Sorry for the extremely late reply (and a little bit of thread necromancy that comes with it), but I thought it might help someone some day if I posted an update.   I sent the card back to where I bought it from, and they've sent it to ASUS for inspection, who replaced the card with a new...

Sorry, I haven't been able to post since yesterday. Thanks for all your replies.   When I was talking to a friend yesterday he said, "Hey, don't most PCIe-x1 cards have that half-pin feature?", so then I immediately looked up and found out that all Xonar STXs had that. I was both relieved...

Well I switched between normal/mid/high a couple of times, but then I stayed on normal because it had the appropriate range for my headphones. And yes, I've been using the 6.35mm out.   Here's an interesting thing, though. I realized that a part of one of the pins on the board was missing...

Yes I did. In fact I'm running on those drivers right now, but I haven't made any extra configuration at all.   I still hope that this is a software related issue, so I'll give it a try on Ubuntu as well.   Thanks for the reply.   Edit: Nope, no change at all. And when I run the...

Hey guys, I've been using my Shure SRH440 on a crappy AC97 for a while, then I decided to go with the best and got myself a Xonar Essence STX. I got really excited when it arrived today, but when I set it up, all my excitement turned to dust. Even when both Winamp and Windows are at 100% volume...

Hey guys. I was just about to purchase a pair of ATH-AD700's, but I realized that it was a bit lacky on the bass side. While I dislike dubstep, hip-hop, et al, I'm a progressive rock fan and I see bass guitar as the most important instrument in rock songs. I like bands like Yes, Genesis...

Haven't been able to post for some time, but here I am.   I finished the campaign a while back, and I kinda liked it overall, my only complaint is about not being able to Of course, this wasn't a likely case given the circumstances, but still.

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PC versions have always been released a few months after console release, so I'm hoping this will be the case again. I like playing games like this on PC better because they run faster.   God I can't wait either

Nothing more than an ordinary post-CoD4 CoD game so far. It's like the only thing that changes is the UI and some balance parameters. Definitely not worth the 60$. I'm not dissatisfied though, I play CoD for fun and I still get fun while playing; and of course, change is always good, no matter...

http://www.last.fm/user/xocotl   I've only been listening to Radio Paradise lately, and I can't even scrobble at work because of a proxy server, but here it is. I deleted (literally deleted, everything gone) my account back in 2008, because I probably had about 20-25k scrobbles almost all of...

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Since I've been using headsets for the last 4 years I haven't had to use a sound card so I was a little bit out of the sound card scene. Back in the day we used Creative sound cards but I guess Asus has been gaining some ground lately, many people in many places have been recommending Asus...

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I've done some reading for the last couple of days, and now I'm absolutely sure about not getting a headset. I just have to decide whether I should go with Audio-Technica ATH-AD700 or Sennheiser HD 598. AD700's look more like an "introduction to hi-fi", and even taking a glimpse at pictures of...

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Thanks for the reply.   I skimmed through feedback for AD 700 in several websites and I haven't seen a single negative one. Comfortable, reasonable price, great cable length, and it's really easy to find. Exactly what I'm looking for! This only leaves the mic, and I guess I'll have to look...

At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 1.71875 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 89.6% of people who took our test!   With a Sennheiser CX 300 II on a standard HP laptop. My first result was 16.25 Hz lol, I misclicked several times

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