{"video_id":"nkf6OhVf-4g","title":"ASUS Xonar DG Headphone Amp 5.1 Sound Card Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2013-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":197,"segments":[{"start_s":7.359,"end_s":14.719,"text":"welcome to my unboxing and first look at the zonard DG and really the relevance","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":12.28,"end_s":19.56,"text":"of this product to me is mostly to do with my obsession about headphone amp","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":17.56,"end_s":24.4,"text":"sound card so this is one of the better values you can get for a headphone amp","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.92,"end_s":28.439,"text":"sound card because it's still um a mid-range sound card so it's not super","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":26.439,"end_s":32.36,"text":"lowend by any stretch of the imagination but it's not like expensive either 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all and you don't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":183.2,"end_s":191.36,"text":"want to get something really expensive thank you for watching Line Tech tips","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":188.68,"end_s":197.76,"text":"and don't forget to subscribe for more unboxings","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":192.92,"end_s":197.76,"text":"reviews and other computer videos","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"welcome to my unboxing and first look at the zonard DG and really the relevance of this product to me is mostly to do with my obsession about headphone amp sound card so this is one of the better values you can get for a headphone amp sound card because it's still um a mid-range sound card so it's not super lowend by any stretch of the imagination but it's not like expensive either and there might have been something supposed to be in there oh cool it comes with a low profile bracket although I can't even begin to imagine what that would be useful for um I mean what are you installing this in that you need like an amped headphone out cuz I was thinking media PC but then I was like well when would you ever plug headphones into a media PC I don't know either way I love it because it has a headphone app okay it's got Dolby headphone for realistic 5.1 surround so has virtual round it's also got gx2.5 which gx2.5 allows up to 128 simultaneous effects for a realistic 3D experience and if you don't have it then you game with 3D video but only lame bulky audio all right moving right along what else we got Jack sensing front panels that's handy so even if you accidentally plug them into the wrong thing in the dark then you know um that won't cause a problem although I don't recommend usually plugging things into the wrong thing in the dark because that can cause problems we've also got output signal ratio of 105 DB for 5.1 Channel okay input okay so there's a bunch of specs and whatnot it's a PCI sound card uses a c media chipset okay cool let's have a look at the sound card itself so it comes with drivers ignore those download the latest it comes with two quick start guides amazing uh why English not English okay hold on this this must be a packaging error there's no way oh no look at this they're both no way they're both English but they both have a bunch of other different languages um I guess this was better than doing one thick book somehow uh okay low profile bracket extra screws and let's have a look at the sound card itself so you find the usual assortment of colorcoded jacks that are compatible with 5.1 out as well as a microphone in you've also got an optical audio out so you can use that if you're outputting to digital uh receiver or digital speakers or whatever the case may be there's your cdia chipset right there there's your PCI interface there's your front panel audio as well as your auxiliary in and spit if out and that's pretty much it I mean it's straightforward the whole point is its good value it's got an apt headphone output and that's pretty much all I need to know about it to know that that you should probably get one if you don't have a sound card at all and you don't want to get something really expensive thank you for watching Line Tech tips and don't forget to subscribe for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos"}