Most people associate the brandname of Hercules with video cards.
But in November 1999 Hercules was purchased by Guillemot Corp. , a well known manufacturer of game and audio attachments for computers and game consoles. The managers of Guillemot have decided to use a renowned brand-name instead of the name of their own company. The developers of this card tried to satisfy all the demands of gamers, first of all, as far as functionality and convenience are concerned. This PCI sound card surprises me with its small dimensions and the absence of a heap of connectors. It is quite rational that internal connectors CD Audio and TAD are taken away since they are rarely used.