That's completely normal. Its just the sound card turning on and off the relay before the pc shutting down.

I paid 299USD for my STX II without the daughter board.

I was using HP so the buffer on my STX II is not used. So yeah.   BTW, after some time listening and comparing between STX II and Schiit Stack, both sound the same to me. Will spend more time on both set up though.

Hey guys, I found out that the STX II sound better with the stock Muses Opamp. I tried 49720NA/HA, 49860 as well as 49990 but it doesn't sound that good. I'm using HFM He-560. I will try to compare with the Schiit stack and report soon. Again, comparing audio is really hard :))

Initial quality: 6 Construction: 6 Materials: 8 Comfort: 9 Looks: 8 Overall sound: 9 Customer service: 6

  On my Magni and STX II:   Bass strong but not deep, not impactful compared to drum, not textured. Soundstage appear to be just coming from 3 directions. Mixing is quite ok.   But my ears bleed halfway... Going back to my Stockfisch records :D

Sound science again?

I believe PC audio card reached the end point in term of sound quality/cost. With this sort of price, you may just well go buy dedicated components, like Schiit DAC and Amp, or even those ASUS external DAC Amp.   People say external power circuitry is much better for sound quality, so going...

Try the Schiit Loki?

Hey i just thought of this and i guess it could help. Since both you gpu and stx are using the limited 16 pcie lanes, when you push the gpu hard, i guess the problem can come from sharing of pcie lanes. You can try using better platform such as 2011 x99 or x79 to chk for that.

I read Yggy as 'it gee'. Can someone tell me the proper way to do it xD

I just found this picture from another thread, and yeah, it useful as hell to describe what I'm feeling with my 560. The sound is not really coming from ' directly in front of your face in a cone shape' like what speakers can do. Hope to try the HD800 with good amping one day.  

 ​I just visit Head-Direct and notice that the HE-400i's page looks more professional than its big brother 560. And look at that packaging box, it's much better than the wooden 560 one IMHO

You try to get a different gpu and psu to go with your stx? I guess it's just problems with your psu, unable to produce clean power under heavy gpu load, affecting your stx

Oh I thought that you are just using the card for its stereo output. If you need 7.1, just go with the stx 2. Currently STX 2 is not sold in the US yet, from what I know. In Singapore where i live, the stx 2 7.1 is sold at around 333usd. So yeah, you can either pull the trigger, or wait a few...

You should go with the STX. The STX 2 can be purchased from Amazon :)

I use both cards, if you are not someone who seeks for the last few percent in audio fidelity, you should just go with version one. With that said, version two isnt that much better than version one.

Hi all, my can is having rattling sound come from the right cup. Any idea how to fix it? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Another feedback for the HE-560. However, I won't be providing any impression on the sound of the cans since the 560 is my second cans beside my SR80i. I'm a speaker guy and I'm using the Schitt stack as well as the ASUS STX 2 in conjunction with the 560.   Some background information: My 560...

Out of curiosity, can you touch and damage the driver from poking with your finger at the center opening of the pad/cup?

My 560 is sent to me 3 weeks ago, but to my old address in a different country. Now I'm waiting to go back there, in the next 2 weeks, to pick my headphone up. I'm more disappointed than you lol

Why not oppo pm1 :)

You can try removing the magni, just use the modi to go straight to your speakers since magni is built for hp, not speakers. Of course you will need rca to 3.5 adapter. Do post back your finding :)

Any help :)

Where can i order one in the us?