Asus Xonar D2 Sound Card (Black)

Product Description:
The ASUS Xonar D2 audio card, designed to be the best audio card for gaming and home entertainment, provides unprecedented 118dB In/Out SNR audio quality and features for games, music, and movies. Combining 192k/24bit ultra-fidelity input and output, with a suite of Dolby and DTS sound technologies and abundant valuable software; the Xonar D2 is well-designed to upgrade your PC to a powerful and high-quality Home Entertainment Center, at a level which onboard audio or other sound cards can never reach. Versatile Dolby/DTS Audio Technologies for Game, Music, and Video Accurate 3D sound positioning and hardware acceleration for PC gaming Legally backup your digital music with Dolby Headphone or Dolby Virtual Speaker effects added Real-time DDL and DTS Connect encoders for amazing gaming and surround sounds over your Home Theater System

Features:

• Main: 7.1 channel; SPDIF IN; SPDIF Out; Line in (Mic in). Other: CD In; Aux In; MIDI
• Sound Noise Ratio (SNR) 118
• GX 2.0 (EAX 5.0)
• PowerDVD 7; Ableton Live Lite; Cakewalk PPP; Dolby Demo CD
• - Input THD+N at 1kHz: 0.0004% (-108dB)

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - D2 card as a replacement
After reading the reviews here on the Asus card, I now have an answer to the pops crackling and so forth I have been experiencing.I'm ordering this card to replace my Creative X-fi fatality card that works just fine, except for the above irritating noises .Will expand on my experience soon.
Rating: - Quality Card Loaded with Features
Overall, this is a great sound card that just works.I've been burned in the past by Creative cards which tend to have cracks or hissing in the audio that were never corrected.That is not the case here, in part due to the shielding on the card that eliminates interference and also to good drivers.

The sound quality is great and is a huge step up from the integrated audio in motherboards.The LED's on the audio input jacks on the back of the card are a nice touch and make hooking ... Read More
Rating: - Very Satisfied
Flawless installation unlike Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum with all of it's software and driver problems.Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX Soundcard Xonar D2 PCI installed without any problem. The only con I have is that I would like to see the Xonar D2 Audio Center software replicate more closely an actual Reciever interface.I preferred older Turtle Beach software. For this price range, I am very satisfied.
Rating: - Did not function properly with World of Warcraft
While a capable sound card for music, I find it unusable for one of today's most popular PC games... World of Warcraft.

I don't see how ANY sound card could be up for sale this year without proper performance for such a popular PC game.

I will have to shelve this card for now.
Rating: - great sound!Worth the price!
I upgraded from a Audigy 2 and am using a headphone jack to RCA splitter running to an integrated amplifier and high quality tower speakers.This card is great!Awesome sound quality and hearing the subtle sounds missing before in music and in games.Really a big difference from before.I can't personally compare it to the high end Creative Pro card, but from all the research I've done it blows all the Creative products away, is cheaper, and there's even a beta driver for EAX 5.0 so in case that's ... Read More