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Xonar Essence One vs Xonar Essence STX ?

post #1 of 5
11/14/11 at 1:59am
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Hi forum,

I'm planning to upgrade my current PC to a new and more silent one. Currently I have an Asus Xonar Essence STX installed to power my Sennheiser HD650 phones. But I'm thinking about selling the STX and buy the Essence One, as it would make it easier to find space in the chassis of the new pc when two (passive) gpu's are installed.

How is the sound-quality of the One vs STX? Does it sound much different, and would it be able to amp the HD650?

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post #2 of 5
11/14/11 at 1:57pm

I've never used the Essence One and have not done much reading on it.

But I do not think there would be any real improvement in sound with the Essence One.

The Essence STX can be improved with $15-$50 worth of op-amps anyway.

I would say to sell off the Essence STX (PCI-Express) and get the Essence ST (PCI)

You can plug the Essence ST into the PCI slot farthest way from the PCI-Express slots

and there should be enough room for your dual GPUs.

 

P.S. stop gaming so much and get a life.

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post #3 of 5
11/14/11 at 4:18pm

in this review http://soundnews.ro/2011/09/09/asus-xonar-essence-one-review-english-version/ says that one is superior to the stx.

 

 

If you want to keep the STX just search for a mother board with the PCIE 1x placed somewhere where it will not interfere with the video cards cooling radiators.

 

Keep in mind that in some motherboards the second PCIe 16x shares the same bandwidth with the PCIe 1x.

 

good luck

 

 

 

 

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post #4 of 5
11/16/11 at 8:34pm

The Essence STX measures better than the Essence One, but the rest is to you.

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post #5 of 5
11/17/11 at 1:34pm
Thread Starter 

Nevermind, decided to go with a single GPU solution and keep the STX.

But thanks for the reply's (good to know that I'm not missing anything without Essence One)

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