sound card recommendation

+ 1 for Auzentech

skip Xonar, it's got some serious issues if you look up asus forums, besides Asus support is non-existant
 
+1 for Auzentech as well , if you have the money to burn ofc

the asus only has issues with games , fine for movies and music , so if your on a budget then xonar dx 7.1 is fine