Sound Blaster 16 Series

Technical Specifications

These technical specifications attempt to cover all of the SB16, AWE32, and SB32 cards, in all of the various models. Any model-specific differences will be noted on that model's own page.

• System Requirements
• Hardware Specifications

System Requirements

• IBM PC 386 or higher, or 100% compatibles
• VGA
• 5 MB of hard disk space for SB software
• MS-DOS® 5.0 or higher, Windows 3.1 or higher, Windows NT 3.5 or higher, Windows 95, or OS/2 Warp
• Open 16-bit slot
• Speakers

HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS

• Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20KHz (Line-out)
• Signal to Noise Ratio: 80 db (Amp out)
• Sampling Rate for Playback/Recording (Stereo): 5 KHz - 44.1 KHz
• Supply Voltage Requirement (Loading): +5, +12, -12 Volt
• Current Consumption (Typical): 300, 500, 30 mA respectively
• Microphone Impedance: 600 Ohms
• Line-In Impedance: 47 KOhms
• CD Audio-In Impedance: 50 KOhms
• Microphone Sensitivity: 10 - 200 mVpp
• Line-In Sensitivity: 0 - 2 Vpp
• CD Audio-In Sensitivity: 0 - 2 Vpp
• AD/DA Resolution: 16 bits
• Output Power (Max.): 4 Watts @ 4 Ohms PMPO (Amp out)

Information subject to change without notice.