Since the very first of the Xonar boards from ASUS, we have been impressed with not only the choice of components used, but also with the overall design of all of the various iterations. This not so ...

At £36, the Xonar DS is the most affordable sound card in Asus's range. It's a low-profile PCI card, which is handy if you're short on PCI-E x1 slots, but not much use if you've got a recent ...

ASUS, the leading innovator and provider of PC Hi-Fi audio solutions, launched the ASUS Xonar DS 7.1 channel audio card. Designed by the CES-award winning ASUS Xonar team, this latest member of the ...

CES 2012: The Republic of Gamers team is pretty damn awesome, not only do they make some truly kick arse motherboards, but they also have gaming accessories like keyboards, mice and headsets and are ...

ASUS rolls out the Xonar DG 5.1, a new basic sound card for gamers on a small budget. The low-profile card features the C-Media CMI8786 Oxygen HD chipset, it offers 5.1 channel sound and supports HD ...

Surround-sound output is limited to digital; not a good solution for Blu-ray movies. “Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services ...

While not quite as exciting as Asus' bevy of new notebooks this morning, the newest card in the growing Xonar line will certainly tantalize those scouting an audiophile-level sound device. The Xonar ...

I have a relatively power rig, but the light side of it is the sound card/speakers. Right now, I'm using onboard audio from my Nvidia 780i put out to a $20 logitech speaker set and/or a $45 Altec ...

Two sound cards in a week -- could it be true? Believe it or not, yes. Just days after Asus introduced its Audiophile Xonar DS 7.1 7.1, the company has unveiled its Xonar HDAV1.3 Slim Sound Card.

The quality of PC audio has made incredible strides within just the past few years. At a CES a few years ago, Dave Wilson of Wilson Audio wowed show-goers when he demonstrated his imposing $135,000 ...

When ASUS launched its first Xonar audio card in the early fall of 2007, I wasn’t sure what to think. After all, ASUS wasn’t known as an audio company, and for good reason… the Xonar D2 was the ...

Unlike the cheaper Xonar DS, the Xonar DX card uses an Asus AV100 audio processor. It's another rebadged C-Media CMI-8788 OxygenHD, so there's no practical difference between the quality of this audio ...