Asus Xonar ESSENCE ST Internal Sound Card (PCI, EAX 5.0)

Title : Asus Xonar ESSENCE ST Internal Sound Card (PCI, EAX 5.0)
ASIN : B002BZIZ04
Description : ASUS XONAR ESSENCE ST SOUNDCARD PCI 124DB SNR FOR AUDIOPHILES XONAR ESSENCE ST Components Sound Cards
Features :

• Form Factor:Internal
• Device Type:Sound card
• Interface Type:PCI

List Price : £142.24
Price : £142.24


category: Products
brand: ASUS
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 4.3
Review : immersion in music
I bought this card with a pair of Audio Technica ATH M50 and i can say the sound is more detailed and crisp..I had an Xonar DX with a pair of AKG that had a price of around 30euros.I didn't tested the ATH M50 with the DX so i can't say if the clarity is from the card or Headphones.The problem with this card is you need to learn technical tricks to get things right.For example in games you have to activate the 7.1 virtual speakers on a 2.1 system to get corect sounding and positioning.This is valid mostly in EAX games where Creative have the market..In the future all games will move to openAL.This card is more for music quality..I love the fact that you can plug both speakers and heaphones simultaniosly in the sound card and is just a matter of switching from control panel from one to another.Before i had to change cables all time behind the computer.My 2.1 Altec Lansing 5021 speakers had a headphone hole in the volume unit but the speaker system also add aditional bass / treble to the...