Asus Xonar D2 Test Manual page 2

7.1 channel audio card 192khz/24bit duplexhd featuring dolby and dts technologies for home entertainment, rmaa 6.0.5 test guide and results

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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:

Select the sample rate you will be using with RMAA test

48KHz/24bit signals).

2. Set analog output to

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

2-speaker mode

(to get rid of any channel processing over RMAA

enable the "Hi-Fi mode"

ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card

RMAA6.0.5 Test Guide V.1.1

(here we set 48KHz for testing

button in the Audio Center.

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