Xonar was built with truly the best elements. The core of the card is ASUS' AV200 High Definition sound processor with 192 KHz/24-bit capabilities. There are also four 24-bit BurrBrown PWM1976 DAC converters for the digital input, with a declared Signal-to-Noise ratio of 123 dB, one Cirrus Logic CS5381 DAC for the analog input, declared to 120 dB, six NEC relays and ten Texas Instruments operational amplifiers. Aside from that, the card itself is top-quality, all of the electrolytes are plated, and the black PCB also contributes to the looks.

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