[Libertad]

Review i found does compare both from his experience and gives pros and cons to both

 

[Windle]

Review i found does compare both from his experience and gives pros and cons to both

Ah thats perfect. Thanks for the link! Having owned various "high end" soundcards over the years I have to admit the pull for a completely driver-less one is pretty strong but the reviews of the Nu Audio are so damn good. Decisions decisions...

 

[Libertad]

It blew away my chord mojo which was much more expensive if thats something to go by but that was with my own ears.

 

[Windle]

It blew away my chord mojo which was much more expensive if thats something to go by but that was with my own ears.

Wow OK. Thats very interesting

 

[szore]

So I bought my NU sound card to replace my aging ASUS D2X Zonar, and my computer audio has been transformed! My Logitech Z-5500 digital speakers have come alive! I never knew they could sound this good!

 

[ray555]

Im torn between nu audio pro and creative ae9....

 

[szore]

Im torn between nu audio pro and creative ae9....

What are you torn over?

 

[ray555]

Currently running zxr with philips5532/4an and quite happy with it, wondering if any of those two will make a difference.

 

[saddleup]

It appears that the Pro is only available in the 7.1 channel configuration. Is that correct? I'll buy the multi channel Pro if the unit has been upgraded even if I won't be using the daughter board. Is there a difference between the Pro and non Pro cards?

 

[Whitigir]

It appears that the Pro is only available in the 7.1 channel configuration. Is that correct? I'll buy the multi channel Pro if the unit has been upgraded even if I won't be using the daughter board. Is there a difference between the Pro and non Pro cards?

Appears to have analog architecture revamped with newly customized AudioNote Capacitors, tweaks and tunes by resistors and using new OpAmps with other stuff

 

[tissot]

Having hard time finding many good Pro reviews out there. Also, seems like just the stereo version has never been sold, or certainly has been unavailable for months. Would be really interested to hear any input from anybody that has had Essence ST/STX and has tried the Nu Audio Pro's. Especially for headphone use.

I adore my Xonar Essence ST that has paired fantastically for a decade especially with Beyerdynamics (990, 1990, T1) to my ears. To this day I still find myself listening to many types of music via Essence ST paired with DT1990 over my more expensive living room setup. But the am4 motherboard compatibility issues with Essence stx are giving me second thoughts about just buying STX2.

 

[redrol]

Check this out:
The Sparkos SS2590 Pro Discrete Audio Op x2 + Nu Audio (headphone out only).

 

[wein07]

Check this out:
The Sparkos SS2590 Pro Discrete Audio Op x2 + Nu Audio (headphone out only).

https://sparkoslabs.com/product/pro-discrete-op-amp-ss2590/

How was the sound via the RCA out? Did u need extenders to fit them onto the soundcard?

 

[redrol]

I am just using the headphone out with RCA adapters.. And yes I needed 2 extenders to fit it.

 

[wein07]

I am just using the headphone out with RCA adapters.. And yes I needed 2 extenders to fit it.

Nice. Did u try the RCA output to Speakers?

How does the Sparkos SS2590 Pro Discrete Audio Op x2 compare to the burson V5i in your experience?