EVGA's First Sound Card Nu Audio Released for $250
EVGA, a comany known for its GPUs, power supplies and motherboards, has introduced a high-end sound card called the Nu Audio.
EVGA partnered with UK firm AudioNote on the card, which features a six-layer, gold-plated PCB. EVGA uses AudioNote capacitors and resistors in the card as well as a Texas Instrument power-regulation circuit. There’s also German-made WIMA capacitors and AKM 4493 DACS and AKM 5572 ADCs. The card also embeds an XMOS xCORE-200 processor for most of the audio chores on the card.
The card can drive large 600 Ohm cans and also supports up to 384KHz, 32-bit audio files.
Available ports include RCA, quarter-inch, and two 3.5mm jacks, plus a TOSLINK port. EVGA also includes an HD front-panel audio header on top of the card so you can connect a cases’ headphone jack to the card.
The card, which is powered by a single SATA connector, does not process audio, such as the solutions offered by Creative Labs.
The Nu Audio is available for $250.
Specifications
- Audio DSP: XMOS xCORE-200
- Output Configuration
- 2 Channel (Analog)
- 5.1 Channel (Digital)
- Dynamic Range (DNR)
- 123dB (Playback)
- 121dB (Recording)
- Signal-To-Noise (SNR)
- 123dB (Playback)
- 121dB (Recording)
- Playback Format (Stereo): Up to 384kHz, 32bit
- Playback Format (Optical): Up to 192kHz, 24bit
- Headphone Amp: Yes (16-600ohm)
- Recording Format
- Up to 384kHz, 32bit (Line-In)
- Up to 192kHz, 24bit (Mic-In)
- I/O
- Stereo Out (RCA (L/R))
- Headphone Out (6.3mm)
- Line-In (3.5mm)
- Mic-In (3.5mm)
- Optical Out (TOSLINK Passthrough)
- Front Panel Header
- Components
- DAC - AKM AK4493
- ADC (Line-In) - AKM AK5572
- ADC (Mic-In) - Cirrus Logic CS5346
- OP-AMP (Headphone) - ADI OP275
- OP-AMP (Line Out) - ADI AD8056
- Capacitors - WIMA, Audio Note
- Power Regulator - Texas Instruments TPS7A47, TPS7A33 ultralow-noise power solution Switchable OP-AMP
- Headphone, Line-Out
- Interface: PCIe x1 Gen2
- Power Connector: 1x SATA Power
- RGB Lighting: RGB (10 Mode) with audio reactive lighting
- Supported OS: Windows 10, 8.1, 7