Description
Industry-leading 124dB SNR
Built-in headphone amp drives every available headphone with <0.001% distortion
Nichicon "fine gold" capacitors offer great dynamic performance
Perfectly shielded EMI-free analog output path
Customize your sound color effortlessly via swappable OPAmp socket
Specifications
Summary
- Product Description
- ASUS Xonar Essence STX - sound card
- Device Type
- Sound card
- Enclosure Type
- Plug-in card
- Interface Type
- PCI Express x1
- Signal Processor
- ASUS AV100
- Sound Output Mode
- Stereo
- DAC Data Width
- 24-bit
- Sample Rate
- 192 kHz (max)
- Signal-To-Noise Ratio
- 124 dB
- System Requirements
- Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition, Microsoft Windows Vista (32/64 bits)
Detail
General
- Device Type
- Sound card
- Enclosure Type
- Plug-in card
- Interface Type
- PCI Express x1
Processor / Memory
- Signal Processor
- ASUS AV100
Audio Output
- Sound Output Mode
- Stereo
- DAC Data Width
- 24-bit
- Sample Rate
- 192 kHz (max)
- Signal-To-Noise Ratio
- 124 dB
- Response Bandwidth
- 10 - 90000 Hz
- Features
- Karaoke, Dolby Headphone technology, Dolby Virtual Speaker technology, Magic Voice, Smart Volume Normalizer, FlexBass, Xear 3D Virtual Speaker Shifter
- Compliant Standards
- DirectSound, A3D 1.0, OpenAL, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Pro Logic II
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 1 x audio - line-out - RCA x 2 , 1 x headphones - output - phone stereo 6.3 mm , 1 x audio - line-in/headphones - phone stereo 6.3 mm , 1 x audio - line-In - 4 PIN MPC , 1 x audio - SPDIF output - RCA , On supplied cable : 1 x audio - SPDIF output - TOSLINK
- Compatible Slots
- 1 x PCI Express x1
Miscellaneous
- Cables Included
- 1 x audio adaptor , 1 x S/PDIF cable
Software / System Requirements
- Software
- Drivers & Utilities
- OS Required
- Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition, Microsoft Windows Vista (32/64 bits)
Customer reviews
Write a review for the Asus Xonar Essence STX PCI-E HI-FI Soundcard 124db SNR Provides The Best PC Sound Clarity Available here!
Great Sound!
Reviewed by niki. Review Posted 31/03/2010
This is now my fifth Asus sound card! They are simply brilliant. Great sound, great utilities and software, and superb presentation and packing. If I could give this card six stars, I would. Truly outstanding.
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