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Your cart is empty.The ASUS Xonar SE delivers 5.1-channel, 192kHz/24-bit Hi-Res audio with a 116dB signal-to-noise ratio and built-in 300ohm headphone amplifier providing rich, immersive sound with punchy, defined bass. Connect front panel audio to the onboard header for easy access. Exclusive Hyper Grounding technology ensures signal insulation to reduce distortion and interference.
Justin Frattallone
2025-08-21 17:40:50
I was a bit skeptical about modern sound cards, but I got this for an HTPC to check it out (it comes with a small form factor bracket that's easy enough to install). At first, I only tried the digital optical TOSLINK port, which did sound better, but only marginally. My advice is to stick to analog if possible, the effect is much more apparent, even to my relatively insensitive ears. Audio is much richer sounding than without it and will definitely improve a home audio system!Linux support is acceptable, I couldn't get the front panel header to work, but that might just be my HTPC distro or a configuration error on my end.
Nanook
2025-06-12 11:25:27
The internal sound on my Asus motherboard died and rather than replace the entire board I just bought this card and the sound quality is excellent. Even when working the Asus had some hum and noise, this has no audible hum or noise even with the external amplifier at maximum gain.
Anna
2025-06-08 12:03:19
The DAC on this card seems to be high quality and is indistinguishable from my high end $100 card when I use studio headphones to compare.This card is great for gaming and listening to flac files using my THX speaker setup or studio headphones.My favorite part about this card would be the price, it rivals my expensive DAC with two major gripes:1. The volume output is extremely low on this card even when set to 100% when compared to onboard sound and other sound cards. When the Xonar SE is set to 100% it equates to 45% on other cards. I am not sure if they can update this in the future or not. My guess is it is the hardware and not something they can update but we'll see.2. The sound card kept defaulting to headphones as the primary output in WIndows 10 even when all I have is speakers plugged in. Setting the default output to speakers has no affect once you restart. My work around for this was to disable all other output devices to force Windows 10 to use the speakers on this card.Overall I am happy with the sound quality, just not worth a 5 star until they fix these issues.I am the first review on Amazon for this 116snr card so hopefully they can issue an update to fix my 2 issues then I'll update my review to a solid 5 star.
Plasmajam
2025-05-26 18:20:25
Man, I am amazed at the crisp, clean and rich sound that is produced by this card. Unbelievable! It's like I am listening to music and playing games for the first time! I'm hearing things that I never knew existed in games that I play daily. The Xonar headphone driver is adjustable up to 300 Ohm and, believe me, it is loud. I have used FxSound to boost my audio for a few years but, frankly, with the sound pushed through the Xonar's headphone jack, it is just too loud. I don't need it, anymore. I NEVER thought I'd say that! The ASUS Xonar is THAT good! 9.5/10 with only con being there are TOO MANY choices to customize your listening experience in the Xonar's software bundle...it's not really a con, though. The card installed the first attempt...I followed a previous user's advice to uninstall ALL sound drivers that appeared in Windows 10 x64* before I installed the Xonar drivers. No problems.*That included Microsoft and Nvidia drivers...they all re-installed automatically after I restarted my PC.
Kyle
2025-04-10 11:22:28
Effective and small, used to add Optical / SPDIF output to my Asus Z790-A Wifi based build. Asus removed/neglected to add the Optical / SPDIF output to that motherboard. Easy addition. Added drivers from Asus Support even thought the Sound Cards was recognized right away.
Bob
2025-04-02 18:49:31
A huge disappointment considering a noticeable improvement in audio quality over an ALC1150 chipset. While the card works fine the vast majority of the time I cannot in good faith recommend this device due to its occasional propensity to cause audio glitches and hang applications that are trying to output sound.There are no warnings or errors in the system event log, it just stops working until you reboot the system. I am running Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit with the latest 10.0.01.10 driver (also 64-bit). Sometimes the Xonar Audio Center disappears, other times it seems to think the device is working fine albeit it cannot switch outputs (at which point the software hangs).I expect nothing less than absolute rock solid performance out of such a fundamental device, thus this gets 1 star. I am also disappointed with the way Windows handles malfunctioning audio hardware (as in, it doesn't), but that is not the reason behind my low review score.I have been using this card for 21 days, every day, and have experienced this issue 6 times which necessitated an immediate reboot of the computer to resolve the issue. Disabling, deactivating, reinstalling driver did nothing. If I had to guess I'd say the card is getting caught in a bad hardware state from which it cannot recover until power cycled.
Bob
2025-03-13 13:25:23
This card works exceptionally well, especially compared to all the other sound cards reviewed by people. In my case specifically, the card itself installed without any issues upon boot AND the drivers that I downloaded didn't even require that the sound cards 'control panel' be installed to use it correctly, it is optional. Of course you can always let windows handle the necessary driver installation straight from the internet or from the system's library itself. Though you should always check to see if the one you downloaded is more up to date than windows. Fortunately mine were already up to date with just windows alone.Performance? Probably some of the best from any sound cards I have used, including the ones integrated into the motherboard. The sound comes off SUPER clear and with the right amount of amplification needed for my headphones. So there was no issues with either having a flat audio/sound or noise encumbering my experience. The microphone port is also super clear in audio feedback with very little noise in the background. So I can definitely say i've gotten my money's 'worth'.
Gilberto Venancio
2025-02-28 14:05:13
O som de certa forma é bom. Porém por algum motivo que ainda não consegui resolver, quando estou jogando, ou escutando música e tentando desenhar ao mesmo tempo, o som começa a cortar. Se algum dia eu conseguir resolver o problema, posso rever minha avaliação. Eu estava entre essa e uma Audigy Sound Blaster. Optei por essa, por conta da minha placa mãe também ser ASUS. Supostamente não era para dar problemas. Mas enfim né?
Lenin Pozo
2025-02-20 14:21:13
Muy buen volumen, calidad y me encanta la aplicacion de xonar para controlar todo
Jens L.
2025-02-15 14:56:23
Wie beschrieben. Ware Erwartungsgemäß.
Solenoïde
2025-02-10 21:24:47
Sous Windows, installation logiciel Asus non indispensable voire peu indiquée
Nitin Pant
2024-12-19 12:42:52
I also have a creative soundblaster vx 5.1 but this one sounds naturally better (also because of the 24bit/192Khz option). Also it is louder in headphone setting than speakers setting because of the amp. There are three settings (low/mid/high) for the headphone amplifier output. My 50watt speakers are loudest so far due to the amp output. You can go for it, its the best sound card in budget.
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