192k/24bit True PC Hi-Fi Enjoyment. Xonar DSX's 192kHz/24bit playback support let you enjoy all music files converted at highest quality without any sample rate downgrade. Bring the Hi-Fi Theater to your desktop. Consisting of DTS Neo: PC and DTS Interactive technologies, DTS Connect brings the world's most welcomed Hi-Fi surround sound to your PC and turns it into a powerful multi-media center and game console. Immersive Gaming Audio. Feel enemies crawling behind you and hear voices echo in dungeons with Xonar's immersive GX2.5 audio engine. Enable latest EAX gaming audio, and restores surround gaming in Windows Vista without additional software. Auto-detect front-panel, Intel HDA compatible front-panel header automatically switches output from back-panel to front once plugged in. ASUS Xonar team launched Xonar DSX, the highly-anticipated PCI-E version of the award-winning Xonar DS 7.1 sound card, featuring GX2.5 for immersive 3D audio effects, DTS: Connect that brings theatre to your desktop and swappable op-amp sockets for greater audio personalization . The PCI-E edition supports easier system upgrades and allows audio lovers to enjoy the Xonar experience with great ease.
I purchased this sound card because the motherboard in my HTPC doesn't have HDMI or optical out, but my sound system only accepts those two methods for inputting audio. I needed a low profile soundcard, due to the size of my HTPC case, but I didn't want to spend too much. The ASUS Xonar line of cards fit my needs, so that is how I ended up with this card. I opted for the DSX rather than the DGX because it can encode audio into DTS when outputting via op..
