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ASUS Xonar Essence STX Reviews

$174.99

There are a few dirty secrets in the tech industry, and one of the best-guarded among them... (maximumpc.com)

ASUS hat mit seiner Xonar-Serie sehr gute, aber auch relativ teure Soundkarten im Angebot. Nun... (hartware.de)

alaTest Review Summary for ASUS Xonar Essence STX

We have collected and analyzed 7 expert reviews and 4 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 90/100. The average review date is May 9, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 7506 reviews from other Sound Cards. Last update: November 21, 2009.

alaSCORE BETA 100

-20100

11 reviews

November, 2009

90 / 100

7 Experts

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4 Users

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Expert Reviews (7)

US

Asus Xonar Essence STX

By Gordon Mah Ung (maximumpc.com)

There are a few dirty secrets in the tech industry, and one of the best-guarded among them regards multichannel audio-everybody wants multichannel audio but almost no one actually runs the speakers to use it. Sure, we all cheered when PC audio went ...

Three out of five editors picked the Essence STX over other soundcards

Rating

90100

maximumpc.com
FR

ASUS Xonar Essence STX

By Florian Vieru (matbe.com)

US Note: This is an automatic translation. The text can differ from the original review.

ASUS will soon offer the first sound card with SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) of 124dB. The SNR is an indicator of the quality of audio devices. The latest ASUS therefore called Xona ...

No rating

matbe.com
NL

Asus Xonar Essence STX

By (pcmweb.nl)

US Note: This is an automatic translation. The text can differ from the original review.

A Sound of € 200. That all sounds like pure madness. A sound card of € 180 for headphones purists there must be someone behind it who do not understand. Or maybe it ?

+ Very musical Opamps + removable + Prettige software

- Relatively limited use

Asus is not on its laurels after the success of the Xonar-series. The result: the nice market Essence STX. A beautiful card that even a very expensive HD800 leaves shine. A performance level. However, the limited possibilities. It is a stereo sound card w...

Rating

90100

pcmweb.nl

User Reviews (4)

US

Actually it's not, and it's

By kevaskous (maximumpc.com)

Actually it's not, and it's hardly the only one, nor the first to put a headphone amp in their soundcard, frankly, they are the last.

US

Do you people even read the

By Muerte (maximumpc.com)

Do you people even read the articles? Or do you just like to bitch to bitch. This is a card for people who don't necessarily want to put all the money into speakers because they use their headphones more or are comfortable with stereo speakers. Of cour...

US

this sound card designed for

By Sina (maximumpc.com)

this sound card designed for Music Enthusiastic, what do you expect mpc? it's the highet quality sound card availabe in the market. (Built-in headphone amp)

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