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2025 Sound Card Brand Rankings

[2025 Sound Card Brand Ranking] Relying on the big data of the whole network, the sound card brands selected according to the brand awareness, brand strength, word-of-mouth evaluation and sales popularity of the sound card (in no particular order): Creative, RME, YAMAHA, Terratec, ASUS, ROLAND, MOTU, Focusrite, REPLY, MUSILAND Lewitt, TEMPOTEC Rhythm Tank, Seeknature, ELKAY, Lenovo, If you are looking for what brand of sound card is good? This sound card brand ranking list is for your reference only.

TOP.1

Creative Singapore

Recommended models: DIGITAL MUSIC PREMIUM HD, Sound Blaster ZxR/ZX/Z, Audigy 4 Series II, Audigy 5, AE-5, SOUND BLASTER X7 Creative is translated as Chuangju and Chuangtong in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is called Innovation in Chinese mainland. The Sound Blaster series is believed to be the collective memory of countless older generation players. It can be said that the status of innovation in the sound card industry is the same as Intel in the chip industry and Microsoft in the software industry, which is the standard in the industry. Although innovation is not the inventor of the sound card, it has led the revolution of multimedia audio, after the emergence of the innovative Sound Blaster, the development history of the sound card is largely the development process of innovation, from mono to 8bit/16bit/44.1kHZ The improvement is almost all the credit of innovation, and the contribution to PC hardware audio is unparalleled. Innovation claims to be the world's leading manufacturer of digital entertainment products, and Innovation certainly deserves that title. The biggest difference between innovation and the vast majority of sound card manufacturers lies in its development model: it is not only a sound card production and sales manufacturer, but also attaches great importance to chip development, and is one of the very few manufacturers with chip research and development capabilities. This kind of mold...

1

Score

89

popularity

17404
TOP.2

RME Germany

Recommended models: HDSP9632, Babyface pro In the eyes of ordinary users, innovation is the boss of the sound card industry. It's true that this is true in consumer sound cards, but in professional sound card circles, RME's popularity is not inferior to innovation, and even wins. Although RME is only 20 years old, its R&D team is made up of German musicians and audio technicians, so it is very good at identifying market demands, because no one knows what they need better than the musicians themselves. In view of this, RME quickly entered the international mainstream market and expanded rapidly. The biggest advantage of RME sound card is stability, as a professional recording card, ASIO is naturally indispensable, and RME's ASIO performance is better, no matter how debugging, no matter how complex the audio file is, there will rarely be problems such as popping, which is something that many sound cards in the early days could not do. Today, RME has made a great name in the field of professional sound cards, and its products have always been known for their high quality, and the most classic product, RME HDSP9632 sound card, was once the representative of German high-end sound cards in China,...

2

Score

87

popularity

18425
TOP.3

YAMAHA Japan

Recommended models: Steinberg UR22 MK II, Steinberg UR242, Steinberg UR44, YAMAHA AG06 If you are surrounded by people who are learning musical instruments or motorcycle enthusiasts, then Yamaha must be a brand that appears very frequently, Yamaha is currently a well-known musical instrument manufacturer in the world, and it is also the only company in the field of musical instrument manufacturing that has been selected as one of the world's top 500 companies. However, Yamaha's lineup is by no means limited to musical instruments and motorcycles, and there are some similarities between Yamaha and Asus, both of which have done an excellent job of diversification. However, relatively speaking, ASUS's diversification is more concentrated in 3C digital-related fields, while Yamaha's diversification direction is significantly more and more complex, and it is in a leading position in business fields such as musical instruments, audio-visual products, information technology, new media business, furniture, auto parts, special metals, music education, and resorts, so it is often jokingly called a department store. The Yamaha sound card derived from musical instruments also had a glorious time, it was a manufacturer with its own chip capabilities at the time, and in the ISA era, Yamaha's 719 chip had an excellent reputation. PCI sound cards have also been released...

3

Score

86

popularity

11340
TOP.4

Terratec German tank Taiwan

Recommended models: DMX 6Fire USB, Aureon XFire8.0 HD, Auron 7.1 PCIe German tank and innovation should be the two sound card brands that ordinary users are most familiar with, innovation is undoubtedly the industry leader, and the recognition of German tanks is also not low, old players should be more familiar with the German tank fire network 1723 sound card, this sound card was all the rage with the digital output function of the super cost-effective at that time, and perhaps some people still use it now. Since its establishment in 1994, Terratec has grown significantly in business and market share every year, and in only 5 years it has grown from an unknown small company to the largest computer sound card manufacturer in Germany and the leading multimedia product brand in Europe. Terratec entered the Chinese market in 1999 and was dubbed the German Tank by many computer music lovers and audiophiles because of its tough German style and excellent sound quality. German tanks have produced some very classic models, such as the DMX 6fire 24/96, which is very familiar to old users, and its many indicators are superior to the innovative Audigy 2 of the time, so it has an extremely wide user base,...

4

Score

83

popularity

15204
TOP.5

ASUS Taiwan

Recommended models: STRIX RAID DL, STRIX RAID PRO, Essence STX II, STX II 7.1 ASUS is a brand that many users are familiar with, and in the field of 3C digital, ASUS is almost everywhere. ASUS laptops, graphics cards, motherboards, routers, network cards, and more are all products that many users are using or are ready to buy. If the notebook and board are ASUS's product lines with a strong sense of presence, then ASUS discrete sound cards have almost no presence, because for the vast majority of DIY gamers, the sound card is not a necessary component, and the integrated sound card in the motherboard is also enough for the general public to use. ASUS didn't start to get involved in the sound card field until 2007, and this point in time can be said to be quite subtle, or rather, quite confident, because this era can be said to be the era of AC97 integrated sound card, independent sound cards have declined, and it is unlikely to return to the foreseeable future, and the current industry is not optimistic about the prospects of the sound card market. But ASUS clearly has a different perception of this...

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5

Score

83

popularity

8743
TOP.6

ROLAND Japan

Recommended models: Rubix 22, Rubix 24, Rubix 44, MOBILE UA (UA-M10) ROLANG is one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic musical instruments, recording equipment, audio and video equipment, among which digital pianos and electronic pipe organs are well-known in the world, and in the field of electroacoustic musical instruments, Roland is one of the top brands. Roland DG's corporate culture is not to seek the best but not to be the biggest, and although the product line has expanded since its inception, it is still concentrated in the field of audio processing equipment such as electronic musical instruments and digital recording equipment, and is not as diverse as Yamaha. Roland is mainly engaged in the design and production of various musical instruments and audio equipment, BOSS is responsible for various audio effects and speakers, and V-MODA is a manufacturer of high-end headphones and mobile audio equipment. Roland entered the Chinese market more than ten years ago, but the Chinese name has changed several times, initially translated as Roland, and later renamed Leland, and Shanghai Lelan is responsible for the promotion and sales of the Chinese market. In 2014, Shanghai Roland became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Roland DG in China...

6

Score

81

popularity

19259
TOP.7

MOTU horse head United States

Recommended model: MicroBook IIc MOTU and Innovation are brands of the same era, but Innovation is mainly in the civilian sound card market, while MOTU is biased towards the field of professional sound cards. MOTU has been developing audio, video and music technology products since 1984 and also has a strong presence in the field of digital professional audio equipment. As a veteran manufacturer, MOTU's technical accumulation is quite deep, it is a professional audio editing software manufacturer, the most famous is its Digital Performer (DP) audio editing software, which has been updated to the 9th generation, even Hollywood is using DP for audio editing, and the music producer of the Marvel blockbuster "Black Panther" uses MOTU sound card and DP editor. Like many manufacturers, MOTU is an agent sales model in China, and the main agent is Beijing Anda Shenghong, which is also a relatively safe approach, after all, sound cards belong to a niche market, so it is not cost-effective to establish branches overseas, and the agency model is more secure. But unlike other brands, in order to ensure quality, all audio hardware of MOTU is produced locally, that is, domestic licensed products are imported products. ...

7

Score

81

popularity

7742
TOP.8

Focusrite United Kingdom

Recommended models: solo second generation, 2i2 second generation, 2i4 second generation Founded in the United Kingdom in 1985, Focusrite is Chinese translated as Fuxter or Foxter, is a senior professional audio equipment manufacturer, producing sound cards, mixers, effects and other audio equipment, is the preferred brand for many British music lovers. Fuxter was acquired by audio industry veteran Phil Dudderidge in 1989 and launched a newly designed Studio console the following year, while the design and manufacture of computer audio interfaces was established in 2000, and now these are Fuxter's core business, which has won numerous awards and is widely praised by producers and musicians around the world. The Thunderbolt audio interfaces of the Fucher Claret series have won the Hispasonic Product of the Year award. Grammy Award-winning mixer and producer Bassy Bob Brockmann also claims that the Fuchist Clarett 8Pre Thunderbolt audio interface is an essential piece of equipment in his mixing workflow. Fuxter has also entered the Chinese market for a long time, but unlike the model of Roland Japan's direct establishment of subsidiaries in China, Fuxter still adopts a more traditional agent sales model,...

8

Score

78

popularity

9747
TOP.9

REPLY Germany

Recommended models: MAYA44 eX, MAYA 22 Delux For non-professional users, REPLY's reputation in the sound card industry is not as good as that of the German tank, which was also born in Germany, but in the field of professional audio, REPLY is not small, and it is a leader in professional and semi-professional audio equipment suppliers, especially in the low-end audio market, which is very popular, and many musicians are used from REPLY's Waveterminal 192 series sound cards. However, some people may have noticed that when you search for REPLY sound cards, you will find that there are both German REPLY and South Korean REPLY, and here we have to talk about the dispute about REPLY. In fact, the founding area of REPLY is indeed South Korea, which was acquired by Samick in 2008, and then split internally into REPLY Korea and REPLY of Germany, and the final result was that REPLY Audiotechnik of Germany won the lawsuit and obtained the right to use the trademark of REPLY. Therefore, the current REPLY is no longer a Korean card, but a German card, and the domestic licensed goods are also German REPLY, and the general agent is Shanghai Yige, from a legal point of view, South Korean REPLY is a counterfeit product. REPLY is best known for its Maya series of sound cards, in the Chinese market, the Maya series is a...

9

Score

78

popularity

15859
TOP.10

MUSILAND Beijing

Recommended models: Monitor 09/09PLUS, Monitor 06 PLUS, Marian KX Lezhibang is a relatively rare local manufacturer in the consumer sound card market, starting from the production of computer sound cards, and also has a place in the HIFI field, with a market share that has reached the top three in China around 2012, second only to Innovation and ASUS, and once became synonymous with domestic sound cards. The predecessor of Lezhibang is called Diyeden, just a folk fever organization, renamed Lezhibang after commercialization, and later registered the trademark MUSILAND and continues to use it to this day, initially involved in PCM decoder, and later launched a series of sound cards such as Linglong, Mo Xie, Xuanyuan, etc., with a good market reputation. Unlike most people's stereotypes of local brands, Lezhibang, like Huawei and ASUS, is a technology-oriented enterprise, although it is not large, but it has a lot of core technologies. Including USB2.0 high-speed asynchronous controller technology, 32bit/384khz audio playback technology is first promoted by Musiland Audio Labs, and can self-develop DSP audio main control chip, technical strength is far from those domestic DIY, copycat manufacturers can compare, potential...

10

Score

78

popularity

13455
TOP.11

LEWITT Levitt Guangdong

Recommended model: STREAM 4x5 Vienna, Austria, is known as the music capital of the world, where everything seems to be coated with a musical halo, and Levitt's design and development center is located here. The Levitt DTP 640 and LCT 940 won the 2014 TEC Award (Technical Excellence Creative Award) and are well-known abroad, and The Stereotypes, which received ten nominations at the 60th Grammy Music Awards, use the Levitt LCT 940 and DGT 650 microphones. Levitt has also done a good job in domestic marketing, and like peripheral manufacturers often sponsor e-sports teams, Levitt also raises awareness by sponsoring music academies. The Beijing Midi Conservatory of Music at the Huangpu Military Academy, which is known as Chinese rock music, has microphones and other equipment provided by Levitt. However, the brand of Levitt is controversial, some people say that Levitt is a domestic manufacturer Levitt registered in Austria, the design scheme and personnel belong to Austria, and some people say that Levitt is only a domestic agent of Levitt, according to the available information...

11

Score

76

popularity

12641
TOP.12

TEMPOTEC 节奏坦克 Taiwan

Recommended models: Serenade iDSD, Serenade DA, Fantasia DAII Plus, Serenade PCI-E When it comes to rhythm tanks, we have to talk about Mediatek, this Mediatek is not MediaTek, but Taiwan Ruili Technology, which was originally a sound card manufacturer in Taiwan. The brand of Ruili is more interesting, it is not only a pure manufacturer, but also has its own brand Mediatek sound card, and also acts as an agent for the sales of other brands of sound cards, taking the route of integrating technology, industry and trade. Ruili's OEM business is doing very well, German tank, ASUS, EGOSYS, Zhongyin and other brands have been Ruili's customers, in 2005, Ruili also established a production plant in Suzhou. Ruili has not tried to promote its own brand sound card, but due to the long-term operation of low-end products, the image is not good, and finally failed to do it, TempoTec is a new brand created in this context. TempoTec's Chinese name rhythm tank, everyone will easily associate with German tanks, because as mentioned before, German tanks are only responsible for blueprint development, design and manufacturing are entrusted to Ruili agents, so the product styles of the two are very similar...

12

Score

73

popularity

17426
TOP.13

Seeknature 森然 Guangdong

Recommended models: Boba 2nd generation electronic music version, Boba 3rd generation Senran is a company that develops and manufactures online live broadcast equipment, and its sound cards, microphones, headphones and other products are widely used in the mobile phone online live broadcast karaoke industry. Senran is a subsidiary of Shenzhen Beyond Nature Multimedia Co., Ltd., located in Shenzhen, which has only been established for a few years, and the production of its own brand products is shorter. Like many new brands in many fields, Senran mainly relied on the OEM business in the early days, and had rich experience in multimedia hardware manufacturing and design. Senran has been OEM for many well-known brands, and Lenovo sound cards are from Senran's factory. It was not until 2015 that Senran launched its own brand Senran Boba series of sound cards, and it has developed to the third generation. The products are mainly for live broadcasting, especially the mobile live broadcast market, so the products are relatively small and portable, and the cost performance is not bad. Judging from user evaluations, Senran's sound card is quite well-made, and the functions are relatively comprehensive as a live broadcast sound card, so it has a good reputation. Although Senran's sound card has come out to the third generation, the most recognized by the market is still the 2nd generation of the broadcast, the most ...

13

Score

68

popularity

16550
TOP.14

ELKAY Aiken United States

Recommended models: ICON upod nano, MOBILEU VST, MOBILEU MINI VST Users who have played voice chat rooms should have heard of the brand Aiken, but although Aiken claims to originate from the United States, it is only registered in the United States, and it is actually affiliated to Taiwan Aiken Digital Music Channel Co., Ltd., and the main market is also in China, so it is not strictly an American brand. Although Aiken has existed as early as 1995, it was unknown until 2012, which has to talk about the characteristics of Aiken products. Strictly speaking, the positioning of Aiken sound card should be an entry-level recording card, although it is lower than RME, Yamaha and other brand sound cards, but it is essentially the same type of product, the recording sound card at that time was not like today through the rack software to achieve live sound and other functions, only the recording function, the use is single, but the domestic crowd of people who play recording is very small, so Aiken has not been famous. Until the rack software began to be popularized, the recording sound card can also realize some functions of the live broadcast sound card through the rack software (host software), and the domestic live broadcast market also began to explode.

14

Score

64

popularity

15037
TOP.15

Lenovo Beijing

Recommended models: UC30, UL20 Lenovo, a PC giant, is familiar to most consumers, and its global market share of computers ranks first all year round, and many people may be using Lenovo laptops. Lenovo is also involved in the sound card,And when it comes to Lenovo sound card, I have to mention another brand Senran,Lenovo has contracted all its sound card business to Senran,Senran is responsible for ODM,Many products use the same scheme,For example, LenovoUL20The appearance similarity of the sound card with Senran is very high,But some of the sound effects may be different。 However, due to Lenovo's relatively high brand awareness, the market performance is much better than Senran, and in terms of the proportion of domestic online sales, Lenovo ranks fourth with 9.45%, slightly lower than innovation. Due to the relationship between Lenovo and Senran, Lenovo's sound card product line is also highly similar to Senran, all of which are based on 300-400 yuan or so portable mobile phone external sound cards, and the number of products is not much, currently only UC30 and UL20 are on sale. UC30 and UL20 have most similar features, such as supporting ASIO and digital DSP chips, and can be used to karaoke or ...

15

Score

60

popularity

17574

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ROLAND

Recommended models: Rubix 22, Rubix 24, Rubix 44, MOBILE UA (UA-M10) ROLANG is one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic musical instruments, recording equipment, audio and video equipment, among which digital pianos and electronic pipe organs are well-known in the world.
2 18425
RME

Recommended models: HDSP9632, Babyface pro In the eyes of ordinary users, innovation is the boss of the sound card industry. It's true that this is true in consumer sound cards, but in professional sound card circles, RME's popularity is not inferior to innovation, and even wins. Although RME was founded
3 17574
Lenovo

Recommended models: UC30, UL20 Lenovo, a PC giant, is familiar to most consumers, and its global market share of computers ranks first all year round, and many people may be using Lenovo laptops. Lenovo is also involved in the sound card, but when it comes to the Lenovo sound card, it is not
4 17426
TEMPOTEC 节奏坦克

Recommended models: Serenade iDSD, Serenade DA, Fantasia DAII Plus, Serenade PCI-E When it comes to rhythm tanks, we have to talk about Mediatek, this Mediatek is not MediaTek, but Taiwan Ruili Technology, which was originally a sound card manufacturer in Taiwan. Ruili this product
5 17404
Creative

Recommended models: DIGITAL MUSIC PREMIUM HD, Sound Blaster ZxR/ZX/Z, Audigy 4 Series II, Audigy 5, AE-5, SOUND BLASTER X7 Creative is translated as Chuangju and Chuangtong in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is called Innovation in Chinese mainland. Sound Blaster series phase
6 16550
Seeknature 森然

Recommended models: Boba 2nd generation electronic music version, Boba 3rd generation Senran is a company that develops and manufactures online live broadcast equipment, and its sound cards, microphones, headphones and other products are widely used in the mobile phone online live broadcast karaoke industry. Senran is affiliated to Shenzhen Beyond Nature Multimedia Co., Ltd
7 15859
REPLY

Recommended models: MAYA44 eX, MAYA 22 Delux For non-professional users, REPLY is not as well-known in the sound card world as the German tank, which is also from Germany, but in the field of professional audio, REPLY is not small, and it is the best among professional and semi-professional audio equipment suppliers
8 15204
Terratec German tank

Recommended models: DMX 6Fire USB, Aureon XFire8.0 HD, Aureon 7.1 PCIe German tank and innovation should be the two sound card brands that ordinary users are most familiar with, innovation is undoubtedly the industry leader, and the recognition of German tanks is also not low, and old players should be more familiar with Germany
9 15037
ELKAY Aiken

Recommended models: ICON upod nano, MOBILEU VST, MOBILEU MINI VST Users who have played voice chat rooms should have heard of the brand Aiken, but although Aiken claims to originate from the United States, it is only registered in the United States, and it actually belongs to Taiwan's Aiken digital music channel
10 13455
MUSILAND

Recommended models: Monitor 09/09PLUS, Monitor 06 PLUS, Marian KX Lezhibang is a relatively rare local manufacturer in the consumer sound card market, starting with the production of computer sound cards, and also has a place in the HIFI field, and the market share has reached around 2012
11 12641
LEWITT Levitt

Recommended model: STREAM 4x5 Vienna, Austria, is known as the music capital of the world, where everything seems to be coated with a musical halo, and Levitt's design and development center is located here. Levitt is better than in the design and manufacture of high-quality microphones
12 11340
YAMAHA

Recommended models: Steinberg UR22 MK II, Steinberg UR242, Steinberg UR44, YAMAHA AG06 If you are surrounded by people who are learning musical instruments or motorcycle enthusiasts, then Yamaha must be a brand that appears very frequently, and Yamaha is currently a well-known music in the world
13 9747
Focusrite

Recommended models: solo 2nd generation, 2i2 2nd generation, 2i4 second generation Founded in the United Kingdom in 1985, Focusrite is Chinese translated as Fuxter or Foxter, and is a professional audio equipment manufacturer with deep qualifications, producing sound cards, mixers, effects and other audio equipment
14 8743
ASUS

Recommended models: STRIX RAID DL, STRIX RAID PRO, Essence STX II, STX II 7.1 ASUS is a brand that many users are familiar with, and in the field of 3C digital, ASUS is almost everywhere. ASUS laptops, graphics cards, motherboards, routers, network cards, etc
15 7742
MOTU horse head

Recommended model: MicroBook IIc MOTU and Innovation are brands of the same era, but Innovation is mainly in the civilian sound card market, while MOTU is biased towards the field of professional sound cards. MOTU has been developing audio, video and music technology products since 1984 in the digital specialty

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2025 Sound Card Brand Rankings

Creative Singapore

RME Germany

YAMAHA Japan

Terratec German tank Taiwan

ASUS Taiwan

ROLAND Japan

MOTU horse head United States

Focusrite United Kingdom

REPLY Germany

MUSILAND Beijing

LEWITT Levitt Guangdong

TEMPOTEC 节奏坦克 Taiwan

Seeknature 森然 Guangdong

ELKAY Aiken United States

Lenovo Beijing

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