Diamond Monster Sound MX400 Manufacturer : Diamond Multimedia Pricing: $99 Availability: Out Now Reviewed by: Date : April 20th 2000

Introduction

Since their appearance in the market back in 1997 diamond multimedia has come a long way. Ever since , diamond's, Monster Sound audio accelerators were dominating the gaming market. When the original Monster Sound card came into the market they challenged creative labs reign in dos-based compatibility. The diamond MX300 was without doubt the supreme of the range With acclaim earned on it's support for A3D 2.0, the revolutionary wave tracing API that introduced "life-like" three-dimensional sound to the two-speaker/headphone user. Since Aureal has gone into marketing there products themselves we'll no longer see the Monster Sound line sporting Aureal processors or the A3D 2.0/3.0 API. Teaming up with ESS technologies diamond has come up with the successor to the mighty MX300, the even mightier MX400 which has incorporated Sensaura`s 3D Positional Audio technology. So let's see if they've really come up with a monster to succeed the mighty MX300 as claimed by diamond….

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