Bring the Hi-Fi spirit to your Music, Movie & Games Immersive Gaming Audio Feel enemies crawling behind you & hear voices echo in dungeons with Xonar’s immersive GX2.5 audio engine. Enable latest EAX gaming audio, & restores surround gaming in Windows Vista without additional software. 192k/24bit True PC Hi-Fi Enjoyment Xonar DS’s 192k Hz/24bit playback support let you enjoy all music files converted at highest quality without any sample rate downgrade. Bring the Hi-Fi Theater to your desktop Consisting of DTS Neo: PC™ & DTS Interactive™ technologies, DTS Connect brings the world’s most welcomed Hi-Fi surround sound to your PC & turns it into a powerful multi-media center & game console. Surrounded all the time
- DTS Neo: PC™ Converts any stereo signals into 7.1 channel – get the most out of your multi-channel speaker setup! World's most welcomed surround audio at your service
- DTS Interactive™ Turns every audio into sensational 7.1 DTS Digital surround via S/PDIF output – feed your AV receiver the best surround sound available!! The Spirit of Hi-Fi System Tune up your own sound with ease – Swappable OPamp socket The design once only seen on hi-end audio equipment is now presented in Xonar DS. Swappable OPamp socket means that you can customize your sound solderlessly & create your favorite listening experience with ease. Best Flexibility & Connectivity Auto-detect front-panel Intel HDA compatible front-panel header automatically switches output from back-panel to front once plugged in. Specifications Audio Performance Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted): Up to 107 d B Input Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted): 100 d B Output THD+N at 1k Hz: Up to 0.0017% (-95d B) Input THD+N at 1k Hz: Up to 0.0017% (-95d B) Frequency Response (-3d B, 24-bit/96k Hz input): <10 Hz to 48k Hz Output/ Input Full-Scale Voltage 1 Vrms (3 Vp-p) Sample Rate Conversion Quality: Almost lossless, high-fidelity floating-point filters, with: -140d B THD+N (typical value for 44.1K->48 K Hz, 24bit) 145d B Dynamic Range (typical value for 44.1K->48 K Hz, 24bit) Main Chipset Audio Processor: ASUS AV200 High-Performance Sound Processor (Max. 192 K Hz/24bit) 24-bit D-A Converter of Digital Sources: Wolfson WM8776* 1 (108d B SNR, Max. 192k Hz/24bit) / Wolfson WM8766*1 (103d B SNR, Max. 192k Hz/24bit) 24-bit A-D Converter for Analog Inputs: Wolfson WM8776* 1 (102d B SNR, Max. 96k Hz/24bit) Sample Rate & Resolution Analog Playback Sample Rate & Resolution: 44.1K/48K/96K/192 K Hz @ 16/24bit for all channels Analog Recording Sample Rate & Resolution: 44.1K/48K/96 K Hz @ 16/24bit S/PDIF Digital Output: 44.1K/48K/96K/192 K Hz @ 16/24bit, Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA-Pro ASIO 2.0 Driver Support: 44.1K/48K/96K/192 K Hz @ 16/24bit I/O Ports Analog Output Jack: 3.50mm mini jack *4 (Front/ Side/ Center-Subwoofer/ Back) Analog Input Jack: 3.50mm mini jack *1 (Line-In/ Mic-In) Other line-level analog input (for CD-IN/TV Tuner): Aux-In (4-pin header on the card) Digital S/PDIF Output: High-bandwidth Optical Connector supports 192 K Hz/24bit (shared with Back surround output jack) Front-Panel Header: Intel HDA front-panel compatible & supports HP jack-detection & automatically switch audio output from back-panel to front S/PDIF Header: Additional SPDIF-out header for connecting graphics card with HDMI audio output Driver Features Operation System: Windows Vista/XP (32/64bit)/MCE2005 DTS Technologies: DTS Connect (DTS Interactive Encoder & DTS Neo:PC) for both XP & Vista -DTS Interactive encodes any 3D gaming audio into true-to-live 5.1 DTS Digital Surround sound experience -DTS Neo:PC could expand any stereo music to 7.1 surround sounds Smart Volume Normalizer™: Normalizes the volume of all audio sources into a constant level & also enhances your 3D sound listening range & advantages in gaming Xear 3D™ Virtual Speaker Shifter: Adjustable virtual 7.1-speaker positioning Karaoke Functions: Music Pitch-Shifting, Vocal Cancellation, & Microphone Echo effects with Stereo Mix recording (Wave & Mic-in) for online Karaoke or online DJ applications Flex Bass™: Professional Bass Management/ Enhancement system Other Effects: 10-band Equalier/27 Environment Effects 3D Sound Engines/APIs: Vista: Direct Sound 3D GX 2.5, EAX2.0&1.0, Direct Sound HW, Direct Sound SW, A3D1.0, Open AL generic modes, 128 3D sounds processing capability XP: Direct Sound 3D GX 2.5, EAX2.0&1.0, Direct Sound HW, Direct Sound SW, A3D1.0, Open AL generic modes, 128 3D sounds processing capability Vocal FX™: The latest vocal effect technologies for gaming & Vo IP, including:
- Voice EX: produces vivid environmental reverberation for your voice in EAX games
- Chat EX: emulates different background environment effects when you chat online