90YA00T0-M0UA00 Xonar SE 5.1 Gaming Soundcard PCIe Hi-Res Audio 300ohm 116dB SNR Headphone Amp :: (Components > Sound Cards)

Ok, I have a dac, an E50 from Topping and it is good but also quite expensive. This is my first proper sound card, the Asus Zonar SE. My PC is an HP Prodesk 400 G6 small form factor running Windows 11 23H2. The card arrived on time with the excellent service from Amazon. I swapped the full height bracket for the half height and popped it into the PCIE16 slot in the PC. Plugged in the Optical cable which is why I bought this card and connected it to my Marantz PM6007 amplifier. Reconnected everything else and downloaded the software from Asus, installed the driver. Everything was up and running in seconds with no compatibility issues whatsoever! From there I went into Spotify and started playing some tracks. Sound quality...very acceptable indeed, nice and clean signal from the optical connection. Any comparison to the Topping E50 DAC is pointless as I would still have to run the optical through the E50 to get to the amp so any comparison would be between the amps built in dac which is a lower grade chip compared to the E50. That said, the sound direct from the sound card to the amp via the PM6007 built in dac is very good, good enough to set and forget and not even bother with the E50 except for maybe very special listening sessions. Personally speaking I would rather just skip the external dac and go down this route with the sound card with direct connectivity to the amp. I know this is a gaming card but I will be using this mostly for music which makes me think that there really is a bit of a space in the market here for dedicated music soundcards that with a few tweaks to the caps, resistors and chips and maybe a full digital interface option too would negate the need for further outlay for a external dac also more half height choices would be beneficial as at the moment there really are not many at all. While RealTek may have squashed the Soundcard for a time I think there is a market for more dedicated soundcards than ever before especially where music is concerned. In conclusion its a great soundcard from Asus and pairing this with a decent modern amp with digital connections will having you bopping quicker than might expect. Definitely keeping mine!

I have used this sound card for at least 15 years now, I have owned several in that time period through upgrading PC's etc. It outputs good quality sound. Easy to use, good value for money. Highly recommended.

The sound card works as described (eventually!). Unfortunately, instructions for how to set the card up is sadly lacking and it took a lot of trial and error to get it to work with my speaker system.

Great sound with optical output.

I recently bought a new soundbar as we use our PC's for internet radio, TV, movies and gaming. Silly me I didn't check if analogue connections for an input were provided. I tried it out on bluetooth but there was a slight lag on the sound, nothing much but still there. A soundcard with TV optical out was needed. This arrived a day after I ordered it. Plugged this into a Windows 11 PC, no drivers were needed. From settings/sound changed the output to SPDIF Interface and this instantly worked. Good sound quality coupled with a good sound bar and so easy to set up. Cheers.

I brought this to enable a SPDIF option on my PC/media server so I can run an optical out to a separate set-up that connects some wireless headphones. I haven't tested this soundcard other than the optical out. I have a lot of music sampled at 88.2kHz and176.4kHz and this isn't supported by this card. This music can resampled via software to 96kHz or 192kHz but I would have preferred to leave up-sampling to the DAC. Unfortunately, many companies don't provide SPDIF specs in their manuals or on their websites so I took a punt on this card and was a bit disappointed. NOTE: to achieve 192kHz via optical you will require a 192kHz capable cable. Not all cables are made to the higher 192kHz specifications which is close to the limit for optical and will only offer you stereo if they do. I do have a cable that transmit a 192kHz, for which the output appeared to be working on the computer but as no sound was coming out, I suspect there might be some dust or damage to the cable but I can't confirm that 192kHz was working via optical.

This is one of very few pci 5.1 surround cards that will work out of the box in Linux without playing around in settings. I used Linux Mint which is based on Ubuntu. I would expect this to work with any Ubuntu derived distro.

This will only do 2 channel encoding for the TOSLINK optical connection to an AMP. It will passthrough existing 5.1 content (eg bluray) but wont encode. This does not work with many games so if you want 5.1 via an amp then you'll need a different card. Seems pointless to have the optical out on it

This sound card delivers excellent audio quality for the price. The installation was quick and easy, and it works perfectly for both music and gaming. The sound is crisp, detailed, and much better than the built-in motherboard audio. Highly recommended if you want to upgrade your PC sound without spending too much.

Ich nutze diese Soundkarte bei meinem neuen PC. Der Grund dafür ist, dass ich in den letzten 10 Jahren Gaming sowie Musikkonsum und vielen Stunden auf TeamSpeak und Discord oftmals Probleme mit dem Sound hatte. Entweder wurden Buchsen kaputt und der Eingang hat nicht mehr funktioniert oder auf meinen Beyerdynamics DT 990 Pro (80 Ohm) kams nur sehr leise raus. Mit der Soundkarte geht einige mehr als davor. Sie ist stabil und auch wenn das Programm "Xonar Audio Center" jetzt nicht das neueste ist, macht es dennoch was es soll. Es beinhaltet einen Equalizer usw. Ich kann also zwischen dem optischen Kabel (5.1 Anlage) und dem Aux-Ausgang meiner genannten Beyerdynamic Kopfhörer wechseln. Aus denen kommt nun auch endlich mal richtiger Sound! Die Qualität ist echt enorm besser als aus jedem Mainboard oder Handy Output, was man sich irgendwie auch hätte denken können. Der Bass wird voller, auch wenn das Headset jetzt nicht für den starken Bass bekannt ist und weiterhin nicht übertreibt. Dennoch wird richtig laut wenn man will und trotzdem hört man jeden Ton raus. Ohne ginge es für mich nicht mehr, weil ich Musik zu sehr liebe. Daher war die Investition unglaublich wertvoll und wird leider aktuell ganz oft unterschätzt. Gibt bestimmt besser, dazu kann ich nichts sagen. Dennoch empfehle ich diese Karte definitiv weiter für alle die Musik, Games und allgemein guten Sound am PC genießen wollen. Zuletzt noch zum Gaming: Ich spiele sehr viel Apex Legends und auch vereinzelt andere Shooter in denen der Sound sehr entscheidend sein kann. Hier ist definitiv sehr guter Verlass und räumlicher Klang, damit man die Gegner auch "blind" finden würde anhand der Fußstapfen.

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ASUS XONAR SE 5.1 Channel

Bon rapport qualité prix et facile à installer