The Xonar Essence STX Q/A, tweaking, impressions thread
May 16, 2009 at 1:55 PM Post #46 of 5,721
I was told that it would happen anytime soon : ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Forum- Share your problems here.

if you want it so bad, go +1 in that thread..can't hurt
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May 16, 2009 at 2:06 PM Post #47 of 5,721
Depends I am not sure if there is 2 or 5 year warranty on the elite pro. If it´s 2 years it died 2 months to late. Now that is if it´s not the mainboard. Been acting up a lot lately.
 
May 16, 2009 at 8:36 PM Post #49 of 5,721
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Originally Posted by oqvist /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Is it 110 % guaranteed that bit perfect will become available? Also curious how well the DDL Live works? don´t work all the well on my Elite PRO but then it´s not officially supported either.


Yes, ASUS stated this is a planned update and has been on the schedule for ahwhile now. DDL works fine on the card but is a waste of serious analog muscle.
You going for the STX or waiting for the ST?
 
May 17, 2009 at 8:24 PM Post #51 of 5,721
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so all you guys left it at 76%?


Sorry, but I've been looking at all kinds of settings and I don't understand where this is you are talking about. I'm running Vista 64bit if there's any difference.
 
May 17, 2009 at 8:31 PM Post #52 of 5,721
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Sorry, but I've been looking at all kinds of settings and I don't understand where this is you are talking about. I'm running Vista 64bit if there's any difference.


on XP SP3, w/ the latest drivers and the STX :



that's the default.
 
May 17, 2009 at 8:48 PM Post #53 of 5,721
Oh, in the mixer. Hadn't even noticed that one
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so yes, it's at 76%
 
May 17, 2009 at 9:07 PM Post #54 of 5,721
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Yes, ASUS stated this is a planned update and has been on the schedule for ahwhile now. DDL works fine on the card but is a waste of serious analog muscle.
You going for the STX or waiting for the ST?



I am trying to play cool and wait for the ST. Or if I decide I just want some good cheap digital transport a bit hard to decide.
 
May 17, 2009 at 9:31 PM Post #56 of 5,721
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I am trying to play cool and wait for the ST. Or if I decide I just want some good cheap digital transport a bit hard to decide.


The waiting game. Buying PC hardware is tricky. No matter what you buy, a little while later there is somthing else that you wished you had of waited for or bought instead.
 
May 21, 2009 at 2:02 PM Post #57 of 5,721
I've got no idea why my first impression OOTB w/ the 49720 resulted in a such bad SQ w/ ASIO on XP SP3(sound was muffled/distorted/poorly filtered)....so I put back the stock op-amps, and it was much better in KS! then I decided to put the 4562 and it was a major leap ahead
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so after 3 days, I've decided to put back the 49720, and they indeed sound ever so slightly even more refined in KS
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so do yourself a favor, get some samples from National for $10 shipped....and sit down before putting the cans on your head, I'm this kind of guy who only takes perfection as an answer...and it's hard to fault this soundcard SQ-wise
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soundstage becomes HUGE and very involving, you're in the middle of the music....and the distorsion is simply inaudible, plus there's zillions of small details you had no clue even existed
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but ditch all your mp3's, lossless is the motto! the remastered "enter the dragon" OST is simply out of this world
 
May 21, 2009 at 2:18 PM Post #58 of 5,721
it seems that the 49720 has clearer trebles, but slightly less bass than 4562
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but all I crave for is clear trebles, I can live w/ a bit less bass!

http://www.audiocom-uk.com/mod_inner.asp?id=67

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the CD63 uses an active op-amp circuit based on the JRC2114, another flavour of the industry standard ‘NE5532’ op-amp. We upgrade these op-amps to the excellent LME49720. This op-amp is essentially the same as the LM4562 but on A/B tests we have found the LME49720 is less “Hi-Fi” sounding. The LME49720 has extremely low noise, low distortion and high speed and provide stellar filtering for the DAC output.


 
May 22, 2009 at 5:22 AM Post #60 of 5,721
Hi everyone, I purchased the STX and just got it today however my computer is not detecting the sound card and I tried installing the drivers that it saids "please plug in your asus...stx audio device". The problem is very similar to Funky-kun who posted earlier here. I had the pci express on default which was "auto". I set it as 100mhz, but it still doesn't work!!

Here is a link to my motherboard, it is a gigabyte p35 dq6 board.
GIGABYTE - Support&Download - Motherboard - Manual - GA-P35-DQ6 (rev. 1.0)

On the PCI express lanes, I have already installed a nvidia 7900gs card on the first x16 slot and on the second x16slot which actually has only x4 lanes I installed a areca 1210 hdd PCI-express x8 controller card. Help please
 

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