ASUS ROG Launches The Xonar Phoebus Solo
ROG has just launched its new Xonar Phoebus Solo sound card. It’s the same Phoebus tech underneath – 118dB SNR and 600 ohm headphone amp – but without the desktop controller, so if you were always after a gaming sound card only – the ‘Solo is the one to get.
Taipei, Taiwan (18 April, 2013) — 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 118dB signal-to-noise ratio, a powerful 600 ohm headphone amplifier, Dolby® Home Theater V4, and DTS™ UltraPC II surround sound.
Designed for superior 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.
AVAILABILITY & PRICING
ASUS ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo will be available in Europe from early May.
SPECIFICATIONS 1 |
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SNR |
Up to 118dB (A-weighted) |
Total harmonic distortion (output) |
0.00039% (-108dB) at 1kHz (A-weighted) |
Frequency response @ 96kHz, 24-bit |
10Hz to 48kHz |
Headphone amplifier impedance |
32 to 600 ohms, with 3 gain settings |
Channels |
7.1 |
Bus compatibility |
PCI-Express |
Maximum sample rate & resolution |
192kHz, 24-bit (all channels) |
Connectivity |
5x 3.5mm analog-out 2x 3.5mm analog-in 1x S/PDIF-out |
Operating system |
Microsoft® Windows® 8/7/XP (32/64-bit) |
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The drivers that you use are free to download somewhere ?
because you say they are not on asus site
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The drivers that you use are free to download somewhere ?
because you say they are not on asus site
Ya here you go. http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?15703-Xonar-Phoebus-Drivers-thread&p=189901&viewfull=1#post189901
it also updates the cards firmware.
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No problems with my xonar essence stx love this sound card!
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Where would I even purchase one? I only see the package for sale at a handful of places (outrageously priced of course).
Against my better judgement, I'm considering one since I just got DT 990 Pro headphones, which have 250 Ohms resistance and make my X-Fi + mini amp cry. Or so it seems.
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Hopefully this means new drivers come out. Im using the betas(not on asus website) that are much better than the release drivers, but cant hurt to have new ones. I myself havent had any issues other than the headphone amp setting not sticking upon reboot but that was fixed with the betas im using now