ASUS Xonar U1 USB Audio Station Review

[JohnnyWalker]

Introduction:​

Audio is often the forgotten child of PCs. With the glamour and glitz of multi-core CPUs and high-end video cards dominating the landscape, most users usually settle for the built-in audio offered by most motherboards. And, why not? Often, it's good enough for most purposes and sometimes the additional cost of an add-in soundcard isn't worth it. But what about for people who do want more from their audio solution?
In particular, laptop/notebook users have often been out of luck in this respect. Most laptops do not come with 5.1 outputs (much less 5.1 digital output) and the internal sound options usually aren't upgradeable. Thus, those who have wanted a professional sound option for their laptops have usually be left less-than-satisfied. ASUS wants to change all of that with their new XONAR U1 Audio Station. This USB soundcard aims to provide high quality Dolby Digital audio as well as EAX and DirectSound 3D support for systems where other sound upgrades aren't an option. A slew of other features is also provided - let's see if the Xonar can deliver on all of this. ​

Specifications:

The Asus Xonar U1 offers a wide range of Dolby technologies, many of which you even find on other add-in soundcards. Besides offering Dolby Digital 5.1 output (through an optical S/PDIF output), the Xonar also offers a wide array of Dolby encoding/transcoding features allowing for the up-conversion of sources to 5.1 or even 7.1 output. ​

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