8.RMAA Test Guide

The Xonar HDAV 1.3 driver CD includes RightMark Audio Analyzer (RMAA), a 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. 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 HDAV 1.3 card.

8.1Setting Up Xonar HDAV 1.3 card

Open the Xonar HDAV Center. Use the settings below:

1.Select the sample rate you will be using with RMAA (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 Xonar HDAV Center.

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