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post #31 of 33
12/26/11 at 7:59pm

 

 

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post #32 of 33
12/26/11 at 8:04pm

What type of music do you listen to.

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post #33 of 33
1/5/12 at 9:46pm
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Originally Posted by nordan View Post

Hey beowulf,

 

I actually got the STX because though my onboard + Asgard sounded fine, there was a lot of weird pops/squeals/whining noises in the back that were really annoying to listen to when there wasn't actually anything playing or when it got to a quiet part in a song. I suspect the noise is coming from my power supply or video card but never bothered to troubleshoot it further. Everything in my room is plugged into a power filter.

 

In any case, the 1/4" out on the STX had no noise as far as I could tell even at the loudest volumes, but the noise problem persisted on the RCA outputs. Sound wise, I think the bass sounded a little more powerful on the STX over the Asgard but nothing to rave about. Considering the Asgard was $250 and the STX was $180, I would say that the STX was the better buy, but only because I don't really take my headphones out of my house. Schiit's Bifrost looks pretty interesting though for $350 and would definitely have waited for that instead if portability was something I was looking for. My computer is rather heavy so I don't take it anywhere. :p

 

I have the 650's which are 300 ohm impedance if I remember right. Not entirely sure how much the impedance effects the amount of noise that comes through... but like I said, even at very high volumes I don't pick up any noise on the 1/4" out. Hope this post helps even if it was a little late.



Sounds like you have a ground loop problem when using the RCA out as the RCA should be even quieter that the headphone out.

 

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