ASUS Unveils Three High-end STRIX Series 7.1-ch Sound Cards

[ZeDestructor]

The outer extension is connected via it?

You mean digital isn't immune to data loss? LoL wut?

The outer extension is carrying a very small amount of information (basically a few switches and signals for volume control). Stuff you can shove at incredibly low bit-rates, meaning much less bandwidth is needed, which makes it very resilient to interference.

A for the actual audio data, it is likely something similar to the old ROG Phoebus with the control pod running a simple extension of the analog cables - there just isn't any point in duplicating DACs for the tiny improvement it would make.

PS: I'm assuming what btarunr meant by controller was the actual audio controller IC, not the controller pod thing with the knob, which is the only thing that would make sense to have anything to do with PCIe.

 

[Ferrum Master]

PS: I'm assuming what btarunr meant by controller was the actual audio controller IC, not the controller pod thing with the knob, which is the only thing that would make sense to have anything to do with PCIe.

It thought from the descriptions that the the difference actually is the pod with wired front audio DAC... something as X-Fi Elite Pro and Audigy 4 Pro had... well my bad.

Okay, that leaves it more as a even more average POS, despite it uses a promising DAC...

 

[ZeDestructor]

It thought from the descriptions that the the difference actually is the pod with wired front audio DAC... something as X-Fi Elite Pro and Audigy 4 Pro had... well my bad.

Okay, that leaves it more as a even more average POS, despite it uses a promising DAC...

Nope, just average.

I really wish I could find an Auzentech X-Fi HTHD somewhere.. 7.1Ch LPCM to a decent receiver for lossless 7.1Ch sound would be fantastic...

 

[WaroDaBeast]

 

[Wshlist]

116dB? CS4398 crap...

It looks like crap, and reeks of 10 years old tech... and dafuq that RAID name? Are they seriously retarded messing up proper industry standard names... even with all capital letters...

I agree on the RAID nomenclature, and would like to add the misuse of RADAR to that, there is no need to throw in the word RADAR in 2015 to sell positional audio, and in fact it's silly, RADAR might have been an impressive word 40 years ago, but it's not going to wow people and will merely annoy us now.

I wonder if they will release a monitor with 'HiFi' pixels soon, and 'disco' HDMI connectors.