ASUS PCI-Express x1 7.1 Channel Sound Card XONAR_DX/XD/A/90-YAA060-1UAN00Z
Brand | ASUS |
Hardware Interface | PCI |
Audio Output Mode | Surround |
Platform | Windows |
Hardware Platform | Headphones, PC, Speakers |
About this item
- 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): <10Hz to 48KHz; Output/Input Full-Scale Voltage: 2 Vrms (5.65 Vp-p)
- Audio Processor: ASUS AV100 High-Definition Sound Processor (Max. 192KHz/24bit);
- 24-bit D-A Converter of Digital Sources: 1x Cirrus-Logic CS4398 for Front-Out(120dB SNR, Max.192kHz/24bit), 1x Cirrus-Logic;
- CS4362A for other 6 channels; 24-bit A-D Converter for Analog Inputs: 1x Cirrus-Logic CS5361 (114dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit);
- CD-ROM drive (or DVD-ROM drive) for software installation; High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers,
- One PCI Express 1.0 (or higher) compatible slot for the audio card; One available 4-pin power cable from PC?s power supply unit;
- Microsoft Windows Vista(32/64bit)/XP(32/64bit)/MCE2005; Intel Pentium 4 1.4GHz or AMD Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU
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Sound quality | — | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
For gaming | — | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
Easy to install | — | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | — |
Tech Support | — | — | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
Volume control | — | 4.2 | 5.0 | 3.9 | — | — |
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hardware interface | pci | pci express x1 | pci express x1 | usb | pci express x1, pci x 1, pci x 1, pci x 1 | pci |
audio output mode | Surround | Surround | Surround | Surround | 7.1 | Surround |
surround channels | 7 1 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 5.1 |
hardware platform | Speakers, Headphones, PC | Speakers, Headphones | PC | Headphones | Speakers, Headphones, PC | Speakers, Headphones, PC |
48 KHz | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | — | |
signal-to-noise ratio | 120 decibels | 116 decibels | — | 116 decibels | 106 decibels | 109 decibels |
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 2.71 x 6.6 x 2 inches |
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Item Weight | 15.8 ounces |
ASIN | B00198DM2K |
Item model number | XONAR_DX/XD/A / 90-YAA060-1UAN00Z |
Customer Reviews |
3.8 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #99 in Computer Internal Sound Cards |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | April 6, 2008 |
Manufacturer | Asus |
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Asus Xonar DX PCI-Express x1 7.1 Channel Sound Card,One PCI Express 1.0 (or higher) compatible slot for the audio card , One available 4-pin power cable from PC s power supply unit , Microsoft Windows Vista(32 or 64bit) or XP(32 or 64bit) or MCE2005 , Intel Pentium 4 1.4GHz or AMD Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU,CS4362A for other 6 channels , 24-bit A-D Converter for Analog Inputs , 1x Cirrus-Logic CS5361 (114dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit) .
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Customers like the sound quality, quality and value of the sound card. For example, they mention that the positional audio has been great, the bass has punch and that it's worth the price. That said, opinions are mixed on performance, ease of installation, ease to use, and support.
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Customers like the sound quality of the sound card. They mention that the sound is fantastic, the positional audio has been great, and the replacement sounds much better. They also say that the bass has punch, and that the card has an audio interface program that helps them. Customers also say it has much better voice positioning.
"...My music sounded wonderful! The bass was immensely improved on my bass-challenged HD 555's and every other measure of sound quality was noticeably..." Read more
"...It works perfectly, and sounds incredible! The sound is far better than the X-Fi in the other (otherwise completely identical, including speakers)..." Read more
"...I did notice that in non-surround modes this card sounds fantastic; as for gaming, it's my opinion that this is the sound card to recommend to the..." Read more
"...Now onto the important part that matters most. The sound quality is incredible, when used with headphones costing upwards of $50 US you really..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the sound card. They mention that it is a top notch, solid card with excellent sound. Customers also say that the Xonar DX is sensational and really shows with good speakers or a good headset.
"...Within seconds was blown away the difference in quality. Found the audio software and clicked on HF (I'm a noob). Even better...." Read more
"...the sound quality on this card is great, when its working, its full and rich and on that end its good...." Read more
"...This is where the Xonar's high quality parts and high SNR seem to shine...." Read more
"...The Sound Card produces extraordinary sound that is both robust and very clear. There is no distortion or clicking sounds coming from the speakers...." Read more
Customers like the value of the sound card. They say it's worth the price, has a high price/performance ratio, and provides great sound at a great price. Some mention that it'll be a good buy and is excellent with a home theater.
"...So well worth the money. Haven't turned off music since I installed (except to reboot)...." Read more
"...*This sound card is well worth the money and if necessary a little bit of extra work to install it properly...." Read more
"...I would highly recommend this audio card to anyone. For the price it's a great deal." Read more
"...I am very stingy with my money, the Xonar DX is worth the asking price, with ease...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the sound card. Some mention that it works excellent, while others say that it was a tremendous disappointment. Some say that the drivers work perfectly, while other say that they have problems with the sound.
"...It works perfectly, and sounds incredible!..." Read more
"...Drivers work perfectly - no problems whatsoever. My system:Core i7-8700K cpuASRock Z370 Extreme4 motherboard..." Read more
"This card was a tremendous disappointment...." Read more
"...Very nice interface. So now I have the card installed and everything is working great! For about 2 hours...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of installation of the sound card. Some mention that it's easy to install and activate, with simple one-push buttons. However, others say that the setup took longer than they feel it should have, didn't create a shortcut, and was frustrating to hook up for the average user.
"...INSTALLATIONInstallation took me about 10 minutes...." Read more
"...I bought it for my Razer Tiamat 7.1 headset.The setup took longer than I feel like it should have...." Read more
"...Installation:When I got it, was a snap to plug in. It did require a power source so make sure you have an available power connector...." Read more
"In short: it was really trivial to install, there are no obvious problems, and it sounds fine...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the sound card. Some mention that the user interface is very pleased with the rich, useful features. They also appreciate the capabilities and flexibility of the software. However, others say that the software itself is confusing and tricky to learn. They mention that they didn't have the software and the instruction booklet is extremely vague.
"...It also has a built-in equalizer. Very nice interface. So now I have the card installed and everything is working great! For about 2 hours...." Read more
"...Found it. Booted computer up and did not have software...." Read more
"...The sound is fantastic and the GUI is full of rich, useful features that you can play with/adjust for hours if you want to get the sound you want...." Read more
"...Of course many people would like a: Bass 1-10 scale, the Xonar adjustments are more refined; which I prefer to conventional on-board methods...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the support of the sound card. Some mention that it has great support under Linux, while others say that it doesn't work or sound good under Windows.
"...Second, their driver support isn't much better. Windows 8 is still shipping "beta" release drivers for this card...." Read more
"Excellent sound card that delivers with low noise audio. Compatible with Linux Mint 18.1 out of the box without the need to download or compile any..." Read more
"It works and sounds good. There isn't great support for windows 8.1. The driver is labeled beta and there hasn't been an update in ages...." Read more
"Excellent for my Linux box, you may need 3.14 kernel or later but that's no problem as I had 4.1.12 on my Xubunth 14.04..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the power connector of the sound card. They mention that it's finicky and requires a floppy power connector. Some customers also report damage in transit and an un-soldered capacitor connection. The power connector is also old and provides an old Molex style connector.
"...CONS:- Requires floppy-style Molex 4-pin connector for power- Does not autodetect headphone insertion-..." Read more
"...The problem for me is the power connect, it uses the 4 pin floppy power cable, which most power packs dont have, but fortunately it comes with an..." Read more
"...go back to the Realtek for my TOSlink after 2 months because of connection issues...." Read more
"...packaging allowing the damage in transit, and the un-soldered capacitor connection which happened at the Asus factory when it was originally..." Read more
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About a year ago, I started using headphones heavily on my PC and became dissatisfied with the noisy onboard audio. I thought the best way to resolve this was to get an external USB DAC/headphone amp. While I got amazing sound, it wasn't quite as convenient as I expected it to be and decided a discrete audio card was probably my best choice. I settled on the Asus Xonar DX PCI Express card.
PROS:
- Stellar 116 dB SNR for front audio ports (112 dB for rear)
- Front panel header
- Dolby Pro Logic IIx and Dolby Headphone support
- Low profile bracket included in addition to regular height
- Great sound quality via a pair of Cirrus Logic DAC's
CONS:
- Requires floppy-style Molex 4-pin connector for power
- Does not autodetect headphone insertion
- Software-based EAX 5.0 support
I badly wanted to get an ASUS Xonar Essence STX Card , or comparable card with a built-in headphone amp and very high quality DAC. Unfortunately, I found it hard to justify parting with $200. I then narrowed my choices down to the more affordable options of the Asus Xonar DX and the Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium cards. When I found out that the X-Fi Titanium didn't include support for front-panel headers, it was an easy choice. Besides, the Xonar DX had a better rated SNR (116dB front/112dB rear vs. 109dB).
INSTALLATION
Installation took me about 10 minutes. It would've been even quicker if I didn't have to move one of my other cards out of the way to install it. My PCI-E x1 slot was taken up by my USB 3.0 expansion card so I inserted it into my other PCI-E slot. Also, unlike other sound cards I've used in the past, the Xonar DX required it's own power so I had to use the included Molex adapter and plug it into my power supply. I disabled my onboard audio in the BIOS, installed the latest Windows 7 64-bit drivers, rebooted and was in business.
SOUND QUALITY
I began my audio testing by playing my FLAC audio files on my puny built-in speakers on my Samsung monitor. All of the sudden, the sound quality was actually bearable coming from my monitor. The clarity of the audio improved by a factor of two or three. I then moved onto my headphones-- my primary reason for upgrading. I plugged my Sennheiser HD 555's into my front panel headphone jack but got no sound. Oops, did I install the header pins backwards? I opened my case back up and double checked but all looked well. I then realized that the driver installation also installed the Xonar DX Audio Center application and I had to manually switch the analog out to the front panel headphone jack. Eww. The Realtek onboard audio chip automatically detected when I inserted headphones in and swapped the audio over to them without my intervention. This would have been a hassle not worth dealing with had the sound quality pumping through my headphones not been amazing.
My music sounded wonderful! The bass was immensely improved on my bass-challenged HD 555's and every other measure of sound quality was noticeably improved over the onboard audio I'd been used to listening to for three years. Next up were movies. I played high action scenes from the last Star Trek movie and Avatar and was, B-L-O-W-N away. I fiddled with the Dolby Headphone settings and realized for the first time that they weren't gimmicks at all. I truly felt surrounded by the motion picture. I love action adventure and science fiction films and I now had a proper setup for optimum enjoyment! Also, the noisy audio from my PC was virtually eliminated. With the onboard audio, I heard all the EMF interference but with the Asus Xonar DX, it was barely audible.
GAMES
I was a big-time gamer back when Half-Life, Unreal Tournament and WarCraft III were out. These days, fatherhood has had a serious impact on my ability to find time for games so aside from the occasional game of Bejeweled, I only find myself playing Age of Empires III. I thought the sound was terrific but I can't judge just how great it works with more modern games. I do know that due to the software-based support of EAX 5.0, games that use EAX aren't quite as good as having hardware support of EAX 5.0, like the X-Fi Titanium.
CONCLUSION
I am over the moon with the Asus Xonar DX. Music and movies have never sounded so good on my PC. If you have EAX 5.0 games, you might be better off with the X-Fi Titanium, but I really needed support for front-panel headers. Maybe some day I will be able to justify the audiophile quality audio cards, but until then, I will be enjoying the Xonar DX without regret. I can't recommend this card highly enough.
Ordered card overnight.
Installation:
When I got it, was a snap to plug in. It did require a power source so make sure you have an available power connector. My system everything is twisty tied together so had to find an available one.
Read the instruction manual to find out where to plug in my headphones (no mic, no speaker system for my computer). Found it. Booted computer up and did not have software. Inserted the CD, installed the software, asked for computer to reboot, clicked yes, and heard a noise in my headphones. Nice!
Rebooted, installed the other software on the CD. Should have done that with other step. Rebooted.
Found the Queen best of FLAC I downloaded. Within seconds was blown away the difference in quality. Found the audio software and clicked on HF (I'm a noob). Even better. Found the music icon. Simply better. And finally found the SVN button. No clue what that was but looked fun to click on, so I did, and just so much better. SVN I found out is Smart Volume.
For headphone users, using Grado 80i. Queen so far is hands above what it was before. I tried to listen to Chopin piano music and just wasn't as exciting as this.
So well worth the money. Haven't turned off music since I installed (except to reboot). Planning on upgrading this card to a xonar headphone card in a few months with a better headset now that I can see how much better a sound card makes!
That should not have to be done to get a sound card to work, and brings the rating for this other wise great card crashing down, as mentioned in many reviews for Asus cards, the extra power cable requirement is bad, so buyer beware, least you have the problem with the wire not wanting to sit right.
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*BTW I returned the card which I bought from Amazon and the seller refunded my money. I found it cheaper somewhere else where I bought it from.
My previous sound card, purchased a few years ago, was a second-hand Soundblaster Live!, which I had purchased in desperation, after not being able to find another internal sound card that worked with Linux. This card is a considerable improvement over that card.
L'unica cosa che non mi piace, è il fatto di dover indicare manualmente quanti canali in ingresso state riproducendo. Mi spiego meglio con un esempio:
Avete una configurazione 7.1 e volete che tutte le casse funzionino: Se state riproducendo un mp3 stereo, allora dovete indicare nel driver che in ingresso la scheda riceve 2 canali; in questo modo l'audio viene automaticamente spazializzato su tutte le casse;
se state guardando un film con audio ac3, allora dovete indicare nel pannello della scheda 5.1 in ingresso; e così via...Quindi se volete sfruttare al massimo la spazializzazione del suono dovete ogni volta modificare questo parametro.
Per il resto, vi serve un connettore di alimentazione (quello del vecchio floppy) in quanto richiede corrente aggiuntiva; ovviamente è presente anche il connettore per il pannello frontale del case HD audio e l'uscita ottica. Non ci sono purtroppo ingressi digitali.
La dimensione è low profile compliant, infatti nella confezione troverete anche un bracket piccolo per poterla montare anche nei case tipici per MB mini-itx.
Esta tarjeta necesita alimentación extra, como si de una gráfica se tratara, pero es porque dispone de un amplificador integrado. Gracias a este he adaptado unos bafles de mi cadena, que como la de casi todos estaba muerta de risa y entre mis altavoces 2.1 y los de la cadena en la toma de al lado suena la música a gloria bendita (4.1). Cuando no escucho música apago los autoamplificados y dejo los bafles de la cadena. Ésto sería imposible sin el amplificador, sonaría muy bajito. Evidentemente sólo sacarás beneficio de una tarjeta así con unos altavoces en condiciones... si son de risa sonará igual de mal que una integrada. Puestos a gastar el dinero en algo, mejor primero los altavoces que una tarjeta de estas.
Pourquoi cette carte ?
J'ai choisi la ASUS XONAR DX car on en parle beaucoup sur internet. En lisant divers tests et avis sur les forums, j'ai trouvé que cette carte répondait à mes critères. Elle avait l'ait suffisamment performante pour que je sente (même si je suis pas un audiophile aux supers oreilles) une différence de qualité de son par rapport à la carte intégrée de la carte mère tout en restant à un prix raisonnable.
Mon impression quand je l'ai branchée :
Je l'ai d'abord testée avec mes anciens baffles (X-530) et j'ai été étonné! J'ai vraiment senti une différence. Les aigus étaient un peu plus clairs, les notes plus distinctes et surtout, mes baffles ne crachaient plus du tout.
Ensuite, j'ai fait des tests avec mon nouveau kit z-906 et j'ai vraiment été impressionné par le son. Les deux ensembles donnent un résultat vraiment plaisant.
Mes commentaires :
- cette carte à besoin d'une alimentation molex (des vidéos sur YouTube vous permettront de visualiser);
- les branchements frontaux pour les écouteurs peuvent être branchés à cette carte. Néanmoins, quand vous branchez un casque, le driver ne le détecte pas. Vous devez le faire manuellement (ça me dérange pas du tout personnellement);
- Lorsqu'on allume/éteint le pc ou qu'on passe aux branchements frontaux, un composant de la carte fait un petit claquement : c'est totalement normal!
- Les drivers ASUS ne sont pas très stables, j'ai eu droit à de beaux écrans bleus... J'ai donc utilisé les drivers UNI qui ne m'ont encore jamais posé de problèmes ([...]);
- Si vous branchez en spdif vos enceintes, vous ne pourrez plus brancher de micro dessus.
Pour conclure, je dirai qu'une carte son n'est pas indispensable mais, un fois qu'on en a une, on apprécie vraiment le changement.