[limesinferior]

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Originally Posted by ROBSCIX /img/forum/go_quote.gif For those asking about the current draw for the Essence for a linear supply. It is about 20 Watts, usually less.

thanks, are you able to divide it between 12v and 5V?

 

[audionewbieyao]

man.. that's hard, you'll have to call the engineer in Asus to answer that question I guess....

 

[Auidodude34]

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[viscosity]

I know its early but has anyone figured out the voltage supplied to the main opamp? Ideally it should be 9v or above for descrete opamp options.

 

[twhtpclover]

Isn't universal?
I thought.. if they make such design for OPAMP upgrade, they must have followed the sepc requirements.

 

[HeadLover]

Just ordered the DAC1 PRE, I am sure it will be better than the ASUS

(with a nice PRE, Headphones amp and a USB and a great DAC)

 

[ROBSCIX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by limesinferior /img/forum/go_quote.gif thanks, are you able to divide it between 12v and 5V?

No, I just asked for total current values.

 

[taso89]

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Originally Posted by HeadLover /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just ordered the DAC1 PRE, I am sure it will be better than the ASUS (with a nice PRE, Headphones amp and a USB and a great DAC)

I am sure it will be at $1595 but what does that have to do with the Asus?

Anyway, is the Asus Essence available to buy anywhere at this point? I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with "1-2 weeks" of waiting with NCIX, but then Newegg is not selling this thing either..

 

[Postalisback]

Rob, is the "Sennheiser Veil" more or less noticeable with the Essence STX than with say, the X-Fi Prelude?

That's all I'd like to know, thanks.

 

[fzman]

i just got mine -- sitting on my desk at work, waiting for the snow-bound commute home tonite to install in my audio-only pc....

got it from shopsharksystems.com in ontario CA. got here farily quickly shipped ups express using my shipper account.

got the parts to build a linear psu for it, but will try it with pc's psu first, and with the stock op amps just to see what it's like.

 

[Fafner]

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Originally Posted by Auidodude34 /img/forum/go_quote.gif zimmzio said this place ships to France, maybe you should give them a call XONAR ESSENCE STX - ASUS XONAR ESSENCE STX 124DB SNR/HEADPHONE AMP CARD FOR AUDIOPHILES PCI-E - Sohodiffusion.com Also I ask this before but never got an answer, Is anyone using Vista 64?

I'm swiss and I got mine from here:

Shark Systems - XONAR ESSENCE STX - Asus

Received it today, installed and voilà! It sounds great with my Grado GS1000...

My only doubts are on how I should setup my PowerDVD's sound output to use the card's features...SPDIF like on X-FI? 6-speakers?...?

 

[zimmzio]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fzman /img/forum/go_quote.gif i just got mine -- sitting on my desk at work, waiting for the snow-bound commute home tonite to install in my audio-only pc.... got it from shopsharksystems.com in ontario CA. got here farily quickly shipped ups express using my shipper account. got the parts to build a linear psu for it, but will try it with pc's psu first, and with the stock op amps just to see what it's like.

Same! I was actually very surprised by how fast they expedited the thing. I highly recommend them.

 

[zimmzio]

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Originally Posted by Fafner /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm swiss and I got mine from here: Shark Systems - XONAR ESSENCE STX - Asus Received it today, installed and voilà! It sounds great with my Grado GS1000... My only doubts are on how I should setup my PowerDVD's sound output to use the card's features...SPDIF like on X-FI? 6-speakers?...?

And it will get even better!

 

[zimmzio]

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Originally Posted by Fafner /img/forum/go_quote.gif My only doubts are on how I should setup my PowerDVD's sound output to use the card's features...SPDIF like on X-FI? 6-speakers?...?

Yes! and set on 6 speakers for 5.1.

 

[zimmzio]

Oh! and i wanted to let people know that the asusaudiocentre skin is completely customizable...Theres a nice(cleaner) one over at deviantart.com here, it has to be modified a little to work correctly with the Essence though. I did the necessary changes myself.

Actually, i wouldn't mind sharing my modified version, if somebody knows a good place where i could upload it to?

*UPDATE*
Ok wait, it is a very simple modification. just go in Asus_Xonar_Custom_Skin_by_dobee\Skin\Status - Copy StatusPanel_DX.jpg to your desktop, rename it StatusPanel_STX.jpg and put back in and Voila! After you can copy the \Skin folder to your asus driver folder, x:\Program Files\ASUS Xonar Essence STX Audio\Customapp and overwrite(The asusaudiocentre must be closed first).