Asus Xonar Xense review

A high-end sound card and headphones package that's worth an invest

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By Dan Grabham
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Asus Xonar Xense
This is about as close to audiophile grade audio you can get for your PC - and you get a sweet pair of cans in the deal too!

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asus xonar zense

The most important benchmarks are those that we can't print – playing games, listening to music and watching movies in a room set up to be as acoustically neutral as possible.

Here, though, we can show that there's no benefit to offloading sound processing in terms of frame rates any more, and using Rightmark's excellent Audio Analyzer tool shows us how close to the claimed specs the electronics are.

Far Cry 2 - Frames per second (higher is better)

Offload improvement

RMAA total harmonic distortion (lower is better)

THD

RMAA Dynamic range (Higher is better)

Dynamic range

Dan Grabham
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Dan (Twitter, Google+) is TechRadar's Former Deputy Editor and is now in charge at our sister site T3.com. Covering all things computing, internet and mobile he's a seasoned regular at major tech shows such as CES, IFA and Mobile World Congress. Dan has also been a tech expert for many outlets including BBC Radio 4, 5Live and the World Service, The Sun and ITV News.