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On one of your post, you said that if the STX is in an actual case, it would be just like products that are selling for $1300 which is very high end. Maybe I should rephrase it to "almost anything out there".
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I was making a point about items that are external and people making decisions about them based on price.
I was not trying to make the point that the STX can compare with a $1300 DAC.
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As for lumping them into same group, that's the truth.
I never claimed my amp is driving my cans to full potential. Not even close, I know it because I've heard better. However, you're the one claiming the STX to be able to drive all cans to their full potential such as the HD650. When you make such a claim, how can you not bring other high end offering into the account?
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Originally what many were talking about is that a soundcard would never have enough power to drive them properly. -That is wrong, the card can drive them properly from a electrical point of view. As for potential, that is really subjective. Potential in what sense, low distortion? Good Dynamics range? subjective opinion about a pleasing sound signature?
The STX can amp sounds good but of course there are units that sound better.
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As for audio being subjective, yes, but only to a degree. I don't believe anyone will claim the iBasso D2 Boa is better than a Little Dot MKIII (both of which I owned).
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Audio is 100% subjective, If you look at the specs for the card, it has some of the most impresive specifications of any audio device. So if it is better or worse then any other units, you are using your subjective opinion, nothing else. If we want to just go by actual signal quality according to the sepcifications alone, the STX is one tough customer. We all know there is more to it then just numbers. You can never know how another person will judge a product, There are guys out there that think onboard audio is the best you can get for PC audio.
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As for product comparison, how can we know if one product is good if we don't compare them to other ones? Heck, I wouldn't have known my onboard sound is no good if I didn't buy my first soundcard.
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Nothing wrong with comparisons, I do them all the time. Trouble is when Bias gets into the comparison. When people want a specific product to suceed or fail or have a opinion based on preconceptions such as a external units is always better.
If your curious as to how the card sounds, go and buy one, test it out and return it or find a buddy that has one to lend you. That is really the only way your going to find out what you want to know.