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March 2009
Experts 91% 27 Reviews
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Samenvatting: Om het analoge audio circuit te beschermen tegen inferentie van buitenaf heeft Asus een EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference) shield op de kaart geplaatst. Onze testresultaten wijzen uit dat deze kaart zeer goed presteert met een 112 dB signaal/ruisverhouding. Jammer aan deze kaart is wel dat analoog surround niet mogelijk is, bij gebrek aan analoge..
Truly Audiophile Sound Quality, Incredible Separation and Sound Stage, Excellent Clarity and Detail While Retaining Warmth, Especially Through Headphones, Swappable OPAMPs for Personalized Sound Coloration, Full Size Audio Inputs/Outputs, Outstanding Deep Bass Reproduction With No Boominess, Excellent Design and Build Quality With Top End Components In All Aspects, True Audiophile Headphone Amp
No Phono Input, gold, Discuss this review in our forums
For the serious, or even not so serious, music listener the ASUS Xonar Essence STX is an awe inspiring piece of equipment. Now, let’s keep it in perspective, I am not going to tell you to go out and sell your 1968 MacIntosh tube amp and replace it with...
Crisp audio output, Near flat frequency response, Respectable headphone amp, Very low noise levels on both linein and lineout, Toptier components, such as the capacitors, DAC and opamps, Opamps are user replaceable, Drivers work flawlessly on Vista and 7, Dolby Headphone works well for movies and games,
Need pricey equipment to appreciate the added quality of sound, EAX emulation isn't quite as good as a native hardware solution, No hotkeys to quickly alter settings in Xonar Audio Center
As the performance graphs show, the ASUS Xonar Essence STX is a high achiever. It blitzed all tests, bar one, where the Xonar Xense got a slight upper hand in frequency response. The Essence STX absolutely obliterated the onboard solution in all tests...
Made with high quality components, Exceptional sound playback, Stable, intuitive driver, Compatible with Windows 7
Expensive
Asus' Xonar Essence STX may be pricey, but for audiophiles or those with the money to spend on an excellent sound card, this is the one to get. It looks good and performs even better. It's made with high quality components throughout, right down to t...
When you get down to their core feature sets, the Xonar Essence STX and X-Fi Forte really are quite similar. Both fake EAX effects in Vista, both support 24-bit audio up to 192kHz, both offer a measure of headphone amplification, both sound fantastic, ...
When I had been listening to the Auzen X-Fi Prelude, I had not expected any card to surpass it. Later on, the ASUS Xonar D2 showed the weak aspects of the Prelude. And now, the Xonar Essence STX sounds better than the Xonar D2 and Prelude, and better t...
We should also mention other aspects of ASUS Xonar Essence STX as much as those are secondary in this case. If you want to watch movies with surround speakers this card won’t disappoint you because there is S/PDIF output for optical or coaxial cable...
list, and also the well-deserved Editors Choice award. We apologize for this oversight, Discuss this article in our forums!, Have a comment you wish to make on this article? Recommendations? Criticism? Feel free to head over to our related thread and put...
Without a doubt, ASUS has taken a broad and varied approach to the audio card market. What started with the Xonar D2, a solid all-around contender to take the performance crown away from Creative, has morphed into one of the most well-rounded audio pro...
