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post #451 of 2057
1/22/09 at 1:22pm
My essence STX makes a clicking noise when the computer is starting up. It's similar to the noise that some receivers make when they're switching inputs. Is this normal?

Also, is there a consensus that it's best to set windows and soundcard's utility to 24/96 playback for best sound quality?

Thanks in advance.
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post #452 of 2057
1/22/09 at 2:01pm
The clicking is normal. Thats the relays switching signal paths (I asked this earlier too)

The other question I don't know enough to comment.
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post #453 of 2057
1/22/09 at 2:05pm
Bo, thanks for the reply. Sorry everybody for the redundant question.
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post #454 of 2057
1/22/09 at 2:10pm
Don't worry, few people will link the high quality component on AV gears to PC sound cards.

The relay protects your speakers and your ears from unexpected pop sound caused by power surge when booting.
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post #455 of 2057
1/22/09 at 5:38pm
Has anyone tired windows 7 beta with the card? I'm think of giving the beta a try after hearing nothing but good things about it.
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post #456 of 2057
1/22/09 at 6:00pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by audionewbieyao View Post
Don't worry, few people will link the high quality component on AV gears to PC sound cards.

The relay protects your speakers and your ears from unexpected pop sound caused by power surge when booting.
I don't know about that. there are many,many people I talk with that have their PC hooked into their home theater systems or connected to high end AV gear.
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post #457 of 2057
1/22/09 at 6:06pm
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Originally Posted by Auidodude34 View Post
Has anyone tired windows 7 beta with the card? I'm think of giving the beta a try after hearing nothing but good things about it.
Yes I'm using Windows 7 beta and it works perfectly fine. The only difference is that the Xonar control panel thinks it's XP so you can't change the number of channels (it's set to 2 by default and unless you use a surround system it doesn't make a difference).
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post #458 of 2057
1/22/09 at 7:28pm
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Originally Posted by taso89 View Post
Yes I'm using Windows 7 beta and it works perfectly fine. The only difference is that the Xonar control panel thinks it's XP so you can't change the number of channels (it's set to 2 by default and unless you use a surround system it doesn't make a difference).
Cool thanks i'm going to give a shot see what all the fuzz about windows 7 is about.
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post #459 of 2057
1/23/09 at 9:27am
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Originally Posted by ttol View Post
They release drivers roughly once a year (this is counting their buggy beta releases) and do not really seem that interested in fixing anything.
How do you figure this? I see no less than 6 driver releases for the PCI version of the original Xonar since July 2007 and 4 versions of drivers for the PCI Express version of the original Xonar since Novemner 2007. Am I missing something or was I knocked on the head and I've just woken up in 2013?
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post #460 of 2057
1/23/09 at 12:58pm
The drivers pretty much fixed all my previous problems. If you want bug free device, I suggest you stay with onboard stuff, they're the best.
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post #461 of 2057
1/25/09 at 12:47pm
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Originally Posted by audionewbieyao View Post
The drivers pretty much fixed all my previous problems. If you want bug free device, I suggest you stay with onboard stuff, they're the best.
Where did you find the new ones? I looked today on support.asus.com and it still only gives me the old driver. Do you have a link to it?
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post #462 of 2057
1/25/09 at 1:33pm
I found the driver but it won't download. I keep clicking on it and nothing happens. ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-
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post #463 of 2057
1/25/09 at 11:07pm
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Anybody experimenting with opamps on this card yet?
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post #464 of 2057
1/26/09 at 7:15pm

Op Amp functions?

I just received the Xonar STX card: I see that there are 3 socketed op amps: 1 LM4562 and 2 JRC 2114D. I've gone through this forum, the Asus forum and the manual and I can't find any reference as to what these chips are doing. If anyone actually knows what the "swappable" opamps are doing, I'd love to know. I've posted over on the Asus forum so maybe I'll get an answer over there.
The National chip is a good one, but the JRC's are nothing special; I'm a bit curious what they are doing on a $200 card.
By the way, I noticed some discussion about using the Burr Brown 627. That is a single op amp, while the 4562/ 2114's are duals: besides the functional difference, they use different pins for the positive supply so I wouldn't try THAT mod!
Also, if anyone has been able to sucessfully download the driver update, please let us know.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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post #465 of 2057
1/26/09 at 7:31pm
The only swappable opam is the LM4562.

And yeah you can't use single opamps unless you wanna go down to mono from stereo (if you somehow managed to put it in the socket and not fry it, that is)
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