{"title":"Sound Cards","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"sound-blaze-external-usb-dac","title":"Sound Blaze External USB DAC","description":"\u003cp\u003eEverything the internal cards do, in a box on the desk that connects over USB — which makes it the only option here that works with every board in the range, including the Mini-ITX one with no spare slot at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA discrete headphone amplifier drives up to 600 ohm headphones properly, and the physical volume dial is a small thing that turns out to matter every single day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Corsayr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43310712455266,"sku":"CRSR-SB-DAC-EXT","price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"sound-blaze-ae-9-pcie-sound-card","title":"Sound Blaze AE-9 PCIe Sound Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eA single-slot PCIe card with an ESS SABRE DAC and a discrete amplifier stage, plus an external control module carrying the headphone and microphone jacks so they are not buried behind the machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeeds one free PCIe x1 slot, which every board here provides except the Mini-ITX one. The step up from onboard audio is not subtle, particularly with higher impedance headphones.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Corsayr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43310712848482,"sku":"CRSR-AE9-PCIE","price":229.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"xonor-se-pcie-sound-card","title":"Xonor SE PCIe Sound Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eA low-profile PCIe x1 card that costs less than a decent set of cables and still comfortably outperforms onboard audio, with a 116dB signal-to-noise ratio and enough amplification for 300 ohm headphones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth brackets are supplied so it fits slim cases as well as full towers. Requires one free x1 slot — available on every board here bar the Mini-ITX.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASIS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43310712881250,"sku":"ASIS-XONOR-SE","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"xonor-ae-gaming-sound-card","title":"Xonor AE Gaming Sound Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn ESS DAC behind a full EMI shield, which is the practical difference between a card that sounds clean in a machine full of graphics card noise and one that does not. The headphone amplifier auto-detects impedance and sets its gain accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne free PCIe x1 slot needed. Virtual surround processing is handled on the card rather than in software, so it costs nothing in frame rate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASIS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43310713274466,"sku":"ASIS-XONOR-AE","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"taichee-studio-192-audio-interface-card","title":"Taichee Studio 192 Audio Interface Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eA recording card rather than a playback one: four balanced inputs with phantom power on two of them, and latency low enough to monitor through the machine while tracking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe card is double height to fit the input stage, which means it covers the adjacent slot. We list it against ATX and E-ATX boards only, since on a Micro-ATX board it would take the last usable slot next to the graphics card.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASROK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43310713536610,"sku":"ASRK-TAICHEE-192","price":349.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"taichee-reference-dac-card-with-breakout-box","title":"Taichee Reference DAC Card with Breakout Box","description":"\u003cp\u003eA two-part system: a shielded PCIe card carrying the conversion stage, and an external breakout box with the analogue outputs, kept away from the noise inside the case. Power comes from a spare Molex connector rather than the slot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe card is double height and the cabling is stiff, so it is listed against full-size boards where there is room to route it sensibly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASROK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43310713831522,"sku":"ASRK-TAICHEE-REF","price":549.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"sound-blaze-ae-11-x4-reference-card","title":"Sound Blaze AE-11 x4 Reference Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe only card in the range that needs more than a x1 connection: a x4 interface carrying sixteen simultaneous channels without the buffering the narrower cards rely on. That means a board with a second full-length slot free beneath the graphics card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone running a multi-channel monitoring setup it removes a genuine bottleneck. For everyone else, the AE-9 is the more sensible card.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Corsayr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43310714126434,"sku":"CRSR-AE11-X4","price":429.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/benchmark-electronics-demo.myshopify.com\/collections\/sound-cards.oembed","provider":"Ignite Tech \u0026 Gadgets Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}