Sylverant
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Edit: stv014 already answered the question.
This is untrue though the specs are better on the line out. Specs do not nessessarily convert to good sound. The headphone amp is definately clearer than the line out stock though by direct coupling the lineout the detail is equivolent, sound is better overall after direct coupling.
It's programmed for speakers not headphones though, seems like there could be some undesirable results.
Plus no extra amp, and no Dolby Headphone for games and movies. I haven't played around with Dolby Virtual speaker too much but I don't think it would translate over as well as Dolby Headphone, seeing as it's designed for speakers in front of you not to the right and left of you.
So would there be anything wrong with getting a cable like this: http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Audio-Cable-Splitter-1-Mini/dp/B00004Z5CP/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1347682388&sr=1-1&keywords=headphone+to+rca
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Would the quality of the headphone out stay intact or would this kind of splitting degrade the quality? Gaming sound is pretty essential to me and it seems like straight RCA would negatively impact it due to the way the STX is programmed.
Yes, the headphone out is D.C. coupled and the RCA line out isn't, but that doesn't mean your going to get much better performance out of the HP out. Remember that the "speaker" out on the STX is really just the unamplified line out, which is still the cleaner signal. There is no special "speaker" programing on the STX, unless your talking about the emulated stereo surround settings which are easily disabled.
What exactly did you want to do with the STX again though?
I was mostly referring to the emulated surround sound settings yes... very good for games. But I remember on my soundblaster if it wasn't set to headphone mode the sound would jump all over the place in games in a very bad way. That doesn't seem to be the case here but I'll have to test it more.
The slightly increased clarity of the RCA doesn't seem worth losing Dolby Headphone... I mean I can already not hear any noise when I have the volume pumped up to full blast. So I'd like to know if splitting a headphone out line would cause and problems, I wouldn't think so but I'd like to be sure.
So Asus(HP Out) +DH > amp > headphones is a bad idea even with amp set to no gain? I realize line out > amp is better for music but was wondering if this would be good for games.
You've lost me on signal to noise ratio having nothing to do with noise though...
If I take the spdif signal from the card will it work in both Windows and Linux then?
Hey guys I just got a Asus Xonar Essence ST sound card and was looking to buy a pair of audiophile headphones..I'm a newbie at this. was wondering if you guys could help me with what type of headphones to get. price range around 100-200..maybe 300 if its worth it i do like some bass as well. ill be gaming mostly but will also use it for music and movies.
Got these in the mail today:
Been listening for a while but somehow I found the soung to be "in my face"
will listen more and maybe change the opamps in the I/V slot.