E-MU, the audio and synthesizer giant whose chips have powered Creative’s Sound Blasters for years, has been out of the PC hardware market for five years, but returns with three new PC sound cards, the 1212M, 1820, and 1820M ($199, $399, and $499, respectively). ExtremeTech suggests gamers won’t get the full value out of these cards, but home audio engineers should listen to what E-MU is trying to pitch them, despite the current lack of high-end 96KHz/24-bit audio support.
