In some regards the D2X represents the rather pathetic state of the soundcard industry as a whole – we've had PCI-Express for nearly four years now and the only performance card worth buying on the interface has to use a bridge chip.

The nicest thing for me is how I can connect external A/D and D/A converters to this card, either optically or coaxial, on the same connector. Masterful! I love not having to try to read the fine print on the card to figure out what goes where, just follow the color LEDs. Awesome.

71 surround system; Digital Ins and Outs; LED backlit connectors; Sound Panel in Win XP; Sound quality; Works in Windows 7 Beta

Wish for updated drivers

[...] Everything was quick and easy to install, i found that this is also a great introduction to recording digital audio with cakewalk software included. Very easy to make the decision to buy this again with outstanding value.

Easy To Install; Easy To Use; Quality Output; Reliable Performance

Disclaimer: I am not an expert, but simply want to convey my overall impression of this card. There are plenty of expert reviews on the web, which are worth reading before a potential purchase. The sound that this card produces blew me away the first time I used it and still does.

After one month of testing of the Padfone 2 its time to give my view of the product. So let us first of all lets look at the specifications of the smartphone. It has a 4.7-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Gorilla glass also protects the display from scratches.

Padstation; quality; performance; innovative

Short recharge cabble

Excellent looking piece of kit - very high quality. But VERY large for a soundcard! Had to fit mine in the second PCIx16 slot as it hit the memory clips on my 680i LT mobo. Needs floppy power connector aswell. Had the same 'not enough resources to run this hardware' error.

Amazing sound card. Has all the connections I need as well. I never believed that it would make such..

Perfect Sound card for 5.1 im using that with my logitech z906

Sound quality is perfect i did not expect that will be so big different between Sound card from motherboard and that xonar d2x

Require extra power from motherboard

Absolutely fantastic sound, and of the five PC's I have used these cards in, not one problem yet. One word of advice is that if you intend to use headphones, I would get the ST or STX because of the greater number of headphone impedance matchings.

This sound card is fantastic. It really transforms the sound from any speakers. When coupled with an expensive set of speakers it sounds even better! I have mine hooked up to a set of Bose Companion 5's and couldn't be happier.