ASUS D2 User's Manual
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1. XONAR Xonar D2 7 1 Channel Audio Card 192KHz 24Bit DuplexHD Featuring Dolby and DTS Technologies for Home Entertainment RMAA 6 0 5 Test Guide and Results Revision 1 1 Date Aug 10 2007 ec ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card The Xonar D2 driver CD includes RightMark Audio Analyzer RMAA v 5 6 popular software intended for testing the quality of audio equipment be it a sound card portable MP3 player consumer CD DVD player or a speaker system However the latest RightMark Audio Analyzer v6 0 5 is available now This document describes the test guideline with RMAA v6 0 5 and the complete test results by updated Xonar D2 driver package 8 17 20 or later which improves RMAA MME test quality inherently limited by Windows to faithfully present Xonar D2 s hardware quality The measurements are conducted by playing and recording test signals and using frequency analysis algorithms The following provides a step by step loop back test guide for your Xonar D2 audio card 1 Setting Up Xonar D2 Audio Card Open the Xonar D2 Audio Center Use the settings below 1 Select the sample rate you will be using with RMAA test here we set 48KHz for testing 48KHz 24bit signals 2 Set analog output to 2 speaker mode to get rid of any channel processing over RMAA stereo signals in the driver 3 Turn off all sound effects including Dolby DTS 7 1 speaker shifter EQ Environment etc A quick way to do so is to enable the H2. lv Select 16 bit 48 kHz 0 08 0 04 87 1 96 9 0 0005 0 0041 97 4 0 0042 lv Select 16 bit 96 kHz 0 10 0 04 99 3 99 8 0 0005 0 0029 98 9 0 0030 W Select 16 bit 192 kHz 0 10 0 05 102 7 102 7 0 0007 0 0027 99 9 0 0023 w Select HINT Right click on result boxes to wiew the detailed reports DirectSound 24 Bit Test Results Test results Device Sampling mode Frequency response multitane dB Nose level dBA Dinamic range dBA Total harmonic distortion THD Intermodulation distortion noize X Stereo crosstalk dB Intermadulation distortion noise swept rega Z Frequency response swept sine dB Total harmonic distortion swept fregs ab GN DirectSound DirectSound DirectSound DirectSound ASUS xonarD2 ASUS onar D ASUS sonar D2 ASUS sonar D2 24 bit 44 kHz 0 07 0 04 107 7 107 7 0 0003 0 0016 108 0 0 0015 Iw Select 24 bit 48 kHz 0 08 0 04 116 3 116 2 0 0003 0 0003 115 3 0 0005 lv Select 24 bit 96 kHz 0 10 0 04 116 2 116 2 0 0004 0 0008 4147 0 0006 W Select 24 bit 182 kHz 0 10 0 05 115 7 115 5 0 0006 0 0008 110 6 0 0009 v Select HINT Right click on result boxes to view the detailed reports MME 16 Bit Test Results Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 10 Be ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card XONAR RMAA6 0 5
3. Guide V 1 1 5 Click mixer page to keep the volume setting on default 6 Turn the BENE Record Mute agn e ee c ie E ie A bal R be Te P ii Main Mixer Effect KARAOKE DSP Mode Ke Start RMAA and follow the setup procedure below l Select the playback device as and recording device as 44 Please also mind that Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved P 5 Ze ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card HMAAO 0 5 Test Guide V 1 1 XONAR 2 Select 24bit and 48KHz for the test signals If you change the format here please remember to go back to set the SAME sample rate output in the Xonar D2 Audio Center Please mind that Xonar D2 currently supports 44 1K 48K 96K and 192KHz 88 2K 176 2KHz and 32bit float tests are not supported 3 Click the General test options in RMAA and make sure Analyze noise and distortion only in 20Hz 20KHz range audio in band for human hearing is selected whtMark Audio Analyzer 6 0 5 Playback Nana s j 4 DirectSound 4515 xonar D2 Audio MME ASUS Sonar D ZX Audio Tests and options B E General Save resulting WA File Analyze noise and distortions only in 20 Hz 20 kHz range Normalize amplitude of test signals before analysis Sound card EF Signals Display Frequency response multitone Noise level E Dynamic range Total harmonic distortion THD Intermod distortion IMD Noise Stereo crosstalk DI IMD NOISE
4. Swept frequency Frequency response swept sine Total harmonic distortion set of tones Reset to default v Check uncheck all lt ai lt lt lt l ai v Adjust playback recording 5 Hun tests Generate drnalyze o e 4 t s recommended by RMAA to ignore the two tests Frequency response swept sine and Total harmonic distortion set of tones which are for speaker test primarily 5 Click loop back playback record test mon D 6 Check that the Adjusting level window shows that the levels are OK the level meter will be green Begin the test by clicking the Start test button Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 6 Ze ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card XONAR RMAA6 0 5 Test Guide V 1 1 Adjusting levels Recorded level Inter channel leakage Left Fight LH ESSA NH H H 2 Distortion clipping 2 Lett Right uoa SUMMARY lt B er dE The levels are OK Cancel If the recording volume level is not high enough please check and make the WAVE and Master Volume have been at the maximum level Instead if the recording volume level is too high please lower the WAVE and Master volumes gradually until the level is ok If you cannot get the level to be OK after the previous step click Start test to try anyway Record NEUE Eni Pe e HET Main Mixer fect FlexBass DSP Mode After s
5. Test Guide V 1 1 MMEJASUS MMEJASUS MMEJASUS MME ASUS aonar DZ Audio sonar DZ duda Sonar DZ Audio sonar DZ Audio 16 bit 44 kHz 16 bit 48 kHz 16 bit SB kHz 16 bit 192 kHz 0 07 0 04 0 08 0 04 0 10 0 04 0 10 0 05 Test results Derice Sampling mode F E Frequency response multitane dB Noise level dBA Dinamic range dBA Total harmonic distortion THD lt intermodulation distortion pose 7 Stereo crosstalk dB dr 3 36 1 0 0005 0 0044 97 7 96 7 35 3 0 0006 0 0041 97 6 100 6 39 2 0 000 0 0023 98 2 FI i E 102 6 mE if 102 7 0 0007 0 0021 100 1 d Ha H E ti Intermadulation distortion noise swept fregs Z 0 0046 0 0042 0 0030 0 0023 Frequency response swept sine dB T z Hi d Total harmonic distortion swept freqs ab gt in lw Select Iw Select Iw Select Iw Select HINT Right click an result boxes to view the detailed reports MME 24 Bit Test Results MME ASUS MME ASUS MME ASUS MME ASUS Sonar 02 Audio sonar DZ udio sonar DZ Audio sonar DZ Audio 24 bit 44 kHz 24 bit 489 kHz 24 bit 96 kHz 24 bit 192 kHz 0 07 0 04 0 08 0 04 0 10 0 04 0 10 0 05 Test results Device Sampling mode Frequency response multitane dB Noise level dBA Dinamic range dBA Total harmonic distortion THD Intermodulation distortion noize
6. inverted correct Summary Frequency response from 40 Hz to 15 kHz dB 0 08 0 04 Excellent Noise level dB A 116 3 Excellent Dynamic range dB A 116 2 Excellent THD 0 0003 Excellent THD Noise dB A 105 0 Excellent IMD Noise 0 0009 Excellent Stereo crosstalk dB 115 3 Excellent Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 12 ec ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card e KL NAR RMAAO 0 5 Test Guide V 1 1 IMD at 10 kHz 96 0 0005 Excellent General performance Excellent Frequency response E Left channel 3l sl 100 200 300 4500 1K zE K AR 10K Hz From 20 Hz to 20 kHz dB 0 11 0 09 From 40 Hz to 15 kHz dB 0 04 0 08 Noise level Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 13 ec ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card Let RMAAG 0 5 Te Left channel Right chapel Med SA a Tt Ak ank fna 30 BU 100 200 300 500 Tk Left RMS power dB 115 0 RMS power A weighted dB 116 2 Peak level dB FS 92 8 DC offset 0 0 Dynamic range Left channel Aight chanel oh Ps 30 Ab 100 200 300 500 1K Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com K K O KO K K KO dE 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 20 100 110 120 430 140 10K Hz Right 115 2 116 4 93 2 0 0 dB 20 30 A0 50 E 70 CH 30 100 110 120 130 hin 140 10K Hz st Guide V 1 1 P 14 ASUS Xon
7. X Stereo crosstalk dB Intermadulation distortion noise swept rega Z Frequency response swept sine dB Total harmonic distortion swept fregs ab GN Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com 107 8 107 7 0 0003 0 0016 108 7 0 0015 Iw Select 116 4 116 1 0 0003 0 0009 114 5 0 0005 lv Select 116 2 116 3 0 0004 0 0007 113 9 0 0006 115 8 115 8 0 0006 0 0008 109 7 0 0009 EE v Select HINT Right click on result boxes to wiew the detailed reports P 11 og ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card e 4 HTML Test Reports You can review the HTML report including the graphics for the test plots Open the html file you created and saved in the test above section 2 and it will display the report with both data and plots in your browser The following report is an example and you can see how high fidelity and crystal clean the Xonar D2 audio card is for both output and input one of the world s finest sound cards it has even higher quality than most CE devices You can also try testing the performance for other sample rates and bit depths with the same procedure RightMark Audio Analyzer test report Testing device ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Sampling mode 24 bit 48 kHz Interface DirectSound Testing chain External loopback line out line in RMAA Version 6 0 5 20 Hz 20 kHz filter ON Normalize amplitude ON Mono mode OFF Calibration singal Hz 1000 Polarity
8. ar D2 Audio Card z Ar RMAA6 0 5 Test Guide V 1 1 Left Right Dynamic range dB 1115 0 115 1 Dynamic range A weighted dB 116 2 7116 3 DC offset 96 0 00 0 00 THD Noise at 3 dB FS En Left channel 30 AL 100 200 300 500 1K 2K j 3k 5K 10K Hz Left Right THD 0 0003 0 0003 THD Noise 0 0005 0 0005 THD Noise A weighted 96 0 0006 40 0005 ntermodulation distortion Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 15 Be ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card E Sa 3 RMAA6 0 5 Test Guide V 1 1 dB Fight dhahmel 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 20 100 410 420 430 140 30 50 100 200 200 500 1K OK K DE DK Hz Left Right I MD Noise 96 0 0010 0 0009 I MD Noise A weighted 96 0 0005 40 0004 Stereo crosstalk Left channel Aight chapel 30 Ab 100 200 300 500 Tk JK 3K K 10K Hz Left Right Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 16 ec ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card e Crosstalk at 100 Hz dB 116 112 Crosstalk at 1000 Hz dB 115 114 Crosstalk at 10000 Hz dB 112 112 IMD swept tones Left channel 4000 6000 HUN 10000 12000 16000 20000 Hz Left Right IMD Noise at 5000 Hz 0 0006 0 0006 IMD Noise at 10000 Hz 0 0005 0 0005 IMD Noise at 15000 Hz 0 0005 0 0005 Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 17
9. i Fi mode button in the Audio Center Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 2 ec ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card e g ONAE RMAA6 0 5 Test Guide V 1 1 a PlIlTITIIIILIILID T TORS peakers j GAME y NIR R T IE Hr Lt 4 Sample Rata PCM 48 KHz Analog Cur Sege MD SPDIF Out WM Mute Oa A FlexBass J de E DSP Mode P M Nee 4 E SKS MAS A A Lad ao 4 Go to the Mixer Recording page and Click to make sure the recording volume is on the default highest level OdB This is actually a high quality onboard loop back path from the Line out directly to the Line In This allows you to get realistic output and input quality ratings for the Xonar D2 audio card Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved P 3 ec ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card VL Dn RMAA6 0 5 Test Guide V 1 1 LL pa Mo ay E dit k Mute Main Effect KARAOKE FlexBass d D 4 AEL DSP Made a 4 T m A p _ RH e d E Note You may also choose to use an external 3 5mm line cable as follows as short as possible to connect the Front Out jack to the Line In jack for loop back testing In that case please select Line In as the recording source on the mixer page Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved P 4 e ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card e XONAR RMAA6 0 5 Test
10. tarting test there will be a pop up progressing bar and please wait a few seconds Copyright Y ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 7 e ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card BS RMAA6 0 5 Test Guide V 1 1 DirectSound 45U5 Sonar D Zx Au Cancel 8 RMAA will pop up the Test results window You can click the Select checkbox and click ID to Make html report DirectSound Empty Empty Empty ASUS Xonar D2 Sampling mode 24 bit 48 kHz Frequency response multitane dB 3008 004 Noise level dBA Sa 1162 Cinamic range dBA Total harmonic distortion THD E Intemrmadulatian distortion noise Stereo crosstalk dB Intermodulation distortion noise swept fregs Iw Select Select Select Select HINT Right click on result boxes to view the detailed reports 9 Check and key in the report name options as follows and then click OK Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 8 ec ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card NAR RMAA6 0 5 Test Guide V 1 1 HTML report options HTML Titles and Headings Soundcard device name DirectSound SUS sonar D An Audio Sampling mode 24 bit 40 kHz Testing conditions Extemal loopback line out line ir Comments Report options Report language English Report style
11. white backgrauri e Cancel 3 RMAA Testing Results The following tables copied from RMAA disclosed the complete test data results for DirectSound 16bit DirectSound 24bit MME 16bit and MME 24bit Each table contains 44 1K 48K 96K and 192 KHz sample rate tests Generally speaking Xonar D2 can achieve up to 116dB SNR for 24 bit and up to 102dB SNR for 16bit in RMAA loop back test Most important all results can get Excellent general performance credits Please note that though Xonar D2 has good anti noise design the test results may have slight deviation on different PC platforms due to the various levels of system noise interferences and distortion especially for 24 bit 116dB high sensitive quality DirectSound 16 Bit Test Results Copyright ASUSTek Computer Inc All Right Reserved http www asus com P 9 ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card RMAA6 0 5 Test Guide V 1 1 Test results Device Sampling mode Frequency response multitane dB Noise level dBA Dinamic range dBA Total harmonic distortion THO intermodulation distortion noize X Stereo crasstalk dB Intermadulation distortion noise swept rega Z Frequency response swept sine dB Total harmonic distortion swept fregs ab G l 0 DirectSound DirectSound DirectSound DirectSound ASUS Xonar Da ASUS sonar D2 ASUS Sonar D2 ASUS Sonar De 16 bit 44 kHz 0 07 0 04 96 1 96 2 0 0005 0 0044 35 5 0 0046
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