Gaming Sound Cards

Xonar AE + Windows 11

Hi all,I'm thinking on upgrade from W10 to W11. Someone can confirm if the XONAR AE is fully supported in WIN11? Sonic Studio and Headphones out jack included. Thanks.

Make Future Sound Card Feature Suggestions Here!

Hi all,ASUS ROG is requesting our best suggestions for ROG product improvements. As a moderator I won’t have the ability to implement your suggestions but I will be picking some of the best to highlight for the ROG team so they know what matters to u...

No bass?

So I just got my Razer Tiamat 7.1 and there appears to be absolutely no bass. I googled quite alot and according to Razer you have to "configure" the audio device to 7.1 in the sound device tab, but I cant configure the Xonar Phoebus. Dolby doesn't d...

Strix Sonic Studio Software Bug

Hello everyone!I'm having a bug with this software, at every start or restart it causes lag (about 3-5 seconds) in my system, which is more noticeable on my mouse cursor, moving in slow-mo. I know the software is the problem because if I prevent it f...

Asus STRIX SOAR - profile for music

Hello. After installation of the Sound studio I found that sound in youtube is not good even like on onboard soundcard. So I found that the profile is set for games. If you want listen music on better quality, here is mine profile for music. You can...

How to correctly connect PC, U7 and Denon receiver

Do you know what I'm doing wrong here?I'm trying to connect PC -> U7 <- Denon receiver (via optical to U7 and HDMI to PC).Unfortunately when changing the source via the button switch on the U7 to Speakers, I get no sound. Only when I switch the sourc...

Windows 11 has updated my SOAR drivers

Hi, suddenly by turning on the PC my soundcard settings were reset, and i have found out that windows did update the drivers on its own, but the drivers i had were already the latest!New version : 8.33.54.500, date : 24/11/2016Anyone else has this?So...

Surround question

I have a quick question for Soar owners here, when using the virtual surround what settings in games should i use ? Because some games will let you select 7.1 output or maybe a generic "surround" , should i use these ? Also, do i have to disable in-g...

Xonar Phoebus - Dialogs cut before end of speech

Hi all,Since many years I have a problem in a lot of games where NPC dialogs get cut before end of the speech. Basically I don't hear the last few words. It is like the time window for the dialog to be heared is too short, so the end is cut out. Unti...

Harsh Sibilants in playback

Hello! I have an Asus Xonar SE. When I watch some videos off of Youtube the Ss and other harsh sibilants tend to drill though my skull. Is there a way to tone them down to more acceptable levels? Example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9AeTsNzQcY ...

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