Though the Sound Blaster G6 may require a few extra steps for audio hookup, the sound performance makes it totally worth the hassle. It produces high resolution audio, giving you the ultimate sound quality for gaming. Though it is absolutely not recommended to blast the audio as loud as it can go, for fear of damaging your hearing over the long term, it is still nice to know that the amp can handle it. The Sound Blaster G6 has a decibel (dB) level of 130, whereas you could easily get away with less than 100 dB for most games. This means that it has way more than the minimum requirement and guarantees that you’ll hear everything going on around your character. This is a 32-bit, 384 kHz audio system.
In addition, this amp also has 7.1 virtual surround sound and Dolby Digital. Surround sound is critical for immersive gaming as it gives you a sense of 3D in audio quality. Rather than a “flat” audio sound, where everything seems to blend together in one plane, surround sound gives you the ability to hear sounds and pinpoint their direction. It’s as if you are actually in the game. Dolby Digital, on the other hand, is an audio technology used to reduce the amount of data that the system needs to produce amazing sound quality. This gives you even better surround sound quality and a more efficient use of bandwidth.