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10, 2007 ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card RMAA6.0.5 Test Guide V.1.1 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: 1. Select the sample rate you will be using with RMAA test (here we set 48KHz for testing 48KHz/24bit signals). 2. Set analog output to 2-speaker mode (to get rid of any channel processing over RMAA 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 enable the “Hi-Fi mode” button in the Audio Center. Copyright © ASUSTek Computer Inc. All Right Reserved. ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card RMAA6.0.5 Test Guide V.1.1 1 2 3 4. Go to the Mixer Recording page and select “ALT” as the recording source. Click “Reset” to make sure the recording volume is on the default highest level (0dB). This is actually a high-quality onboard loop-back path from the Line-out directly to the Line-In. This allows you to get realistic output and input quality ratings for the Xonar D2 audio card. Copyright © ASUSTek Computer Inc. All Right Reserved. P.3 ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card RMAA6.0.5 Test Guide V.1.1 4 Note: You may also choose to use an external 3.5mm line cable as follows (as short as possible) to connect the Front-Out jack to the Line-In jack for loop-back testing. In that case, please select “Line In” as the recording source on the mixer page. However, this external cable may cause unexpected performance drop depending on its cable quality. 3.5mm Line Cable Copyright © ASUSTek Computer Inc. All Right Reserved. ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card RMAA6.0.5 Test Guide V.1.1 5. Click “Reset” on the playback volume mixer page to keep the volume setting on default. 6. Turn the master volume to the MAX level (0dB) 5 6 2. Configuration and Test with RMAA Start RMAA and follow the setup procedure below. 1. Select the playback device as “[DirectSound]ASUS Xonar D2 Audio” (or [MME] ASUS Xonar D2 Audio) and recording device as “[MME] ASUS Xonar D2 Audio”. (Please also mind that NOT to select “ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Converter”, which is for ALT and PMP purpose.) Copyright © ASUSTek Computer Inc. All Right Reserved. P.5 ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card RMAA6.0.5 Test Guide V.1.1 2. Select 24bit and 48KHz for the test signals. (If you change the format here, please remember to go back to set the SAME sample rate output in the Xonar D2 Audio Center. Please mind that Xonar D2 currently supports 44.1K, 48K, 96K, and 192KHz. 88.2K, 176.2KHz, and 32bit(float) tests are not supported.) 3. Click the General test options in RMAA and make sure “Analyze noise and distortion only in 20Hz-20KHz range” (audio in-band for human hearing) is selected. 1 2 4 5 3 4. It’s recommended by RMAA to ignore the two tests: “Frequency response (swept sine)” and “Total harmonic distortion (set of tones)”, which are for speaker test primarily. . 5. Click loop-back playback/record test button 6. Check that the Adjusting level window shows that the levels are OK (the level meter will be green). Begin the test by clicking the “Start test” button. Copyright © ASUSTek Computer Inc. All Right Reserved. P.6 ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card RMAA6.0.5 Test Guide V.1.1 6 If the recording volume level is not high enough, please check and make the WAVE and Master Volume have been at the maximum level; Instead, if the recording volume level is too high, please lower the WAVE and Master volumes gradually until the level is ok. If you cannot get the level to be “OK” after the previous step, click “Start test” to try anyway. After starting test, there will be a pop-up progressing bar and please wait a few seconds. Copyright © ASUSTek Computer Inc. All Right Reserved. ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card RMAA6.0.5 Test Guide V.1.1 7. Select one empty slot to save the data and you may change the name. Then click “OK”. 7 8. RMAA will pop up the Test results window. You can click the “Select” checkbox and click to “Make html report”. 8 9. Check and key in the report name/options as follows and then click “OK”. Copyright © ASUSTek Computer Inc. All Right Reserved. ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Card RMAA6.0.5 Test ...