ASUS Strix Soar 7.1 PCIe Sound Card

Description

The Strix Soar 7.1 PCIe Sound Card from Asus features rich, immersive, and clear sound with a 116 dB signal-to-noise ratio and a 600 ohm headphone amplifier for deep, tight bass. It supports 7.1 surround sound and comes with Sonic Studio, a software suite that gives you full control over every sound option. With Sonic Studio you'll also have access to Sonic Radar Pro, an audio positioning programme that enhances in-game sounds and locates footsteps, gunshots, and more, giving you an edge in first-person shooters. This card has a PCIe interface for easy installation and has rear ports consisting of five 3.5mm jacks for headphone-out, front-out, side-out, centre-subwoofer out, and rear-out, one 3.5mm line-in and mic combo jack, and one S/PDIF jack via the side-out port.

Features

116 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) clarity
High-fidelity grade ESS SABRE9006A DAC delivers jitter-free sound and a 116dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for better clarity than average onboard audio.

600 ohm Integrated Headphone Amplifier
The powerful TI-TPA6120 headphone amp lets you experience the full potential of your gaming headset. A 600 ohm headphone amplifier provides enhanced bass and clear, detailed sound.

Hyper Grounding Technology
Noise-blocking multi-layer PCB

Lighting Effects
Light up owl-eye design

Sonic Studio
Strix Soar features the latest Sonic Studio software suite for full control over every sound technology, from equalisation (AEQ) to 7.1-speaker level-balancing. Sonic Studio has a single navigation page that puts everything in front of you, with an intuitive point-and-click interface that allows you to pre-set audio profiles to suit different audio requirements.

• Instant sound status check
• Main settings - Key audio settings (input/output I/O setting, volume and channel selection)
• Audio Profiles - Instantly enable pre-set profiles such as gaming, movie, music, etc with one click
• Equaliser - Adjust gain levels at different frequencies
• Virtual Surround - Realistic virtual surround brings audio to life
• Reverb - Play sound with a selection of environmental effects
• Bass Boost - Adjust low-frequency harmonics for immersive game sounds
• Voice Clarity - Increase speech recognition in movies and music playback
• Compressor - Adjust tightening level based on a given threshold
• Perfect Voice Technology - Eliminates noises for clear in-game communication
• Raid Mode - Allows customisable audio set-up

Sonic Radar Pro
Modern games are more than graphics – precise audio positioning gives gamers a distinct edge over enemies. That's why Strix Soar includes Sonic Radar Pro, an ASUS exclusive technology that visualises and enhances in-game sounds, giving you a vital edge in first-person shooters.

Fire up your favourite game and Sonic Radar Pro displays a ‘radar' HUD (heads-up display) that pinpoints in-game actions relative to your position, so you'll know exactly where you are on the battlefield and what's happening around you.

Multiple radar-enhancers can be enabled in order to visualise and boost specific sounds such as footsteps, gunshots, and call-outs. Sounds are plotted on the 360-degree HUD, even when there's no clear line of sight, so invisibility is no barrier to pinpointing opponents, giving you a distinct advantage over other players. Additionally, Sonic Radar's on-screen appearance and position is completely customisable, so you can arrange it just the way you want, with whatever game you want.