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Category: Personal Computers
Brand: Asus
Model: XONAR D2
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Asus XONAR D2 Review by Christopher S. Floyd "narleyjunk" (Freeland, MI USA)

Nice lights on the back, nice capacitors in card, alright software, and good sound. I think the software for this card really let me down. The card is great, but unlike some creative lab software that accompanies their cards, the asus sound cards software is just ok and nothing meraculous but I was still content staring at the colorful lights that emit from each 1/8" jack on the back, each is a different color, WAY COOL!

Asus XONAR D2 Review by Daniel Kinkaid

After upgrading to a 5.1 setup, I decided to upgrade my audio from a Creative ExtremeGamer to this. I can say, the difference in sound quality is noticable.

Installation is a snap; just plug into any open PCI port. Drivers insatlled first time without issue as well. Functionallity is about what you expect, although the lack of number lables on the equalizer is a bit mystifing...(on a side note: The card uses a C-media chipset, for the standard C-Media driver can be installed instead of the ASUS one. Strangly enough, the numbering on the equalizer exists in the standard C-Media driver...)

As for quality of sound, I was blown away. Side speakers finally had some life to them, and details that were missed on Creatives card were suddenly much clearer. EAX5 emulation seems spot on (Tested BF2 and Bioshock), although 3 and 4 are not supported. Minor issue, as very few games used EAX3/4, and EAX is on the way out as an audio standard.

Having a seperate Linein/Mic jack, as well as dedicated SPDIF In/Outs was a necessity for me due to my complicated setup (Wii RCA through line in (via RCA->3.5mm converter), 5.1 headset via analog jacks, PS3/360 via SPDIF In, and to Z5500's via SPDIF out). Switching between in/outputs is easy as cake, although the only way to get linein to turn on/off is to enable/disable monitering from the Windows Control Panel. Minor issue, but worth noting.

DDL/DTS-C support is a necessity to any 5.1 digital system, and Dolby Headphones/Speaker does a good job virtualizing 5.1 into a 2.0 output. As always, Dolby Pro Logic IIx handles upmixing to 5.1.

Drivers are 7 certified, so OS support is not an issue.

Overall, 5 stars; 5 of 5 for sound quality, 4 for 5 for drivers. A clear upgrade from my older Extremegamer.

Asus XONAR D2 Review by Haakman (Big Canoe, GA)

Have been suffering for years with the Creative "memory hole" problem. The Dell XPS 600 came with a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic card. It worked great with 2 GB memory that came on the PC (OS XP MCE 2005). When I upgraded to 8 GB of menory got the dreaded Creative Snap, Crackle, Pop and would lose audio. It worked this way on Vista and eventually Windows 7 (current OS). Had to limit memory use to 2 GB! Creative blamed Nvidea (chipset manufacturer) and Nvidea blamed Creative.

After much research decided to try the Asus Xonar D2. Well the difference was night and day, sound was great, not more Snap, Crackle, Pop even with 8 GB of memory installed. Was a little reluctant to try because of the price but for me it has been well worth it, kudos to Asus, goodby Creative. Looks like Nvidea was right.

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Asus Xonar D2 Sound Card (Black):: Features

PowerDVD 7; Ableton Live Lite; Cakewalk PPP; Dolby Demo CD
GX 2.0 (EAX 5.0)
Main: 7.1 channel; SPDIF IN; SPDIF Out; Line in (Mic in). Other: CD In; Aux In; MIDI
- Input THD+N at 1kHz: 0.0004% (-108dB)
Sound Noise Ratio (SNR) 118
Item Dimensions: 0 x 0 x 0 inches; 2 pounds
Brand: Asus
Model: XONAR D2
Product Type: Personal Computers

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