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Now on USB 2.0, the legendary DMX 6Fire from
TerraTec is a high-end consumer PC audio system perfect for
musicians, DJs and gamers with tough demands on sound quality. As
the unofficial successor to the original DMX 6Fire 24/96, the latest
DMX has been completely reworked: Instead of a PCI expansion card,
it’s now equipped with a USB 2.0 jack. Instead of 24 bits / 96
kHz, its engines now hum at 24 bits / 192 kHz. Digital audio
workstation (D.A.W.) owners will appreciate four analog inputs and
six analog outputs, including digital I/O (optical and coaxial),
microphone jack (an XLR combo jack), with switched 48 V phantom
power, a -20 dB pad switch and separate gain control. Instruments
such as guitars and basses also have their own separately adjustable
inputs, plus MIDI port and headphone output to complete the
selection of connections. For DJs, they can simply connect
turntables to the phono jack (with preamp) on the easy access front
panel, while gamers will find the 5.1 surround sound very useful.
The TerraTec DMX 6Fire is back and it’s great!
Performance
*****
Build and quality
****
Value for money
****
TECH TIMES’ INTEL TEST LAB PC
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz E6700 RAM:
Kingston HyperX KHX11000D3LLk2 DDR3 512MB x4 1066MHz HDD: WD Caviar
SE16 500GB x2 EIDE/SATA Motherboard: Asus P5K3 Deluxe DVD-RW: Asus
DRW-1608P Video: Asus ATI EAX1950XTX LCD: Dual 19" LG Flatron
L194WT Audio: Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Speakers: Behringer
MS16 CPU Cooler: Asus VR Guard PSU: Ultra X3 600W UPS: APC-MGE Smart
UPS SUA1000i OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate.
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