ASUS XONAR AE

Now Amazon Music have the option of playing HD up to 24/192 I decided an upgrade was needed. This card has headphone and SPDIF optical outputs, that later I connected to the DAC input of my Receiver. After Installing the Sonar AE drivers and app, the first thing was to set the profile to 'Flat' (it defaulted to music) to turn off all the effects. I found the card worked perfectly with the Amazon Music app on Windows 10, playing 24/192 tracks without any problems. Using the advanced Windows 10 sound settings, I associated the Sonar AE SPDIF output with Amazon Music app, leaving the default for system sounds an web browsing the HDMI output to the speakers in the monitor. I picked this up from Amazon Warehouse at a reasonable discount so overall very happy.

I used to use the onboard sound card which was great for my 5.1 surround sound but then it packed up. I had a creative Soundblaster Audigy fx laying around for a spare, so I threw this in my pc and the sound was not always coming out of the speakers on the right all the time and got lots of pop & hissing and in TeamSpeak, the audio from my mic was apparently hissing/humming. so I purchased this Asus soundcard as was rated high and I'm glad I bought it... sound is so much clearer and comes out of the speakers its suppose to, the surround sound works and its not virtual surround sound, in TeamSpeak my mic is nice and clear now. very pleased.

I'd tried one of ASUS top and newest card but it was utter rubbish, in some ways it just seems like an old card with flashing lights added. It had so many bugs too along with a faukty SPDIF socket - nightmare. I went back to the tried, tested and trusty era... Here I found (in the end) exceptional sound quality - smacked the behind of the onboard audio on my new £1600 rig... BUT the software is lacking as it's really awkward, you have to fiddle with things yourself - see if you can get things working and believe me a chunk of things just do not work. This could be down to compatibility issues? But surely a newer card would be ok yet it was 10 x worse! So... In the end, because it was much cheaper and 85% working I've stuck with the AE (for now). Word of warning though, if you do not know how to fiddle around with all the settings etc then just don't bother... You'll find no help with the "instructions".

I bought this soundcard because it came out well in reviews. I have no idea why. This card will not work for me as any normal soundcard would. The sound drops every 30 seconds (if you're lucky) for a short period. Driver uninstall en re-install did not help. Removing all traces from any other device that could also produce sound did not help. Only one conclusion possible: back to Amazon....

Excellent sound, and no software issues on W10. I don't plan on changing to W11 in the near future, so the W11 issues are not relevant to me now.

This replaces the onboard sound of my MSI X470 Gaming plus. The main reason I went this route is because the drivers for the onboard sound is hit and miss. Sometimes the drivers will install without a problem. Also I couldn't set the audio out to 5.1 through SPDIF / Optical out on the onboard sound on my motherboard. I received this soundcard a few hours ago. I spent over an hour trying everything possible to get 5.1 out through SPDIF / Optical but I just couldn't get it to go above 2.0. When setting it to 5.1 or 7.1 via Sonic Studio what it does is fill speakers and not give proper 5.1. If I try to set the sudio to 5.1 via Optical / SPDIF through windows audio settings the configure button is greyed out. So I had to settle with the analogue audio jacks instead. I can get proper 5.1 audio through analogue. But theres no Dolby surround or DTS 5.1 setting available. The sound from the soundcard is far better than what I have been putting up with on the motherboard sound with over a year but I am extremely dissapointed with the lack of 5.1 out through SPDIF / Optical out. I am alo very dissapointed with the lack of Dolby surround or DTS 5.1 with the sound card. But for now I will stick with it until I can get a better soundcard. For reference I am using windows 10 2204 summer update

Bought this as a warehouse bargain after my new build's X570 board/Win 10 had arguments over the Realtek onboard audio which meant I had no sound. Delivered with Amazons usual promptness and installed in seconds, instant, high quality sound that's so much better than my last Realtek onboard audio. Louder on the headphones too. I downloaded the latest drivers from Asus before install, stuck the card in, clicked setup and working in seconds on the 1909 build of Win10 Pro in May 2020.

BOUGHT BRAND NEW FROM AMAZON 30/11 2020 INSTALED IN MY MACHINE BUT WINDOWS DID NOT RECONISE ERROR CODE 0X80096010 DUE TO A WINDOWS UPDATE KB4579311 KB4577671 I AM WAITING FOR ASUS FIX DUE 14/12 2020 THE DRIVER FIX IS NOW ON ASUS SUPORT WOULD RECOMEND

Der Support der Soundchips von Mainboards (meins AsusPrime B350) ist erfahrungsgemäß mies. Nach dem letzten Windows Upgrade fehlte wieder mal die Equalizer Funktion und so habe ich mich mal umgeschaut. Die Asus-Karte erschien mir die beste für meine Zwecke. Musik hören und ein wenig Gaming - nach Möglichkeit Linux tauglich. Der Klang ist fantastisch Leute und auch unter Ubuntu 18.04 mit dem Kernel 5.6x und PulseEffects läßt sich die Karte prächtig betreiben. Kein Rauschen oder Mucken. Es funktioniert bestens - Danke Asus! Meine Boxen Bose ® Companion 2 Serie III Multimedia sind zwar keine Highend, aber mit dieser Karte hitverdächtig! Habe die Karte erst ein paar Stunden in Betrieb, daher steht noch die Hörprobe mit meinen Beyerdynamic DT 990 aus. Unter Windows 10 2004H1: Auch unter Windows ist die Karte über das SonicStudio prima regelbar und variabel. Musik, Gaming oder Video - es lassen sich diverse Profile vorkonfigurieren. Die Änderungen werden praktischerweise automatisch während des Regeln unter dem Profilnamen gespeichert. Die Software ist sicherlich nicht so flexibel wie die Software meiner Creative SoundBlasterX G5 Karte, aber dafür ist es übersichtlich und unkompliziert. Also klare Kaufempfehlung, weil die Einstellungen schnell von der Hand gehen, es sich prima anhört und der Preis ist ok!

Ho acquistato questa scheda audio in sostituzione di quella integrata che è davvero pessima, a poco meno di 38 euro su Amazon Warehouse, un vero affare! Scheda audio solida e ben fatta, appena arrivata lo immediatamente montata sullo slot PCI-E del PC, rilevata immediatamente e installati i driver, consiglio di andare sul sito Asus per i driver, aggiornati a dicembre 2020 e risolto il famoso problema che impediva il completamento dell'installazione su Windows 10. Una volta Installati i driver apparirà una nuova icona con il Software Xonar AE, davvero un programma ben fatto che vi permette di regolare molti settaggi, dal microfono all'audio. Provata sia con cuffie professionali con mini amplificatore integrato, tramite ingressi cuffia e uscita microfono, audio molto migliorato, non stridula più nemmeno a volumi massimi, al contrario della scheda audio integrato, la quale dovevo tenermi su un volume del 40% per non avere distorsioni. Microfono anch'esso migliorato, nelle videochiamate, live e discord mi sentono in modo molto più chiaro , definito e senza ronzii di sottofondo. Stessi miglioramenti riscontrati anche durante una registrazione con un microfono dinamico. Provata poi con il mio impianto 5.1, impianto che è di fascia media, volume massimo triplicato rispetto a prima, inoltre come le cuffie l'audio non stridula, non distorce più, nemmeno a volume massimo, scheda audio che riesce a pilotare benissimo queste casse. Sparito anche il ronzio di sottofondo e lo schiocco all'accensione e spegnimento dell'impianto. Finalmente una scheda audio che riesce a sfruttare a pieno le potenzialità di questi "apparecchi". Insomma al momento sono decisamente soddisfatto e ritengo, che questa scheda valga assolutamente i 65€ del prezzo pieno. Qualità davvero ottima, provata anche con programma di produzione musicale e anche con giochi , davvero ottima! Ottima per tutto! Consiglio vivamente questa scheda audio in sostituzione della vostra integrata, sopratutto per chi come me aveva una scheda audio integrata pessima! Aggiornerò poi la recensione nel tempo!

Karta bardzo dobrze wykonana, świetny dynamiczny dźwięk i dobre oprogramowanie. Na minus brak możliwości puszczenia dźwięku 5.1 przez SPDIF (tylko złącza analogowe) oraz brak złącza do podłączenia do karty panelu przedniego w obudowie.

Excellent son.comparer a celui de ma carte mère d origine.

The software that comes with the product is defective and will not run on Windows 10. One must go to the Asus website and download the 2020 version to correct this problem. The one that is supplied on disc is from 2017.