Complete Dolby Home Theater technologies

Inheriting from DX and D2X, Xonar D1 also provides complete valuable Dolby Home Theater technologies for games and all home entertainments:

Dolby Digital Live:
Real-time 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound encoders

Dolby Pro-Logic IIx:
Converts stereo or 5.1 sounds to seamless 7.1 surround soundfield

Dolby Headphone:
Delivers a realistic and spacious 2-to-5.1 surround or 3D positional soundfield over any set of stereo headphones

Dolby Virtual Speaker:
Simulates a highly realistic 5.1-speaker surround sound listening environment from as few as two speakers

Supports latest DS3D GX 2.0 for gaming on Vista & XP

DS3D GX 2.0 not only revives EAX and DirectSound effects in games on Windows Vista as GX 1.0, but also incorporates Dolby Home Theater Technologies (Dolby Virtual Speaker, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby PrologicIIX) to provide best gaming audio experience.

Innovative VocalFX makes gaming and online chat more lively and attractive

VocalFX is an innovative voice processing technology to let your voice get into the realistic game landscape (VoiceEX) or to emulate the background scenes in online chat (ChatEX). It also allows you to change your voice pitch to disguise who you are (Magic Voice). These features dramatically increase the fun for voice communication on PC.

Delivers about 35 times cleaner audio quality (116dB SNR) than most motherboard audio (85dB SNR)

The noise on Xonar D1 audio card is only 1/35 (2.8%) of the noise level from most motherboard onboard audio. In addition, Xonar D1 also produces as little as 1/32 (-105dB) of the total harmonics distortion from motherboard audio does (-75dB).

S/PDIF header for combining audio with video through a VGA card’s HDMI output

The new S/PDIF header allows connectivity with supporting VGA cards, facilitating merged output of audio and video through a VGA card’s HDMI port. This provides a clean, simple solution for Home Theater PC builders.

System Requirements:

– One PCI slot for the audio card
– Microsoft Windows Vista(32/64bit)/XP(32/64bit)/MCE2005
– Intel Pentium4 1.4GHz or AMD Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU
– >256 MB DRAM system memory
– >60 MB available HDD space for driver installation package
– CD-ROM drive (or DVD-ROM drive) for software installation
– High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or a Dolby Digital or DTS decoder, to enjoy the ultra-high fidelity sounds of the card

Specifications:

Audio Performance:

Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted): 116dB for front-out, 112dB for other channels dB
Input Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted): 112 dB
Output THD+N at 1kHz: 0.00056% (-105dB) for Front-out
Input THD+N at 1kHz: 0.0004% (-108dB) for Line-in
Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input): <10Hz to 48KHz
Output/Input Full-Scale Voltage: 2 Vrms (5.65 Vp-p)

Main Chipset:

Audio Processor: ASUS AV100 High-Definition Sound Processor (Max. 192KHz/24bit)
24-bit D-A Converter of Digital Sources: Cirrus-Logic CS4398 for Front-Out (120dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit), Cirrus-Logic CS4362A for other 6 channels (114dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit
24-bit A-D Converter for Analog Inputs: Cirrus-Logic CS5361 (114dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit)

Sample Rate and Resolution:

Analog Playback Sample Rate and Resolution: 4.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
Analog Recording Sample Rate and Resolution: 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
S/PDIF Digital Output: 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit, Dolby Digital, DTS
S/PDIF Digital Input: 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
ASIO 2.0 Driver Support: Supports 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @16/24bit with very low latency

I/O Ports:

Analog Output Jack: 3.50mm mini jack (Front/Side/Center-Subwoofer/Back)
Analog Input Jack: 3.50mm mini jack (Shared by Line-In/Mic-In)
Other line-level analog input (for CD-IN/TV Tuner): Aux-In (4-pin header on the card)
Digital S/PDIF Output: High-bandwidth TOS-Link optical transmitter (shared with Line-In/Mic-In jack) supports 192KHz/24bit
S/PDIF Header: Connecting to supported VGA cards with HDMI output

Driver Features:

Operation System: Windows Vista/XP(32/64bit)/MCE2005

Dolby Technologies: Dolby Digital Live - Dolby Digital Live encodes any audio signal on PC in real-time to Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.1 surround sounds to your home theater environment through one single S/PDIF connection

Dolby Headphone: Dolby Headphone technology allows users to listen to music, watch movies, or play games with the dramatic 5.1-channel surround or realistic 3D spacious effects through any set of stereo headphones.

Dolby Virtual Speaker: Dolby Virtual Speaker technology simulates a highly realistic 5.1-speaker surround sound listening environment from as few as two speakers.

Dolby Pro-Logic IIx: Dolby Pro-Logic II is the well-known technology to process any native stereo or 5.1-channel audio into a 6.1- or 7.1- channel output, creating a seamless, natural surround soundfield.

Smart Volume Normalizer: Normalizes the volume of all audio sources into a constant level and also enhances your 3D sound listening range and advantages in gaming

Xear 3D Virtual Speaker Shifter: Virtual 7.1 speaker positioning

Magic Voice: Xonar D1 provides VocalFX, the latest vocal effect technologies for gaming and VoIP, including: -VoiceEX: produces vivid environmental reverberation for your voice in EAX games -ChatEX: emulates different background environment effects when you chat online -Magic Voice: changes your voice pitch to different types (Monster/Cartoon…) for disguising your real voice or just for fun in online chatting

Karaoke Functions: Music Key-Shifting and Microphone Echo effects like professional Karaoke machine

FlexBass: Professional Bass Management/Enhancement system

3D Sound Engines/APIs: DirectSound3D GX 2.0 & 1.0, EAX2.0&1.0, DirectSound HW, DirectSound SW, A3D1.0, OpenAL generic modes, 128 3D sounds processing capability

DS3D GX2.0: -DS3D GX 2.0 supports EAX gaming sound effects and DirectSound 3D hardware enhanced functions on Windows Vista. (DirectX/DirectSound 3D compatible)

Bundled Software Utility: RightMark Audio Analyzer 6.0.6 - Easy but powerful software intended for testing the quality of audio equipments.