Creative has unveiled a new device called the Xmod, which the company claims gives MP3s and other compressed digital music files "better than CD quality" sound.

The USB-powered gadget, based upon the Creative's X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio platform, is expected to cost £60 in the UK and $80 in the USA when it arrives sometime this month.

The Xmod is said to up-convert the audio signal to 24-bit surround for cleaner, richer sound. There are two sides to the X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity technology - X-Fi Crystalizer and X-Fi CMSS- 3D.

The X-Fi Crystalizer identifies areas of the audio file which have been truncated or damaged during Compression. Creative says the technology can "restore" the highs and lows of the music that the listener would otherwise have not been able to hear.

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Since your the local Audiophile I thought I would post this here,its like a mini DSP thingy may or may not live up to their discreption tho...thoughts comments? ^^