Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus

Details: Category: Audio; Published: Thursday, 20 September 2012 09:24

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title In the PC audio world, there is a major divide as far as people who find onboard audio more than enough and users who absolutely must run a sound card. In recent years, onboard sound has improved considerably. But no matter how much they improve it, it main flaw is being on the motherboard itself and not a separate circuit. When it comes to sound cards, there are just a few top manufactures with Asus being one. Asus recently introduced a new sound card focused on the gaming market under their ROG (Republic of Gaming) line called the ROG Xonar Phoebus. I’ve had it running in my gaming system, today we will talk about my experience thus far.

Product Name: Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus

Review Sample Provided by: Asus

Written by: Wes

Pictures by: Wes

Specifications

Audio Performance	Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted) (Front-out) : 118 dB Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted) (Headphone-out) : 110 dB Input Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted) : 118 dB Output THD+N at 1kHz (Front-out) : 0.00039 %(-108 dB) Output THD+N at 1kHz (Headphone-out) : 0.001 %(300 dB) Input THD+N at 1kHz : 0.0003 %(-110 dB) Frequency Response (-3dB, 24bit/96KHz input) : 10 Hz to 48 KHz Output/Input Full-Scale Voltage : Unbalanced Output : 2.2 Vrms (3 Vp-p) Headphone : 7 Vrms (9.9 Vp-p)
Bus Compatibility	PCI Express
Chipset	Audio Processor :C-Media CMI8888DHT High-Definition Sound Processor (Max. 192kHz/24bit)
Sample Rate and Resolution	Analog Playback Sample Rate and Resolution : 44.1K/48K/88.2K/96K/176.4K/192KHz @ 16bit/24bit Analog Recording Sample Rate and Resolution : 44.1K/48K/88.2K/96K/176.4K/192KHz @ 16bit/24bit S/PDIF Digital Output : 44.1K/48K/88.2K/96K/176.4K/192KHz @ 16bit/24bit S/PDIF Digital Input : 44.1K/48K/88.2K/96K/176.4K/192KHz @ 16bit/24bit ASIO 2.2 Driver Support : 44.1K/48K/88.2K/96K/176.4K/192KHz @ 16bit/24bit with very low latency
I/O Ports	Analog Output Jack : 5 x 3.5mm RCA jack Analog Input Jack : 2 x 3.5mm RCA jack 1 x Digital S/PDIF Output : 1 x Toslink 1 x Box link Other line-level analog input (for CD-IN/TV Tuner) : 4-pin header on the card
Special Features	Dolby® Technologies : Dolby® Home Theater v4 Smart Volume Normalizer™ Xear Surround™ Magic Voice™ FlexBass™ GX 3.0 Game Audio Engine
Accessories	Control box x 1 Driver CD x 1 Quick Start Guide x 1 S/PDIF adaptor x 1 ATX 4P-to-6P power cable x 1
Note	*Dolby Home Theater v4 supports Windows® 7 only.

Posts in discussion: Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus

garfi3ld replied the topic: #28047 20 Sep 2012 13:33

The Asus Xonar Phoebus gaming sound card

Wooderson replied the topic: #28058 20 Sep 2012 17:29

The difference between most on board sound and a dedicated sound card is night and day difference, at least for me. I have owned an older Creative Sound Blaster Fatal1ty Professional, and a HT Omega Striker 7.1 sound card. I'm sure the Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus is a step up higher in quality than both of these, its pretty pricey though.