/0.3 |
| DirectSound 3D 32 buffers | 10/0.4 | 12/1.4 | 3.6/0.7 |
| DirectSound 3D + EAX2 32 buffers | 17/0.3 | 21/1.3 | 4.0/0.7 |
CPU load (%) for different modes of operation and a different numberof DirectSound buffers. The average value and dispersion go after the slash(mean of distribution and standard deviation) for the 2-minute test andwith accidental releases of the system discounted (swap etc.).
The Aureon loads the CPU less than the Revolution though they are basedon the same Envy24HT chip. Probably, it's a contribution of the drivers.
Operation in Cubase SX
The Terratec Aureon 7.1 Space card perfectly works in the Cubase SX audio/midisequencer in all modes available.
In the ASIO Control Panel invoked from the control panel or the CubaseSX sequencer you can select a buffer size to optimize latency dependingon the number of tracks, VST instruments, effects and sampling rates.
Subjective tests
Music
The Event 20/20bas active monitors were used in the comparison tests. Being direct competitors, the Creative Audigy2 and M-Audio Revolution7.1 were used as reference cards.
The sound quality of the Terratec Aureon 7.1 is identical to that ofthe M-Audio Revolution7.1 - it is clear and has no distortions in the HFrange (the LynxTwo is used as an absolute referent). The only reason whywe would prefer the Aureon card is its higher volume level.
Regarding the Audigy2, the situation is very similar to comparison ofthe Audigy2 and M-Audio Revolution7.1 cards. The Terratec Aureon 7.1 cardplays a bit better on expensive acoustic systems. The difference can benoticed in compositions with saturated highs. In parts of various cymbalsand hi-hats the Audigy2 demonstrates a high level of distortions in theHF range.
But it's impossible to catch the difference with inexpensive PC speakers.Unfortunately, quality of even expensive miniature PC acoustic systemspriced at around $400 doesn't match modern sound cards priced at $150.If you prefer high-quality sound, forget about PC speakers and considerpro-audio acoustics or brand-name magnetically shielded consumer electronicspeakers. The only downside is that they are not cheaper than $400, thatis why I doubt that it makes sense to arrange a multi-channel sound ona computer.
Tests in movies and games
In these tests we used the Logitech Z-680 5.1 acoustic system which hasfairly good sound for PC speakers. The listening tests were carried outin Unreal Tournament 2003 and Soldier of Fortune II. To estimate qualityof 5.1 audio tracks in movies we used DVD trailers full of sound effects.We listened to the same DVD trailers and game episodes switching the cardsas quickly as possible.
In movies all three cards play equally. Speaking of games, the TerratecAureon 7.1 Space performs quite well, it's very similar to the M-AudioRevolution7.1. But in game episodes with a great deal of simultaneouslyplayed streams the Aureon 7.1 Space adds some exterior sounds which remindsreproduction of a digital signal by the analog section. Obviously, thisis a problem of drivers. Besides, some sounds of the scene were not playedat all. In games the Terratec Aureon 7.1 Space wasn't as detailed as theAudigy2, and it doesn't cover the whole HF range. It's caused by the Sensauraalgorithms used for 3D sound.
Sound in headphones
To test the Headphones option we used the Senheiser HD600 headphones. Thesignal level is quite high and it's possible to listen to anything onlywhen the volume control's position is very low. The sound is very good,and quality of realization of this mode is very similar to the Audigy2and M-Audio Revolution 7.1 cards.
We also compared sound quality of the headphones in games for the Audigy2and Aureon 7.1 cards. As expected, the Aureon 7.1 yields to the Audigy2.The sources' positions are not that distinct, the sound lacks for detailsand it's blurry and dim.
Conclusion
The Terratec Aureon 7.1 Space card has proved to be a good performer whenit's used for listening to music and when optical digital inputs/outputsaremade benefit of.
Thanks to high-quality converters the card has good results in the measurementsand listening tests. The support of the professional interface ASIO makespossible to use the card in a home studio. Besides, it supports the Sensauraalgorithms so that you can use the card in games.
Highs
- quality converters of the Wolfson WM8770 codec;
- excellent sound in music;
- no distortions at 16 bits 44 kHz;
- Sensaura support;
- ASIO support.
Lows
- scanty settings in the control panel;
- no MIDI interface;
- 3D sound quality is inferior to the Creative Audigy2.
Grigory Liadov (grigory@ixbt.com)
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