ASUS Announces The Xonar DX Soundcard
ASUS just announced that the Xonar DX soundcard is going to available soon on the retail market. Engineered for pristine, clean audio quality with a 116 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), the Xonar DX is equipped with innovative technologies such as Dolby Home Theater and DirectSound3D Game Extensions 2.0 (DS3D GX2.0) offering immersive home theater audio and rich gaming sound features, which makes it ideal got that HTPC you are planning on building. The Xonar DX will be available via ASUS North American resellers starting March 24, 2008. The introductory MSRP is $89 USD. This is far lower priced than the Asus Xonar D2/PM Ultra Fidelity 7.1 PCI Sound Card, which has a street price of $174 plus shipping.
Todays motherboards feature onboard audio solutions rated between 80-86 dB SNR. Low quality components and electrical interference introduce unintentional noise and distortion to the overall audio experience. Adopting CirrusLogics CS4398 Digital Analog Convertors (120 dB SNR & 117 dB THD+N), the Xonar DX achieves 30% cleaner sound. The Xonar DX dramatically minimizes the output of background noise, as little as 1/32 (-105dB) of the total harmonics distortion versus traditional motherboard audio (-75dB). Listeners can now enjoy clean audio as it was meant to be heard.
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