New audio technology, new name. Intel Corporation's next-generation audio specification, previously codenamed "Azalia," has a new moniker: "Intel High Definition Audio." "High Definition Audio brings CE-quality audio to the PC. It is designed to implement a range of audio, modem and communications functionalities in PCs, handhelds and consumer electronics (CE) devices. The name High Definition Audio is meant to reflect the marriage of advanced audio capabilities in PCs and consumer electronics."
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Full Version: Intel Announces Name Of Next-Generation Audio Spec
The enablement of higher-quality audio is attributed in part to an upgraded architecture and increased bandwidth that allows for 192 kHz, 32-bit, multi-channel audio and support for evolving high-quality audio formats.
It's about time to replace that aging PC97 Audio spec. PCs for too long have been nothing but Soundblaster 16 clones with PC97 (i.e. for those millions of stock PCs without the addition of a high end sound card).
This should be welcome news to all audio affecianados. Soon many new PC owners can get the best possible sounding audio from their PCs.
This should be welcome news to all audio affecianados. Soon many new PC owners can get the best possible sounding audio from their PCs.
Intel High Definition Audio. How original 
Just give me multichannel. That should do me just fine.
Just give me multichannel. That should do me just fine.
QUOTE(hmurchison @ Jan 12 2004, 02:53 PM)
Just give me multichannel.
.you of course mean an on-board 5.1 AC3 encoder.
"AC 97" CODEC's have gotten increasingly better over the years and are now approaching the point where AIB sound solutions are becoming quite redundant for the majority of users.
Much is dependent on the implementation by the motherboard manufacturer, but the current generation of high quality CODEC's (VIA VT1616/1617, CMI 9739, Rtk ALC658) can sound very impressive at their best, and cost very little indeed. Oddly enough, Intel chooses the ADI SoundMAX solutions for their own boards, which in my experience tend to sound rather poor.
Good to see someone taking the initiative however, though I feel that 32/192 is overkill in terms of bandwidth usage and quality increases. 24/192 should be sufficient for any application.
Much is dependent on the implementation by the motherboard manufacturer, but the current generation of high quality CODEC's (VIA VT1616/1617, CMI 9739, Rtk ALC658) can sound very impressive at their best, and cost very little indeed. Oddly enough, Intel chooses the ADI SoundMAX solutions for their own boards, which in my experience tend to sound rather poor.
Good to see someone taking the initiative however, though I feel that 32/192 is overkill in terms of bandwidth usage and quality increases. 24/192 should be sufficient for any application.
Will be interesting to see if there is a physical layer component to the specification to dictate connectors, DRM, etc. to / from external devices. SPDI/F can't do 24/192 let alone multichannel 32/192.
Also wonder what kind of acceptance there really will be in the consumer electronics world...
Also wonder what kind of acceptance there really will be in the consumer electronics world...
well i hope intel get it right. I don't mind playing 10+ dolloar on a motherboard. As long as it is 10 times better than AC97....... all currently intergated sound from motherboard are too xxxxxx. ( no word could discribe )
QUOTE(Audible! @ Jan 13 2004, 12:02 AM)
"AC 97" CODEC's have gotten increasingly better over the years and are now approaching the point where AIB sound solutions are becoming quite redundant for the majority of users.
Much is dependent on the implementation by the motherboard manufacturer, but the current generation of high quality CODEC's (VIA VT1616/1617, CMI 9739, Rtk ALC658) can sound very impressive at their best, and cost very little indeed. Oddly enough, Intel chooses the ADI SoundMAX solutions for their own boards, which in my experience tend to sound rather poor.
Good to see someone taking the initiative however, though I feel that 32/192 is overkill in terms of bandwidth usage and quality increases. 24/192 should be sufficient for any application.
Much is dependent on the implementation by the motherboard manufacturer, but the current generation of high quality CODEC's (VIA VT1616/1617, CMI 9739, Rtk ALC658) can sound very impressive at their best, and cost very little indeed. Oddly enough, Intel chooses the ADI SoundMAX solutions for their own boards, which in my experience tend to sound rather poor.
Good to see someone taking the initiative however, though I feel that 32/192 is overkill in terms of bandwidth usage and quality increases. 24/192 should be sufficient for any application.
i haven't really try the "latest" one yet. But to what i know the noise from PC is just far to great...
how long do you think before this 32 bit 192 khz intel technology comes to soundcards?
After these soundcards are released, we'll be bombarded more than ever by the marketing claims of DVD-Audio and SACD. Sigh. Therein lies the end of CD-ripping as we know it.
not interested in 96/192 Khz
not interested in 24/32 bit depth
not interested in multichannel (>2)
am I the only human on earth that's happy with CD quality?
not interested in 24/32 bit depth
not interested in multichannel (>2)
am I the only human on earth that's happy with CD quality?
Quite happy with what I have now... so I second that motion Sony666. Quite happy with CD-Quality, dunnos what I will do with the extra bandwidth and bits 
if this ever takes off (it will just make me buy extra HDD to store it all 
). All I need for the computer is plain old CD-Quality Stereo for music and Multi-Channel for my movies and for games anything stereo 
who cares if I can hear a step coming from behind me, I buy games to play the game not hear things coming up from behind me and then oohhh ahhhhing over that. Just my opinion...
Cheers
AgentMil
if this ever takes off (it will just make me buy extra HDD to store it all ). All I need for the computer is plain old CD-Quality Stereo for music and Multi-Channel for my movies and for games anything stereo who cares if I can hear a step coming from behind me, I buy games to play the game not hear things coming up from behind me and then oohhh ahhhhing over that. Just my opinion...Cheers
AgentMil
it's nice to know that high quality audio may be coming to pcs, even if i don't have any use for it right now, but if i ever buy a surround system it would be nice to have all the quality it could give me
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