• X-Meridian - 05.23.2007

Penstar Systems

Excellence in Engineering award

Simply put, Auzentech has an amazing card that will find a warm and welcoming home in my main computer.  It is simply the best sounding card I have yet set ears to.  The non-reference design, the extra connection features, the upgradable OPAMPS, and the overall build quality make for a very impressive product.  When I look at what this card offers, I think that (the street price of ) $169 is a very fair price for what a user gets.  I think quite a few users will likely agree with this assessment, and hopefully put this card in their computers as well.
-Josh Walrath

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• X-Meridian - 02.28.2007

TechGage

Editors Choice Award

This card offers very good gaming performance from a sound standpoint. Shotgun blasts, rocket launcher explosions and sniper rifles sound as real as if you're in the middle of an honest to god battle. It's saved my butt a few times when someone would think they were being cute trying to sneak up behind me and I'd hear them creeping up on me just in time to spin around and blast them....
One thing I need to address about the X-Meridian is the analog output. The X-Meridian is capable of ungodly output, it puts out 5V RMS on the speaker outputs. This means that you don't have to crank the gain on your speakers to reach full volume. What this translates into is a cleaner signal since it's less likely that you'll be hearing electrically generated noise from your speakers....
- Matthew Harris

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• X-Meridian - 01.23.2007

Rage3D

X-Meridian Receives 4 out of 5 Stars from Rage3D

Digital streams sound fantastic whether listening to music or watching TV via my Sling Box AV.  I have had no driver issues or system locks, except in synthetic benchmarks. This is most impressive given my choice to use a less fervently supported OS in XP Pro x64.  The X-Meridian cooperates with the audio controls on my keyboard, adds front panel audio support and eliminated most nagging issues of its predecessor.  The X-Meridian also adds several useful features like FlexBass and Dolby Headphone.  In fact, one of my friends will be buying just for Dolby Headphone, as he was that impressed.

This is the best sound card I have ever used.
-Brian "HalcYoN" Gray

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• X-Meridian - 01.18.2007

ZOL.com.cn

ZOL, a Chinese Website that is part of CNET™, evaluates how the X-Meridian can improve the Bach Media Lab Home Theater PC. The result is described as a "marvellous experinece" and a "luxurious HTPC." The sound of machine-gun fire in the test movie was so intense that it made the listener feel "as if pressed on the sofa."

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• X-Meridian - 01.11.2007

EliteBastards.com

X-Meridian Wins Elite Bastards Innovation Award

If you're a true audiophile or music professional in any sense of the word, then the X-Meridian could well be the card for you - An excellent chipset with great capabilities and ASIO support, matched to a well-designed board with higher quality components than you'll find elsewhere (and don't forget the ability to replace the OPAMPS to further improve analogue audio quality). 
-Hanners

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• X-Meridian - 01.10.2007

DriverHeaven.net

Heavenly Hardware Gold award

Considering how simple the install and configuration were it was a complete surprise to hear the out of the box audio for the first time. Normally we would have to tweak settings to suit us, however with the X-Meridian the default audio quality was breathtaking and there was absolutely no audio hiss or popping which is so common on PC audio products. We honestly didn’t have to change any settings to experience crystal clear audio . This certainly is a good indication that Auzentech’s custom design and outstanding selection of high quality op-amps and DACs has reaped dividends in the long run. In almost every use of the card we were completely awestruck by the quality of the audio produced by the X-Meridian soundcard.
-Stuart "Veridian3" Davidson

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• X-Meridian - 01.06.2007

BearEyes.com

Another review praising the X-Meridian, for our Chinese customers. Review discusses the sound card, sound quality, software interface, and speakers.

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• X-Meridian - 12.21.2006

PC Online

Chinese review that includes quality closeups of packaging, board, and cable.

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• X-Meridian - 12.21.2006

FJ007.com

Two good reviews for our Chinese customers. The first has closeups of board and packaging. The second features an audio output analysis.
review 1 | review 2 (reviews written in Mandarin)

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• X-Meridian - 12.13.2006

Guru3D

X-Meridian Receives Guru3D Highly Recommended Award

"You probably know this, but I’ll say it anyway: the X-Meridian makes better music than the X-Fi™.  The only word I can use to describe the X-Meridian's sound: delicious.  Delicious like a dark chocolate nugget that is intensely strong, long flavored, and super smooth.  By this, I mean, that there are songs that I have listened to for years, can play them on my guitar, can even write out the notes for you to learn it, and I still heard new things I have not heard in them before.  I cannot imagine a more complete sound than what I hear coming out of my headphones. Of all the sound cards we’ve taken a listen to, the X-Meridian crowns them all."
-Briann Mitchell

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• X-Meridian - 12.12.2006

ThinkComputers

Think Computers Awards X-Meridian 9 out of 10

"If you are an audiophile yourself or you are looking for that perfect gift for an audiophile then look no further. The Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 has all of the features you could ever want in a 7.1 card and... it won't break the bank either. When paired up with a nice 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound audio system this sound card will definitely deliver. The Auzentech X-Meridian is the prefect companion for any mid range or high end PC that needs their audio to really shine to make it the perfect PC. Because of the X-Meridian's nearly flawless performance, ThinkComputers gives it a score of 9 out of 10."
-Jonathan Daniel

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• X-Meridian - 12.07.2006

ExtremeTech

"One very cool audio card that's out now is the Auzentech X-Meridian, which is specifically targeted as an audiophile sound card. This card even has user-replaceable op-amps, if you're really hard core. More useful for us are the digital audio output and input ports on the card. These ports are dual-input, and can be used with either coax copper or TOSLINK fiber optic cables." -Lloyd Case

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• X-Meridian - 11.27.2006 Club Overclocker Recommends Auzentech X-Meridian

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Recommended

"For real world testing I first hooked the X-Meridan up to my home theater system using the included TOSLINK cables.  After some easy sound stage tuning I fired up two of my favorite test DVDs; Blue Man Group's Audio in 5.1 and Lucas Films™ THX Wow! demo DVD.  The resulting sound was astonishing, at times making my Kenwood™ unit sound like an expensive paper weight. "

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• X-Meridian - 11.23.2006

The Register: Hardware

"The Auzentech X-Meridian is the Best Sound Card Money Can Buy"

"We were staggered to find that the X-Meridian™ drove our Creative® Inspire™ T7900 speakers to significantly higher volumes than either the on-board HD audio or the Audigy™ 2 ZS, and both MP3 and movie playback had a new level of clarity and precision.... With its superb X-Meridian 7.1 sound card Auzentech™ has taken the fight to Creative, and I truly feel that this is the best sound card that money can buy."
-Leo Waldock (emphasis added)

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• X-Meridian - 11.20.2006 "Grand Slam" award

nV News

Grand Slam Award for Auzen X-Meridian

"The sound that came out of my headphones with Dolby Headphone enabled was awe inspiring. I have never heard anything like it. From ratty old mp3s to high definition audio, this card delivers amazing quality of sound. My wife even agrees. I made her listen to some mp3s normally, then with Dolby Headphone turned on. Then, I turned on the Virtual 7.1 speakers, and she became giddy...a very rare occurance....the bottom line is this: This card kicks butt, and you should not pass it up. "
-Brian Cochran, from the world's first Auzen X-Meridian review

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