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ASUS ROG Launches The Xonar Phoebus Solo

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/22/2013 04:10 PM | source: | 16 comment(s)
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

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)



ASUS ROG Launches The Xonar Phoebus Solo




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Agent-A01
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#4582447 Posted on: 04/23/2013 03:34 PM
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

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#4582537 Posted on: 04/23/2013 05:13 PM
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


The drivers that you use are free to download somewhere ?
because you say they are not on asus site

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#4582785 Posted on: 04/23/2013 10:52 PM
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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#4582787 Posted on: 04/23/2013 10:57 PM
No problems with my xonar essence stx love this sound card!

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#4583883 Posted on: 04/25/2013 08:30 AM
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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