Monday, April 22nd 2013
ASUS Announces ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo Sound Card
ASUS today announced the ROG (Republic of Gamers) Xonar Phoebus Solo 7.1 PCI Express gaming sound card with precise positional audio and lifelike immersion for gamers. Xonar Phoebus Solo continues to exhibit the previous Xonar Phoebus hardware excellence, including clear 118 dB signal-to-noise ratio, a powerful 600 ohm headphones amplifier, Dolby Home Theater V4, and DTS UltraPC II surround sound.
The ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo sound card features an EMI shield and exclusive ASUS Hyper Grounding technology that significantly reduce the detrimental effects of the electromagnetic interference present inside all desktop PCs. Hyper Grounding technology brings the considerable motherboard expertise of ASUS to audio products, with a multi-layer PCB and high-quality power supply that help eliminate electrical noise from nearby components, resulting in cleaner, less distorted audio. Together with the high-fidelity PCM1796 digital-to-analog converter, the ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo delivers clear and crisp sound with a 118dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), which means gamers will hear and experience every audio detail.
Power for headphone users
Many gamers play wearing headphones to avoid disturbing others and ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo is one of the few soundcards to use the top-flight TPA6120A2 with 600ohm impedance for superior sound clarity. Xonar Phoebus Solo also features Dolby Home Theater V4 audio enhancement for cinematic surround sound both with external speakers and headphones. Support for the new DTS UltraPC II audio technology also ensures superior audio quality for every PC application, including gaming, movie-watching and even internet telephone calls.
Dedicated game profiles and Xonar Phoebus driver update
Genre-optimized game audio profiles allow gamers to choose from four different audio presets with ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo. Profiles for first person shooters, real time strategy, role playing and racing stimulation games mean gamers can enjoy audio tuned specifically for the game their playing.
Existing ROG Xonar Phoebus users can also enjoy upgraded audio gaming with the new genre-optimized gaming audio profiles and DTS UltraPC II suite via the Phoebus driver update.
The ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo sound card features an EMI shield and exclusive ASUS Hyper Grounding technology that significantly reduce the detrimental effects of the electromagnetic interference present inside all desktop PCs. Hyper Grounding technology brings the considerable motherboard expertise of ASUS to audio products, with a multi-layer PCB and high-quality power supply that help eliminate electrical noise from nearby components, resulting in cleaner, less distorted audio. Together with the high-fidelity PCM1796 digital-to-analog converter, the ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo delivers clear and crisp sound with a 118dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), which means gamers will hear and experience every audio detail.
Many gamers play wearing headphones to avoid disturbing others and ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo is one of the few soundcards to use the top-flight TPA6120A2 with 600ohm impedance for superior sound clarity. Xonar Phoebus Solo also features Dolby Home Theater V4 audio enhancement for cinematic surround sound both with external speakers and headphones. Support for the new DTS UltraPC II audio technology also ensures superior audio quality for every PC application, including gaming, movie-watching and even internet telephone calls.
Dedicated game profiles and Xonar Phoebus driver update
Genre-optimized game audio profiles allow gamers to choose from four different audio presets with ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo. Profiles for first person shooters, real time strategy, role playing and racing stimulation games mean gamers can enjoy audio tuned specifically for the game their playing.
Existing ROG Xonar Phoebus users can also enjoy upgraded audio gaming with the new genre-optimized gaming audio profiles and DTS UltraPC II suite via the Phoebus driver update.
18 Comments on ASUS Announces ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo Sound Card
How could you not want this glorified sound card!
Or the creative titianium HD gets its power from the slot.
Seeing as I haven't had any of those updates for almost two years, I laughed when I read that part about "updated" drivers. Unless Asus radically change their stance on software support, I don't think I'll buy another sound card from them.
Best option would be - Titanium HD top shit? :D
I have been using these drivers for bloody ages now, they are godlike!!!
maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/
I use these drivers on both my Xonar's, D2PM & D2X. The D2PM is in my music pc, wich is hooked up to my Pioneer DJM 850 mixer.
The D2X is in my gaming rig & i love it sound is just amazing after owning the card for 5 years now.
So saying there are no drivers is a load of BS. Seek & you shall find. :rockout:
Go over it with a hammer..
Then repeatedly drive over it..
Then burn it..
Then throw away what remained in the non-recyclable bin..
Then buy this ROG Xonar Phoebus..
Then Be Happy.
maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/
Besides, i've had many Creative cards and they were great. SB 128, SB Live!, SB Audigy 4 Value, SB X-Fi XM, X-Fi Forte (Auzentech) and now i've ordered SB Z. Never had any problems and the sound was superb, especially in games. So Creative is what i'll stick with.
No thanks bro, i think ill have. and i cant belive i ever had to say this... ill have to say im gonna go for the company with .. decent driver support, actually outright GOOD drivers on the SB Z series right now.
Oh and for anyone wondering about the upgrade from DX to just the Z, its pretty big, specially in games.
Creative ditched their decade old driver framework and replaced it with completely new framewor starting with Recon3D soundcards. SB Z are second generation and they use the same Recon3D framework which is much better. And the interface design is very good imo. The one on X-Fi wasn't bad but mode switching was kinda annoying even though i mostly just ued Gaming Mode for everything.
I moved to an SB-Z about 2 months ago. couldnt be happier with it, though I do admit the drivers need a little tweaking. there are some issues when switching from analogue to DDL. The creative SB interface has a lot more options and settings then any Xonar driver package though 'SBX Pro Studio' (formerly known as CMSS-3D and XFi-Crystalizer) was implemented and sounded a lot better on the older XFi range of cards.
Creative's driver issues died many years back