![]() My system uses an ASUS TUF Gaming B450M Pro II which uses a Realtek S1200A audio controller but I couldn’t find much information surrounding it and its not like I could explain the specs accurately anyway. With this knowledge I have expectations to see some improvement, especially putting my B450 against an X470 board. So I mentioned earlier that the person I got this card from had decided that his STRIX B550 Gaming-A on-board audio was better than the soundcard which was used with his previous MSI X470 Gaming Plus board. On the I/O of the card, there are 7 ports including Mic/Line in, Headphones, Front, Rear, Center, side and SPDIF plus a tiny paintbrush was included in the box but I don’t think that came from the factory. All of those words don’t mean much to me as once again I’m not an audiophile and my only audio knowledge is a Merit in BTEC Music, which I’ve learned means jack-diddly squat. The card in question is the ASUS Xonar AE, a card that delivers 7.1-channel, 192kHz/24-bit-Hi-Res audio output with a high 110dB signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio plus features a built-in 150ohm headphone amplifier that provides rich, detailed sound and defined bass. So let’s see for myself how good SoundCard Audio actually is. He was selling it because his Strix B550 Gaming-A onboard audio was apparently better than the sound card which makes me even more confused about the claim that motherboard audio is bad. ![]() After questioning it, I was told to give a soundcard a try and luckily another member of our Discord had one ready to sell to me. I’m not an audiophile and I haven’t noticed anything bad about my motherboard audio which is likely down to not having ever used anything more than that. In our Discord server, there have been several discussions surrounding Sound Cards and often someone cracks a joke about how motherboard audio is awful which has caught my attention.
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