Based on the award-winning Sound Blaster 16 technology, the Sound Blaster 16 PCI delivers the same high-quality audio with the performance increase of the PCI bus. Sound Blaster 16 PCI provides CD-quality stereo sound with low CPU utilization and great wave-table music that is ideal for home, business, and Internet applications. Sound Blaster 16 PCI allows you to hear the difference, with better sounding music and multimedia in your Windows applications. Full Plug-and-Play support is built-in, so setup is "hassle free" for any PC setup. Every signal is processed and mixed with a 16-bit digital audio engine for high-quality. Sound Blaster 16 PCI provides support for positional 3D sound technology to provide spacious sound on headphones or 2 speaker configurations. The included bundled software allows you to play and record your own sounds and music and experience streaming Internet audio in real-time. All of this is backed by the industry standard Sound Blaster compatibility, quality and support.