Great card. Could use a slightly better headphone amp but that's my only gripe. Spending another $50-$75 would net you that but spending more if your not editing or producing would be kind of silly.

I bought this for a build while I was in the process of setting my credit on fire, I still don't regret this purchase; The price tier that this sound card is on is perfect for people who want a nice step above motherboard audio and don't mind spending $50 > $100.

There aren't many cons with this audio card except for a few sort ofs: Keep in mind; this card does not have digital optical!!! Don't buy it without reading and trash/complain about this card here because you weren't paying attention!

Was upgrading my kids PC. They listen to a lot of music and play a lot of games on their machine, decided to put in a sound card for better quality and (in theory) a little less CPU utilization. This was the perfect choice in terms of price and performance.

Low profile; sound quality an improvement over motherboard option; affordable alternative to Creative cards

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This card is kick ass puts out a super sound every thing you read about it is true just an all around nice souding card

Well is is a ASUS product one of the best names in my opinion. Also these cards r way better then a Creative card any day of the week. Also great driver support from ASUS themselves. I have had it for lust a little over a month now and it it doing good.

None to talk about at this time

Not sure yet, as have not connected it up, however, awful packing, the item arrived in its own product box, no packing whatsoever, just a delivery address label stuck to it. Very shoddy regarding, WHATS INCLUDED IN THE BOX.

Amazing increase over on-board sound (and my old Audigy SE). My speakers (Z-5500) and headphones (Senn 595's) have far clearer sound and what seems to be more bass! Everything is just clear as day.

I've had many sound cards in the past as I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to sound, but I must say that this card is top notch. The Dolby headphones setting is an excellent enhancement to the listening experience and the 3D software works great in high demand games (tested on BFBC2-war...

At some point, the onboard sound just make music drag and not enjoyable. This card makes no drag, but produces silk smooth sound. However, the driver on disk crashed my computer at installation. The downloaded version from Asus website installed smoothly.

A significant step up from my PCI Soundblaster Augidy ZS. Like lifting a veil on music and games. I thought my Z5300 speakers were to blame for the flat sound from my PC but it turns out that the majority of the problem was with the card.

No, It's not a Xonar STX! but I really like this sound card! I listen to music, Play video games and watch ripped blue ray movies (legitimately of course) Improves the sound quality in general.