XONAR D2 Board with a LED emitted core!

Specifications

Under the hard EMI shield which covers the main board, the XONAR D2 is packing the Asus 'AV200 High Definition Sound Processor' which runs at a maximum of 192kHz / 24bit.  It’s powerful and it delivers all of the goods, but unfortunately they missed out one important thing which most gamers seek.  EAX advanced HD support!  OpenAL supports EAX 1.0 and 2.0 and it does so surprisingly well but I’m guessing some gamers will be disappointed with this one!

Also given as a bonus the card is given a LED core which lights the entire card up!  Not only does it look fantastic for any case modder it will light up the case and other synchronised cards!  On top of this all of the audio connections light up as their specified colour!  It looks gorgeous and does help when trying to input the audio jacks while in dark lighting conditions!

Here is a full list of the specifications which come with the XONAR D2! :         

Audio Performance
 
- Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted): 118 dB
- Input Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted): 118 dB
- Output THD+N at 1kHz: 0.0004% (-108dB)
- Input THD+N at 1kHz: 0.0004% (-108dB)
- Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input): <10Hz to 46kHz (for all channels)
- Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/192kHz input): <10Hz to 90kHz (for all channels)
- Output/Input Full-Scale Voltage: 2 Vrms (5.65 Vp-p)
- Sample Rate Conversion Quality: Almost lossless, high-fidelity floating-point filters, which has:
-140dB THD+N (typical value for 44.1K->48KHz, 24bit)
-145dB Dynamic Range (typical value for 44.1K->48KHz, 24bit)

 Main Chipset
 
- 4-bit D-A Converter of Digital Sources: Burr-Brown PCM1796 *4 (123dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit)
- 24-bit A-D Converter for Analog Inputs: Cirrus-Logic CS5381* 1 (120dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit)

Sample Rate and Resolution
 
- Analog Playback Sample Rate and Resolution: 44.1K/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, WMA-Pro
- S/PDIF Digital Input: 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit
- ASIO 2.0 Driver Support: 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit

I/O Ports
 
- Analog Output Jack: 3.50mm mini jack *4 (Front/Side/Center-Subwoofer/Back)
- Analog Input Jack: 3.50mm mini jack *2 (Line-In/Mic-In)
- Other line-level analog input (for CD-IN/TV Tuner): CD-In, Aux-In (4-pin header on the card)
- Digital S/PDIF Output: Coaxial and High-bandwidth Optical Combo Connector
Supports 192KHz/24bit
- Digital S/PDIF Input: Coaxial and High-bandwidth Optical Combo Connector
Supports 192KHz/24bit
- MIDI Ports: Additional MPU-401 MIDI I/O bracket and converter cable

Driver Features
 
Operation System: Windows Vista/XP(32/64bit)/MCE2005
Dolby® Technologies: Dolby® Headphone, Dolby® Virtual Speaker, Dolby® Pro-Logic IIx, Dolby® Digital Live
DTS® Technologies: DTS® Connect (DTS Interactive Encoder and DTS Neo:PC)
Smart Volume Normalizer™: Normalizes the volume of all audio sources into a constant level
Xear 3D™ Virtual Speaker Shifter: Virtual 7.1 speaker positioning
Magic Voice™: Modifies the sound of your voice, for VOIP and online chat applications (Windows XP)
Karaoke Functions: Music Key-Shifting and Microphone Echo effects (Windows XP)
FlexBass™: Professional Bass Management/Enhancement system
Other Effects: 10-band Equalier/27 Environment Effects
3D Sound Engines/APIs: EAX®2.0&1.0, A3D® 1.0, DirectSound® HW & SW
DirectX: DirectX 9.0 or above required for 7.1ch output

Bundled Software Utility
 
Portable Music Processor utility: Backup digital music content or CD audio into regular MP3/WMA files with Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker (w/ Pro-Logic II), and Smart Volume Normalization processing (Windows Media Player 10 or above is required)
Professional Audio Editing Utility:
1. Ableton Live Lite
2. Cakewalk Production Plus Pack (SONAR LE, Dimension LE, and Project5 LE)
Power DVD 7.0: Software DVD player with Dolby Digital 5.1 decoder 

Accessories
 
-3.5mm-to-RCA adaptor cable *4 (8ch)
-S/PDIF optical adaptors *2
-S/PDIF optical cable *1
-Additional MIDI card, cable, and external standard MIDI adaptor Y cable *1
-Dolby Demo CD