[dynamics]

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It's shipping in Germany right now.
 


 
 

Great.  I hope that will follow here in the US as well

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[feax]

With this link:  http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/pulseaudio

I can get the 192 Khz, 24 bits under ubuntu with these settings in the file  /etc/pulse/daemon.conf  :

resample-method = speex-float-8
default-sample-format = s24be
default-sample-rate = 192000

The essence one displays the 192K led but it'not easy to hear a
difference when upsampling under ubuntu.

these settings should work with the asus essence STX also.

the upsampling made by the PC eats some CPU, if  resample-method = speex-float-8   is too much,  try   resample-method = speex-float-5   or less
 

 

[dynamics]

Google says these stores have it:  http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=asus+essence+one&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=6105569936458326818&sa=X&ei=0a3STqaaIsKEsgKqwMnNDg&ved=0CFwQ8wIwBQ
 
I just ordered one from thenerds.net website.  I'll wait and see if it gets shipped out.

 

[Gabrielisc]

Live in Australia, got my Essence one earlier today with my new AKG Q701
loving it so far, def enough power to amp it, cant give you guys anything solid as im def not that experienced in audiophile goods.
 
Anyways, got a question.
 
I can either play music via 192KHz @ 24bit or Bit-Perfect - using asus ASIO drivers @ 24 bit, 44KHz.
 
which should i be doing?
 
Also which program do you guys recommend using, foobar is a bit too clunky for me, winamp doesnt seem to be able to use the asus asio driver without crashing pretty much.

 

[Broken Arrow]

i really like jriver mediacenter 17
 
 
http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v17/stable/MediaCenter170038.exe

 

[feax]

hello,

How do you choose the bitperfect mode ?
Do you use windows 7 ?
 
 
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Live in Australia, got my Essence one earlier today with my new AKG Q701
loving it so far, def enough power to amp it, cant give you guys anything solid as im def not that experienced in audiophile goods.
 
Anyways, got a question.
 
I can either play music via 192KHz @ 24bit or Bit-Perfect - using asus ASIO drivers @ 24 bit, 44KHz.
 
which should i be doing?
 
Also which program do you guys recommend using, foobar is a bit too clunky for me, winamp doesnt seem to be able to use the asus asio driver without crashing pretty much.

 

 

[ROBSCIX]

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hello,

How do you choose the bitperfect mode ?
Do you use windows 7 ?
 
 


 

By using the ASIO bitperfect driver.
 

 

[feax]

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By using the ASIO bitperfect driver.
 

Is it automatic ?
I use the asus driver under vista
I tried some 192K/24bits flac files, and 88k/24bits flac files, but I've never seen the bitperfect led light on....

 

[feax]

It's ok, I managed to make it work with foobar and JRIVER media player
 
I installed a plugin ASIO in foobar +some settings and some settings for JRIVER.

 

[Gabrielisc]

you have to choose ASIO Asus essence one driver on the media player you are using
 
so for example. jriver worked much better for me than foobar, foobar seemed to cause alot of clicking and unseemless moving of the track or between tracks.
Jriver did this seemlessly and is quite nice as an interface anyways.
 
once you have changed the playback to be via asio the bit perfect led should turn on, and it will sound different...
 
anyways as expected with anyone who buys equipment, after spending that much cash you kinda have to love it, but honestly, ive listened to quite a few headphones (T1, 990, 880, Audeze LCD-2, AD900, HD850, HD650) and the AKG Q701 seems like a really good combo with the asus essence one.

 

[leeperry]

apparently it can do up to 24/96 w/o drivers and 24/192 w/ the C-Media drivers? can it do 24/88.2 w/o drivers?

 

[feax]

Thanks for your response gabrielisc, it works now.



@leeperry:  When you want to force the usb output (upsampling with PC) ,some frequencies are missing in the windows(vista, seven) driver:
 
you can choose 16bits/44,1  16/48K,  16/96K, 16/192K,      24bits/44K, 24/48K, 24/96K, 24/192K
 
The 88.2Khz and 176.4 Khz frequencies are missing.
 
So if you want to listen to a 88.2Khz/24bits file in his native frequency, you must use the bitperfect mode (which disable the usb output forcing)
 
 

 

[dynamics]

I will have mine tomorrow .  It's on the way.

 

[TheGomdoRi]

Any comparisons vs. the STX or any other xonar series soundcard would be nice

 

[soberspine]

in the soundnews review says it is better than all other sound cards but other users opinion is always welcomed. It would be a surprise not to be better because they all come from the same manufacturer and the xonar one is more than twice the price.
I am interested in STX vs ONE only as dac.