I originally moved from a Sound Blaster card because it had terrible Windows 7 support. The DX2 worked great for a time, but then it started having driver problems out of no where.

Good quality sound the first year or so; Lighted connections are a nice touch

EMI; LOOOOOOOTS of it after two years' use; Included software apparently does nothing; Connections labeled wrong

Asus' Xonar D2X is an excellent sound card with a strong software bundle that will appeal to gamers and audiophiles alike, but we hope to see improvements in its software.

Superb audio quality; Supports all major audio standards; PCI Express interface; Includes numerous audio cables

Cumbersome control panel software; PMP music converter is extremely limited; Converter required if you have no available floppy power connector

Much hay has been made of the incredible speed advantages PCI Express offers over PCI. Beyond GPUs, however, we haven't found much worthy of occupying those slots. Asus hopes to change that with its Xonar D2X card-the first soundcard we've reviewed that makes use of the PCI Express interface.

The EAX 5 hack is commendable and the card's LED lights add flash

Initially spotty PCI-E support that must be fixed with a BIOS update

The quality of sound that can be produced by this card is amazing and I personally think it cannot be beaten. The card is really easy to install (Even for beginners). The only two negatives i can think of is that it produces a lot of heat and the lights on the inside are very unnecessary.

A1 PLUS for all PC sound. Pair up with a nice set of speakers and you will be ballin'. To Lil G AKA WHINER: B.S. Is all the needs to be said. What is a Windows 98 card doing in an Alien ware case?

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

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