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.




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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.




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PCI Express 7.1-channel audio card
- GX2.5 for realistic 3D gaming audio effectsts.
- DTS Connect technology for an immersive

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Complete Dolby Home Theater technologies Inheriting from D2 & D2X, Xonar DX also provides complete valuable Dolby Home Theater technologies for games & all home entertainments: Dolby Digital Live: Real-time 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound encoders Dolby Pro-Logic IIx: Converts stereo or 5.1 sounds to seamless 7.1 surround soundfield Dolby Headphone: Delivers a realistic & spacious 2-to-5.1 surround or 3D positional soundfield over any set of stereo headphones Dolby Virtual Speaker: Simulates a highly realistic 5.1-speaker surround sound listening environment from as few as two speakers. Supports latest DS3D GX 2.0 for gaming on Vista & XP DS3D GX 2.0 not only revives EAX & Direct Sound effects in games on Windows Vista as GX 1.0, but also incorporates Dolby Home Theater Technologies (Dolby Virtual Speaker, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Prologic IIX) to provide best gaming audio experience. Innovative Vocal FX makes gaming & online chat more lively & attractive Vocal FX is an innovative voice processing technology to let your voice get into the realistic game landscape (Voice EX) or to emulate the background scenes in online chat (Chat EX). It also means that you can change your voice pitch to disguise who you are (Magic Voice). These features dramatically increase the fun for voice communication on PC. ...

Complete Dolby Home Theater technologies Inheriting from D2 & D2X, Xonar DX also provides complete valuable Dolby Home Theater technologies for games & all home entertainments: Dolby Digital Live: Real-time 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound encoders Dolby Pro-Logic IIx: Converts stereo or 5.1 sounds to seamless 7.1 surround soundfield Dolby Headphone: Delivers a realistic & spacious 2-to-5.1 surround or 3D positional soundfield over any set of stereo headphones Dolby Virtual Speaker: Simulates a highly realistic 5.1-speaker surround sound listening environment from as few as two speakers. Supports latest DS3D GX 2.0 for gaming on Vista & XP DS3D GX 2.0 not only revives EAX & Direct Sound effects in games on Windows Vista as GX 1.0, but also incorporates Dolby Home Theater Technologies (Dolby Virtual Speaker, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Prologic IIX) to provide best gaming audio experience. Innovative Vocal FX makes gaming & online chat more lively & attractive Vocal FX is an innovative voice processing technology to let your voice get into the realistic game landscape (Voice EX) or to emulate the background scenes in online chat (Chat EX). It also means that you can change your voice pitch to disguise who you are (Magic Voice). These features dramatically increase the fun for voice communication on PC. ...

World's first Precision Clock Tuning for Revolutionary PC Hi-Fi audio Industry-leading 124d B SNR Choosing only the best components & finest design, Xonar Essence STX achieves unprecedented 124 d B SNR
- 64 times clear than on-board solutions, bringing top-o-the shelf audio experience for audiophiles. Precision clock tuning for perfect audio Xonar Essence ST is the world′s first audio card to focus on precision clock tuning to minimize audio jitter. The result is extensive musical details & lively sound image presented for revolutionary experience. Multi-channel Upgradable Essence ST is designed to allow full 7.1 surround enjoyment with future upgrade. The high fidelity Xonar H6 multi-channel extension board sold separately in the future provides 120d B signal-to-noise ratio, offering the ultimate surround sound quality ever in the market. Built-in headphone amplifier Most quality headphones require extra driving power from amplifier to perform their best, otherwise, they distort & lose details Driving with Ease & Quality Xonar Essence STX′s built-in headphone amplifier is ready to drive ANY headphone to it′s full performance stage, with under 0.001% distortion Designed in Essence to achieve Excellence EMI-free analog output path EMI shielding seals all analog output signals perfectly from noise, offering distortion-free audio enjoyment Independent power for analog signals Draw additional power from MOLEX ensures the power-sensitive analog signals treated with the cleanest power source Hyper-Grounding circuitry design Utilizing multi-layer PCB design to separate audio from noise
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Story behind the Masterpiece Thousands of years ago, our ancestors crystallized their knowledge of the materials & music into the Chime of Tiger, one of the first audio masterpiece in human history. Gold-plated on the EMI shield, the Chime of Tiger totem not only represents Xonar team′s new footnote in audio innovation, but also mankind's endless pursuit of the Essence of Sound. Industry-leading 124d B SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) Choosing only the best components & finest design, Xonar Essence STX achieves unprecedented 124 d B SNR
- 64 times clear than on-board solutions, bringing top-o-the shelf audio experience for audiophiles. Built-in headphone amp A high-quality TI TPA6120A2 headphone driver supports headphones up to 600ohms of impendence with lower than 0.001% distortion. Drive your headphones as intended without additional amplification. Hyper-Grounding circuitry design This exclusive ASUS technique utilizes multi-layer PCB design to separate signal & noise, ensuring only the cleanest signals are passed to sensitive components. Perfectly sealed analog output path EMI & shielding seals all analog output signals perfectly from noise, offering distortion-free audio enjoyment. High quality DAC The Burr-Brown PCM 1792A Digital-to-Analog Convertor (DAC) converts signals at 127d B signal-to-noise ratio. Nichicon " Fine Gold" professional audio capacitors Using state-of-the-art etching technology, Nichicon " Fine Gold" capacitors deliver rich bass & crystal-clear high frequencies. Swappable OPA Sockets Tune up your unique sound
- OPAMP sockets allow simple, solder-less alteration for user-preferred sound color.

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124 d B SNR / Headphone Amp card for Audiophiles. Story behind the Masterpiece. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors crystallized their knowledge of the materials & music into the Chime of Tiger, one of the first audio masterpiece in human history. Gold-plated on the EMI shield, the Chime of Tiger totem not only represents Xonar team′s new footnote in audio innovation, but also mankind's endless pursuit of the Essence of Sound. Industry-leading 124d B SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio). Choosing only the best components & finest design, Xonar Essence STX achieves unprecedented 124 d B SNR
- 64 times clear than on-board solutions, bringing top-o-the shelf audio experience for audiophiles. Built-in headphone amp. A high-quality TI TPA6120A2 headphone driver supports headphones up to 600ohms of impendence with lower than 0.001% distortion. Drive your headphones as intended without additional amplification. Hyper-Grounding circuitry design. This exclusive ASUS technique utilizes multi-layer PCB design to separate signal & noise, ensuring only the cleanest signals are passed to sensitive components. Perfectly sealed analog output path. EMI & shielding seals all analog output signals perfectly from noise, offering distortion-free audio enjoyment. High quality DAC. The Burr-Brown PCM 1792A Digital-to-Analog Convertor (DAC) converts signals at 127d B signal-to-noise ratio. Nichicon " Fine Gold" professional audio capacitors. Using state-of-the-art etching technology, Nichicon " Fine Gold" capacitors deliver rich bass & crystal-clear high frequencies. Swappable OPA Sockets. Tune up your unique sound
- OPAMP sockets allow simple, solder-less alteration for user-preferred sound color.

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Enjoy 100% Blu-Ray Quality Audio with HDMI 1.3 Compliance & Video Enhancement
- Full-HD Audio/ Video digital output
- HDMI

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Without Xonar HDAV Series, Blu-ray audio DOWNGRADE to DVD quality on PC!! PCs have limitations when you play back Blu-ray discs, as they can only bitstream DVD quality audio formats (48k Hz sample rate) due to the lack of content protection & HDMI1.3 interface! True blu-ray sensation from your PC Complete Audio + Video BD experience!! With world exclusive blu-ray bitstreaming innovation, Xonar HDAV1.3 Slim provides true next generation Blu-ray audio with sample rates of up to 192/96k Hz. Cinematic Video experience
- 24p support Most Hollywood movies capture video at 24 frames per second. With HDAV1.3 Slim supporting 24p video via HDMI, users will be able to bring cinema-like visuals out of their HTPCs & fully experience movies like they were produced in studios. Powerful bundle
- Arc Soft Total Media Theatre Best Performance on HD Content Playback Full supports playback of all three Blu-ray disc video formats: High Definition MPEG-2, AVC, & VC1's well as all kinds of other High Definition (HD) content: WMV HD, Quicktime HD, Div X HD, & H.264 HD. HDCP Support Full support for High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) Ready for your HTPC
- right out of the box Low-profile bracket bundled No need to buy extra bracket to fit chassis of different size


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