Multiple Better Than Onboard Chips

Hello, me the luxury variant indulged after the demise of my Philips-2.1 combo: Surround Receiver, 2 decent front speakers and a subwoofer.
Was surprised by the cabling via Toslink and the first pre-listening with my onboard ALC892 why the sound is so strange. Somehow rundgelutscht. So funny that I can not really describe it. Do not know if it's up to my board or this behavior is generally the ALC892 so.
To test see if it is up to the hardware, I ordered on suspicion this sound card. Here's my experience:

+ Good Toslink sound (analog not tested), much better and more honest than the Realtek onboard sound
+ VIA Envy24 chip, have always made good experiences with Asus boards and there built VIA chips, also here you can get easily on the VIA website current drivers for virtually all operating systems
+ Card is detected 7 64-Bit immediately with the installation of Windows and the drivers are installed
+ Compact design

o delivery is virtually non-existent: a driver CD and a mini-guide
o No Connector for front panel audio on housing
o You have to know that this card "only" DD and DTS with max. 48KHz support, ie DTS96 / 24 (ok, only have one DVD: Herbert Grönemeyer - Mensch Live) can not be reproduced in full resolution

- Packaging is a blister of very bad variety, have almost destroyed a pair of scissors
- Slot bracket is slightly bent, ie after installing the card, this is not behind schedule on the housing at
- Drivers on the website Logilink No (sound card is not in table). Which inexperienced users already suspects that he can pick up the latest drivers directly from VIA / must

CONCLUSION: Can recommend the card for all those who want a surround receiver optically connect. For the price virtually no alternative. In that regard the card no funny business, easy to install and offers almost all the features that are required in the normal listening life.