Name: Xonar DS
Brand: Asus
SKU: 163990
Rating: 4.2 (40 reviews)

4.4

based on all reviews

Full front panel support caps the package off nicely
recording crispness and overall outward brilliance
The card is very nicely laid out overall

Dolby Home Theater v4
albeit in a slightly cut-down form
boxes lack the requisite ports (and often have fairly rubbish power supplies

Sound type: Surround
Interface type: PCI
Number of channels: 7.1
Microphone input: yes
D/a audio: 24 bit / 192 kHz
Audio quality: 24 bit
Placement type: Internal

Asus Xonar DS - Pros & Cons

Full front panel support caps the package off nicely
recording crispness and overall outward brilliance
The card is very nicely laid out overall

Dolby Home Theater v4
albeit in a slightly cut-down form
boxes lack the requisite ports (and often have fairly rubbish power supplies
Asus more expensive sound cards
isn t cheap and nasty
there s no audio stream input/output (ASIO) driver
discernibly poor audio from a dedicated sound card in

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Asus Xonar DS - Full Specifications

Sound Type	Surround
Interface Type	PCI
Number of channels	7.1

Placement Type	Internal

Noise level (SNR)	100.0 dB
Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)	107.0 dB
D/A audio	24 bit / 192 kHz
Audio quality	24.0 bit

Analog 3.5mm output	4
Analogue RCA outputs	0
Headphone outputs	4
Jack Plug input	0
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)	0
Microphone input	yes
Microphone Jack Plug (3.5mm)	1
Line-in	yes
S/PDIF out port	yes
Other connectors	Digital optical output Analogue 3.5mm input/Line-in
USB	no

3D sound support	yes
DirectSound support	yes
EAX support	yes
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)	0.0 %
Support for ASIO	yes

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Asus Xonar DS Asus - Editorial Reviews (4)

4.5

Based on 4 reviews

TechRadar

Published: 26.07.2009

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