Advanced X-Fi Pro Studio™
Advanced X-Fi Pro Studio is a suite of adaptive audio technologies focused on giving users a 24-bit audio playback that is further enhanced by Creative's proprietary Xtreme Fidelity (X-Fi) algorithms. It works by analyzing the audio signal to understand the spatial and dynamic nature of the program material, transparently enhancing the audio signal such that the quality of almost any audio source could be improved. The level and extent of processing can be customized via software, available on PC, Mac, iOS or Android platforms.

EAX 15.2 Dimensional Audio
EAX 15.2 Dimensional Audio analyses, processes and reveals spatial cues in existing music and movies to provide a totally immersive listening experience. Unknown to many listeners, many existing stereo recordings actually contain enough recorded information about the recording venue's ambience, but existing stereo channel reproduction cannot effectively reproduce such latent information. EAX 15.2 Dimensional Audio uses frequency-domain processing to discriminate and localize multiple simultaneous spatially distinct sound events, in a manner analogous to the auditory system of humans; separating primary sound such as singers and instruments, from ambient sounds such as the acoustic contribution from the recording venue. The ability to understand the spatial content of a recording allows the Sonic Carrier to then allocate each performer or sonic event its place in the soundstage. The result: music and movies are brought into clearer spatial focus, and the sense of space and height latent in many recordings is revealed.

X-Fi HD Crystalizer
X-Fi HD Crystalizer intelligently remasters your legacy audio material, freeing the audio from the constraints of the original, lower resolution mediums such as CDs and MP3s, conferring many of the advantages presented by high-resolution recording and delivery formats. X-Fi HD Crystalizer was created with the realization that in many instances, legacy audio content has been compromised in order to optimize the listening experience within the dual constraints of the 16-bit precision of CDs and MP3s, as well as the typical limitations of playback systems.

Most audio systems on the market, regardless of claims of support for high-resolution playback, do not have the dynamic range needed to reproduce realistic musical dynamics. The Sonic Carrier, on the other hand, has ample dynamic range and detail resolution. This allows the X-Fi HD Crystalizer to restore and enhance legacy audio material to its full potential. This is achieved by analyzing the audio signal in real-time, distinguishing specific transient sound events that suffer from dynamic compression during the recording process, and selectively restoring their lost dynamics. The typical effect of this restoration produces crispier highs, punchier mid-range percussion, and stronger kick bass hits.

X-Fi HD Crystalizer is particularly effective in improving the impoverished high-frequency sound of data-compressed audio, such as MP3s. It restores the highs and lows of music, giving users enhanced detail and clarity. It also intelligently upscales all output to 24-bit HD audio format.

X-Fi Smart Volume
Volume levels can change dramatically within a playlist, between different source content, during transitions between television programs and commercials, between different television stations, and within a movie soundtrack. Yet the listener generally desires to have the volume they hear remain at a consistently comfortable level. Setting the amplifier volume control constantly can be tricky and frustrating. It needs to be set high enough to overcome background noise during quiet passages yet it also needs to be set low enough to avoid ear-splitting levels during loud passages.

The patented X-Fi Smart Volume technology addresses the problem of changing volume levels by automatically and continuously measuring volume and smoothly applying gain and attenuation to compensate for those changes. X-Fi Smart Volume can actually look ahead of time at the incoming audio stream, determine the perceived volume level, and apply gain or attenuation just in time to compensate for a source volume change.

X-Fi Smart Volume also includes a specially tuned Night Mode, designed to keep the dynamics of the audio track under control, i.e. it suppresses the loudness of the explosion but gains up soft dialog levels. The user is able to enjoy his favorite movie at night without disturbing his family or neighbors.
X-Fi Dialog Plus
X-Fi Dialog Plus enhances the voices in movies for clearer dialog, allowing the listener to hear the dialog over the rest of the soundtrack and over ambient noise in the listening environment.

Room Calibration
The X-Fi Sonic Carrier is equipped with Room Calibration capability to intelligently adapt to the unique acoustics of any room it is in, so users can always get the best audio possible. This feature is needed because a room's construction, material and layout, as well as the speaker's placement in the room can alter speaker performance, affecting music and movie dialog clarity. With room calibration, the X-Fi Sonic Carrier adapts to your room's unique acoustic environment, to ensure that your speakers always sound like what we hear in our labs.

An Expansive Array of Connectivity
The X-Fi Sonic Carrier supports state-of-the-art 802.11 b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi, as well as Gigabit Ethernet, enabling streaming and multi-room content delivery. Beyond that, it supports a full range of inputs that covers the user's every need: Bluetooth audio, network audio and video, 2 analog inputs, 2 digital optical inputs, 4 HDMI 2.0a inputs, as well as 4 microSD card slots.

About Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos delivers captivating, multidimensional sound that places and moves specific sounds anywhere in the room, including overhead, to bring entertainment alive all around the audience. Since its introduction in the cinema in 2012, Dolby Atmos has been embraced by all the major Hollywood studios, seven Academy Award® winning directors, and 16 Academy Award winning sound mixers, among others. Now, entertainment enthusiasts will be able to enjoy Dolby Atmos in their home theaters.