Sxperm
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I just purchased Asus Xonar Essence STX to use with my Sennheiser HD598 and Maverick A1 headphone amplifier. However I am confusing with a basic setting in STX and Dolby Headphone
I have read in Dolby.com itself about their DH technology and it said this technology has been designed to work with sources whether it comes from 2 channel stereo source or multi-channel sources like 5.1/7.1 turned into an immerse DH channel.
DH does works well with all 2 channel sources when turned it on, especially games and movies. It can turn 2 channel into quality surround 5.1 channel without a doubt. It has an exception with music. I found turned on DH and listening music from any sources will causes sounds quality distortion. You will got a dimension and cur surround sound but loss in quality anyway.
My real problem with STX and DH is multi-channels sources like 5.1 / 7.1. I found when I switched into 6 speakers mode with DH turned on (my main preference is DH2 "Liverer Room") the sound dimension and cue was very blur and muddy. I cannot point out where the sounds come from. However this problem will be solved if I turned DH off and use only 6/8 channels for 5.1 / 7.1 sources. I thought DH should work well with multi-channels sources but the results is not what I expected.
My question - Do anyone here ever experienced similarly? May I made some mistake with its setting? I do not think DH cannot handle just multi-channels source anyway. If I have to turn DH off when playing any multi-channels source then what is the point of purchasing this card? I would like to experienced Dolby headphone for my games and movie via quality headphone and I hope I could turn it on without making any negative effect on sounds.
Thank you in advance
I have read in Dolby.com itself about their DH technology and it said this technology has been designed to work with sources whether it comes from 2 channel stereo source or multi-channel sources like 5.1/7.1 turned into an immerse DH channel.
DH does works well with all 2 channel sources when turned it on, especially games and movies. It can turn 2 channel into quality surround 5.1 channel without a doubt. It has an exception with music. I found turned on DH and listening music from any sources will causes sounds quality distortion. You will got a dimension and cur surround sound but loss in quality anyway.
My real problem with STX and DH is multi-channels sources like 5.1 / 7.1. I found when I switched into 6 speakers mode with DH turned on (my main preference is DH2 "Liverer Room") the sound dimension and cue was very blur and muddy. I cannot point out where the sounds come from. However this problem will be solved if I turned DH off and use only 6/8 channels for 5.1 / 7.1 sources. I thought DH should work well with multi-channels sources but the results is not what I expected.
My question - Do anyone here ever experienced similarly? May I made some mistake with its setting? I do not think DH cannot handle just multi-channels source anyway. If I have to turn DH off when playing any multi-channels source then what is the point of purchasing this card? I would like to experienced Dolby headphone for my games and movie via quality headphone and I hope I could turn it on without making any negative effect on sounds.
Thank you in advance