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Asus Xonar D1 Sound Card
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Asus Xonar D2X Sound Card
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Asus Xonar U5 Sound Card
Asus Xonar U5
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TerraTec Aureon 5.1 Fun Sound Card
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  If you are fed up with your sub par onboard audio it may be time you consider picking up a soRead more
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ASUS Decided to start making sound cards since the soundcard market was being dominated by creative and their X-FI line. With the new ASUS line of PCI-E soundcards, it makes it a good market for ASUS to start to dominate in, since there is little competition. With the ASUS D2X is being marketed as a Home Theater sound card along with its gaming flavor.  In this review of the ASUS D2X we will put it to the test with gaming to Home Theater use.Read more
Can this PCI-E sound card soothe audiophiles?Read more
Creative has all but dominated the PC sound card market, in no small part thanks to its prowess with hardware-accelerated 3D audio. The EAX positional audio framework born from the...Read more
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As far as most audiophile gamers would want, it’s clear, crisp output from your sound card as you play What if your current sound card isn’t enough? Imagine that everytime you talk to your fellow player online, your voice breaks out from the surrounding noise and they can’t even make out your sentences, that sucks […]Read more
Today we put the Xonar U5 to the test, it is a compact USB soundcard featuring 5.1 surround and a headphone amp to which promises great value for gamers.Read more
The Xonar U5 from ASUS is a mid ranged USB DAC aimed at gamers and laptop users, lets see how it performs!Read more
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General

Sound TypeSurroundSurroundSurroundSurround
Interface TypePCIPCI ExpressUSBPCI
Number of channels67.15.15.1

Connectivity

Analog 3.5mm output4343
Analogue RCA outputs0
N/A
0
N/A
Headphone outputyesyesyesno
Headphone outputs44
N/A
N/A
Jack Plug input0
N/A
0
N/A
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)0
N/A
0
N/A
Microphone inputyesyesyesyes
Microphone Jack Plug (3.5mm)111
N/A
Line-inyesyesyesyes
Line-outyesyesyesyes
S/PDIF in portyesyes
N/A
N/A
S/PDIF out portyesyesyes
N/A
Other connectors
  • Digital optical output
  • Firewire
  • Analogue 3.5mm input/Line-in
  • Digital coaxial input
  • MIDI
  • Digital coaxial output
  • Analogue 3.5mm input/Line-in
  • Analogue 3.5mm input/Line-in
  • Digital coaxial output
  • Analogue 3.5mm input/Line-in
  • Digital optical input
  • MIDI
  • Analogue 3.5mm input/Line-in
  • Analogue 3.5mm input/Line-in
USBnonoyes
N/A
Headphone output (3.5 mm)
N/A
11
N/A
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
N/A
0
N/A
XLR
N/A
N/A
0
N/A

Design

Placement TypeInternalInternalExternalInternal

Audio properties

Noise level (SNR)112.0 dB118.0 dB101.0 dB
N/A
Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)116.0 dB118.0 dB104.0 dB
N/A
D/A audio6 bit / 48 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz16 bit / 48 kHz
Audio quality24.0 bit24.0 bit24.0 bit16.0 bit

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