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Asus Xonar D1

 

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  • User Score (61)
    8.3 8.3 from 61 reviewers
  • Expert Score (1)
    6.0 6.0 from 1 reviewer
  • Value for money (7)
    5.1 5.1 from 7 reviewers
  • Features (6)
    6.7 6.7 from 6 reviewers
  • Ease of use (2)
    9.5 9.5 from 2 reviewers
  • Performance (7)
    6.8 6.8 from 7 reviewers
  • Sound quality (3)
    10 10 from 3 reviewers
  • Overall quality (6)
    7.6 7.6 from 6 reviewers
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  • Score Distribution

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  • Expert Reviews

0 in English, 3 in all languages

  • User Reviews

  1. Good quality sound card.

    Amazon
    10/10
    Reviewer: Pdx, Amazon
    1 week ago See Product at Amazon ($85.00)

    Replaced the freebie sound card on my Maximus iii Formula. It was like a night and day exchange. My old Altec Lansing gt5051 sounds more robust and kicks the bass in overdrive. Should have purchased this card in the beginning. It happens when you get cheap on a build.... Never again! Read more or see product

  2. Very good card

    Newegg
    10/10
    Reviewer: Coldey, Newegg
    3 weeks ago

    I considered this card or the one just below it. Decided to go with the more expensive one and am very glad I did. A friend of mine has the dx I think it is called and it has great audio to but this one is a bit better. Altough I am biased since I just spent $110 on it. Read more

    • Was shipped very fast and was happy with the condition it was in. I'm no audiophile but this blows my onboard audio out of the water. Very crisp and clear. Was an easy...
    • None so far, ill come back if anything changes though hah

  3. Asus Xonar D1 - move over creative, your time is up.

    10/10
    Reviewer: AgeUK, Ciao
    27 March 2009

    The souncard market has never really been swamped with options. For those of us who don't use onboard sound and demand a seperate sound card for our sorround sound/gaming/music needs theres never been much choice. Most people go with Creative as they are well known and apparently respectable. I did just that a few years ago, it was a mistake. Their driver and customer support, especially for Windows Vista users is seriously lacking. Read more

    • cheap, works in vista, does the job far better than the competition, optical output!
    • limited inputs (see review)

  4. Excellant Sound Quality

    10/10
    Reviewer: TigerDirect.ca
    26 May 2011

    The price on this sound card was perfect, going on sale, with free shipping, and a 20 buck mail in rebate. I have never owned any particular Asus products before; but after dropping this in my rig and connecting directly to my HT reciever with the a Monster Toslink cable, I have to say I will look at Asus for more products in the future. The sound quality and crispness for movies and music is spectacular. Read more

  • WikiFreak Description

Asus Xonar D1

Asus Xonar D1 is a PCI soundcard. It enables user to enjoy Dolby Home Theater audio quality production from the PC. Among its main features include

Features

The Xonar D1 provides clean audio quality as it adopts CirrusLogics CS4398 audio DAC (120dB SNR & 117dB THD+N), that only produce 1/35 (2.8%) of the noise levels when compared to motherboard audio. Additionally, the Xonar D1 also produces as little as 1/32 (-105dB) of the total harmonics distortion present in motherboard audi…

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Asus Xonar D1

Asus Xonar D1 is a PCI soundcard. It enables user to enjoy Dolby Home Theater audio quality production from the PC. Among its main features include

Features

The Xonar D1 provides clean audio quality as it adopts CirrusLogics CS4398 audio DAC (120dB SNR & 117dB THD+N), that only produce 1/35 (2.8%) of the noise levels when compared to motherboard audio. Additionally, the Xonar D1 also produces as little as 1/32 (-105dB) of the total harmonics distortion present in motherboard audio (-75dB). Besides that, it supports GX 2.0 for gaming on Windows Vista and XP that enables EAX and DirectSound HW. Moreover, with S/PDIF header, it can easily match audio and video through a VGA card’s HDMI output which results clean and simple solution for home theater PC builders. Furthermore, it also features VocalFX which is a voice processing technology that puts user’s voice into the realistic game landscape (VoiceEX) or emulates background scenes in online chat (ChatEX). It is also capable to change voice pitch to disguise identities (Magic Voice). For high quality sound reproduction, it features Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker and Dolby Pro Logic® IIx. In term of its specification, it is built with ASUS AV100 High-Definition Sound Processor (Max. 192KHz/24bit).

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  • Manufacturer's Description

Inheriting from DX and D2X, Xonar D1 also provides complete valuable Dolby Home Theater technologies for games and all home entertainments: Delivers a realistic and spacious 2-to-5.1 surround or 3D positional soundfield over any set of stereo headphones Simulates a highly realistic 5.1-speaker surround sound listening environment from as few as two speakers DS3D GX 2.0 not only revives EAX and DirectSound effects in games on Windows Vista as GX 1.0, but also incorpora…

Specifications

  • Audio Performance
    Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted): 116dB for front-out, 112dB for other channels dB Input Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted): 112 dB Output THD+N at 1kHz: 0.00056% (-105dB) for Front-out Input THD+N at 1kHz: 0.0004% (-108dB) for Line-in Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input): Output/Input Full-Scale Voltage 2 Vrms (5.65 Vp-p)

Release Date

  • First seen
    2 October 2008

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