ASUS Xonar U5

USB sound card

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Boost your sound environment with the Xonar U5 USB sound card and enjoy better and more accurate audio quality for your movies, music, video games and chats. The Sonic Studio application will help you get the most out of your hardware.

USB sound card

Overview

ASUS Xonar U5: Compact Size for Incredible Quality


Boost your sound environment with the Xonar U5 USB sound card and enjoy more accurate and enjoyable audio quality for your movies, music, video games and chats. The Sonic Studio application allows you to take full advantage of your hardware by creating user profiles for gaming, movies and music. For complete usability, on-board controls allow you to manage volume and microphone without interrupting your game.


USB connection and Perfect Voice

The ASUS Xonar U5 card requires a simple USB connection and you can immediately enjoy high quality sound.

The Perfect Voice technology of the card allows you to dissociate external noise and the content of your discussions. This way, you can enjoy optimal quality without being disturbed by external sound disturbances (keyboard noise, fans...).


Main features :

  • 5.1 192 kHz / 24 bit high definition sound
  • Integrated Sonic Studio application
  • Audio processor : C-Media 6631A
  • Output signal-to-noise ratio (A-Weighted) at front connector: 104 dB
  • THD+N output at 1kHz on front connector: <0.005 % (86 dB)
  • Frequency response (-3dB, 24bit/96KHz input): 10 Hz to 44 KHz
  • Total input/output voltage: 1 Vrms ( Vp-p)
  • Analogue Playback Resolution and Sample Rate: 44.1K/48K/88.2K/96K/192KHz @ 16bit/24bit
  • Analogue outputs : 4 x 3.5mm jack
  • Analogue inputs: 1 x 3.5mm RCA jack
  • Digital Outputs: 1 x S/PDIF digital output
Specifications
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General information

Product name

ASUS Xonar U5

Brand

ASUS

Model

90YB00FB-M0UC00

Technical specifications

Chip / DSP

C-Media 6632A

Bus

USB

Number of audio channels

6

DLS 1.0

No

External inputs

3.5mm Jack Female Stereo

External outputs

1 X Coaxial S/PDIF digital audio
4 X 3.5mm Jack Female Stereo
1 X Audio stereo (2x RCA Female)

Gamer

No

Warranties

Commercial warranty

Seller 3 years

Legal warranty

See terms & conditions

Product referenced on 31 Oct 2014

Customer reviews
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  • by ignace72
    Posted on 11 Jan 2022
    Product bought from LDLC on 10 Jan 2022
    Number of reviews: 12 Average rating: 8

    Very good sound card with good sound.

    I had another USB sound card and the quality wasn't great, the USB-C plug didn't fit completely into the box and I quickly had crackling on the central voice and subwoofer output, I thought it was a problem with my 5.1 system, but in fact, when I installed this new sound card, it's no longer the same, the USB plug is type B which fits well in the bottom and doesn't risk to come out. I have only one regret, it's that the female JACK plugs are not coloured so not easy. I made a little table :
    left plug / green jack --> front speaker.
    Right jack / black jack --> rear speaker.
    Centre socket / orange jack --> centre, subwoofer.
    As for the quality of the sound, it is only happiness. I didn't use the volume control wheel, I just had to tell my sound system manager that I didn't want stereo output, but 5.1.
    I'm on GNU/Linux with Manjaro and I didn't need to install anything.
    So it's all good except for the JACK outputs which are not coloured.
    The package arrived on time and in good condition.
    The box that was in the package is nice, you can tell they made an effort.
    Thank you.

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  • by did94600
    Posted on 30 Dec 2021
    Product bought from LDLC on 1 Dec 2021
    Number of reviews: 2 Average rating: 8

    Works very well.

    Just plug it into the usb and it works.
    The sound is ok. The box has a volume control wheel. Useful to avoid saturation on speakers already amplified.
    The software provided with it works but I find that the different modes and treatments distort the sound. I am not convinced by this software. I deactivated everything. I prefer the sound without treatment in this case.

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  • by Math
    Posted on 7 Nov 2021
    Product bought from LDLC on 4 Nov 2021
    Number of reviews: 2 Average rating: 5

    ¨ Unsigned pilots and lack of surround

    I have been a fan of ASUS for a long time for the quality of its motherboard and graphics components, but I am really disappointed with this card for the following 2 reasons:
    - (subject already known for more than 1 year at the time of writing) the drivers are still not signed which forces to disable the signature of the drivers and the secure boot in Windows (CF PowerShell ;) ),
    - the second point, in spite of a rather sexy interface, ASUS does not propose any integrated function of Surround to switch a musical source 2.0 on the 5.1 like CREATIVE proposes it since more than 15 years...

    On the plus side:
    - the card is rather compact, fits well and can be carried around,
    - the 24/192 sampling is a real plus for audiophiles, we would have liked to see RCA connectors on the output.

    Conclusion: I can't wait for ASUS to finish its sound products properly, including correcting the drivers or integrating a surround sound, which is so basic elsewhere... or for Creative (or someone else) to finally release a 5.1 external card in 24/192 ^^

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  • by SFalcon
    Posted on 2 Aug 2021
    Product bought from LDLC on 12 Dec 2019
    Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 6

    Good but...

    The sound is really good and pleasant but after more than one use I realize that the sound card has problems such as the driver which is still not updated which makes windows not recognize it (that can be problematic for certain applications which obliges to have all the drivers updated)
    The sound card seems to have false contacts so it requires disconnecting and reconnecting the jacks on it or restarting the computer.
    In conclusion, the quality is there but not the durability.

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  • by Pierrick G
    Posted on 10 May 2021
    Product bought from LDLC on 20 Aug 2019
    Number of reviews: 11 Average rating: 8

    The card works PARTIALLY

    Asus released a driver that was supposed to solve the signature problems with the latest versions of Windows (v 1.0.14 of the driver), the problem for me is that the drivers are active and signed but the user interface does not work at all, go to the competition, Asus had as good answer to tell me to wait, 6 months that no official solution from Asus works.

    The Card 10/10
    The Soft 0/10

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