Asus Xonar D2 Reviews

Who'd have thunk it? Long considered a dead zone, soundcards are making a resurgence. Driven by an outcry for audio that doesn't sound like a box of snap, crackle, pop every time you access your USB ports, manufacturers are releasing new soundcards ...

Cool LED color-coded ports

Only EAX 2.0 support

We love the card's color-coded LEDs, which let you easily identify the green or red plug. It's definitely easier than squinting to find tiny colored stickers. We were also impressed by the Xonar's high frame rates in our gaming tests, despite its lack ...

It seems like only yesterday when the discrete sound card market appeared to be more or less dead, strangled by a combination of Creative Labs' dominance of the market coupled with ever-improving on-board audio solutions.

With competition in the discrete audio market hotting up considerably in recent times, ASUS have certain picked a challenging period to embark upon a sound card project of their own.  Thankfully, the Xonar D2 has turned out to be a pretty solid ...

We look at what could finally be the sound card to knock Creative off their high horse - ASUS' Xonar D2 fully tested!

To summarise, ASUS has entered the arena of PC audio with an impressive feature laden product that tries to cover a very wide spectrum of audio from recording/mastering, to surround media, to games; which is no mean feat considering the prices of even ...