Asus Xonar DS

Asus Xonar DS overview

Product Features

Bring the Hi-Fi spirit to your Music, Movie and Games

192k/24bit true PC Hi-Fi audio presentation

Immerse yourself in 3D gaming sound with GX2.5 audio engine

Enjoy lively home theater audio through DTS Connect technology

Product Overview

Immersive Gaming Audio
Feel enemies crawling behind you and hear voices echo in dungeons with Xonar's immersive GX2.5 audio engine. Enable latest EAX gaming audio, and restores surround gaming in Windows Vista without additional software.

192k/24bit True PC Hi-Fi Enjoyment
Xonar DS's 192kHz/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 and DTS Interactive technologies, DTS Connect brings the world's most welcomed Hi-Fi surround sound to your PC and turns it into a powerful multi-media center and 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!!

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 allows you to customize your sound solderlessly and create your favorite listening experience with ease.

Best Flexibility and Connectivity
Intel HDA compatible front-panel header automatically switches output from back-panel to front once plugged in.

Audio Performance

Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio	Up to 107 dB
Input Signal-to-Noise Ratio	100 dB
Output THD+N at 1kHz	Up to 0.0017% (-95dB)
Input THD+N at 1kHz	Up to 0.0017% (-95dB)
Frequency Response	<10Hz to 48KHz
Output/Input Full-Scale Voltage	1 Vrms (3Vp-p)
Sample Rate Conversion Quality	Almost lossless, high-fidelity floating-point filters

Main Chipset

Audio Processor	ASUS AV200 High-Performance Sound Processor
24-bit D-A Converter of Digital Sources	Wolfson WM8776*1
24-bit A-D Converter for Analog Inputs	Wolfson WM8776*1

Sample Rate and Resolution

Playback Sample Rate	44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
Recording Sample Rate	44.1K/48K/96K/ @ 16/24bit
S/PDIF Digital Output	44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit, Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA-Pro
ASIO 2.0 Driver Support	Supports 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @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 (Shared by Line-In/Mic-In)
Other line-level analog input	Aux-In (4-pin header on the card)
Digital S/PDIF Output	High-bandwidth TOS-Link optical transmitter
S/PDIF Header	Connecting to supported VGA cards with HDMI output
Front Panel Header	Intel HDA front-panel compatible Supports HP jack-detection

Driver Features

Operation System	Windows 7/Vista/XP(32/64bit)/MCE2005
DTS Technologies	DTS Connect DTS Interactive DTS Neo PC
Smart Volume Normalizer	Normalizes the volume of all audio sources into a constant level
Xear 3D Virtual Speaker Shifter	Adjustable virtual 7.1-speaker positioning
Karaoke Functions	Music Pitch-Shifting Vocal Cancellation Microphone Echo effects
FlexBass	Professional Bass Management system
Other Effects	10-band Equalier/27 Environment Effects
3D Sound Engines/APIs	DirectSound3D GX 2.5 EAX 2.0&1.0 DirectSound® HW DirectSound SW A3D 1.0 OpenAL generic modes 128 3D sounds processing capability
VocalFX	VoiceEX ChatEX Magic Voice

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Delivery Options

Next Working Day Delivery

Get your order delivered the next working day for £5.99, available when ordering Monday - Thursday and before 17:00 on that day if the product is in stock and your payment has cleared.

Pre 12 Next Working Day Delivery

Get your order delivered the next working day before 12:00pm for £10.98, available when ordering Monday - Thursday and before 17:00 on that day if the product is in stock and your payment has cleared. Some orders if via PayPal and the first customer order may not clear in time.

Weekend Delivery - Saturday & Sunday

If you need your order at the weekend, for £12.58, you can specify the day you wish to have it delivered to you, Saturday or Sunday providing your order has been placed by 17:00 on the Friday before.

Economy Delivery

Economy delivery is available on all orders of any value being shipped within the UK.

Asus Xonar DS overview

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