Author Topic: ASUS Xonar Essence  (Read 867 times)

Zdman

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ASUS Xonar Essence
« on: November 17, 2008, 01:50:59 pm »
An Audiophile soundcard for Headphones
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/11709-exclusive-asus-xonar-essence-stx-sneak-peak.html

This looks very impressive. Anyone planning to get this?
 

BigWoodenSpoon

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Re: ASUS Xonar Essence
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2008, 07:21:36 am »
mmmm nice, but I stil  prefer mine  :D

GB - how does that Burr Brown 1792A DAC rate?
         

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Re: ASUS Xonar Essence
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2008, 05:26:38 pm »
They're the same as the PCM1794A's, except that they use software mode for setting up and not hardware mode. But the DACs are essentially the same performance wise. They seem to have put some effort into that ;)