Asus xonar essence stx audio sound card steve hoffman music. Dolby master studio driver is manufactured under license from dolby laboratories. Asus really needs to get on cmedias case about this seeing as it cmedia who writes the base driver that. Drivers work with stxii cards but the changing audio settings may not work with asus audio center and only with cmedia panel. Equipped with carefullyselected components and asus exclusive hypergrounding and emi shield design, the xonar essence stx is capable of achieving an industryleading 124db snr in signal clarity. I want to change my old asus xonar d2x audio card to sound blaster ae7. Asus xonar dg and xense sound cards the tech report. The sound is more detailed, more liquid, more pleasant to listen to on the longer term. The following asus cards wont work and will not be supported with uni xonar drivers. Asus xonar driver control panel hasnt changed for years, which is a bit of a shame. Official asus xonar and essence sound card club overclock.
I use astro a40s with the mixamp, and i use all of the dolby features meaning i need digital 7. The xonar essence stx and essence st soundcards are by far the least expensive way of turning a pc into a genuine highresolution audio source i have yet encountered. Asus xonar xense opamp replacement upgrade guide linus tech. Asus audio center is missing the gain 1632 ohms for headset. Asus and the xonar team have refreshed and expanded upon the formidable stx design, that will give top class sound quality in your music, movies and games. Asus xonar essence stu is a product which follows in the footsteps of the older model stx, probably the best internal soundcard in the desktop domain. Essence st, xonar essence stx, xonar essence stx ii, xonar xense.
Oct 06, 2010 asus xonar essence stx audio sound card. Does anyone know if and when drivers for windows 8. Anyone maybe got an idea what should be damaged here. But the older codecs scored lower on benchmark tests vs the entry level asus sound cards. Please visit the asus usa and asus canada websites for information about locally available products. Others believe the sound card still produces better sound, provided you have high quality sound equipment. Asus xonar essence stx vs auzentech xfi forte vs auzentech. Asus xonar essence stx vs creative xfi titanium hd page. Xonar d2, xonar dx, xonar d2x, xonar hdav, xonar hdav slim, xonar essence st, xonar essence stx, xonar essence stx ii, xonar xense. I had an asus xonar xense with a headphone port that got unsuable. May 01, 2015 if i run the asus setup it installs but the driver version stays 10. Unquestionably excellent and an easy winner of our oc3d gold award.
Driven by innovation and committed to quality, asus won 4,256 awards in 20 and is widely credited with revolutionizing the pc industry with its eee pc. Neither the essences resolution nor their low levels of noise are compromised by having to operate in the electrically unfriendly environment of a computer chassis. Furthermore, the highquality headphone amplifier supports headphones up to 600ohms of impendence with less than 0. It only outputs sound on one side and the other one is really really quite. Calling all asus xonar owners, whats the driver situation on.
Oct 20, 2009 the first driver supported the firstlaunched xonar cards, but as it stands today, the most recent version of alsa in the linux kernel supports the xonar d1, d2, d2x, dx, essence st deluxe, essence stx and also the hdav1. Anyway, i havent seen that exact realtek audio codec compared to the xonar dx. It is an internal sound card designed for the music enthusiast. The xonar xense is so similar in terms of component make up to last years xonar essence xt that its hard to spot why some of the key ratings. Asus xonar essence stx 124 db snrheadphone amp card unboxing asus xonar essence stx in the amazon store. I know this section is on the phoebus but since it is the closest section to the xonar cards i thought i would ask here. Download cmedia asus xonar essence stx audio device sound card drivers or install driverpack solution software for driver update. Other cmedia cmi8786 and cmi8788 audio chipset cards. Apparently, there are only minor differences other than the card now supporting the xonar h6 for 7. Certainly hope that asus can follow up with an affordable usb option for this legend. I am one of the music enthusiasts the propaganda refers to. Asus xonar essence stx sound card page 1 james is back in business and this time he looks at a special xonar offering from asus, essentially a.
The essence st and stx are very similar the xense is a bit lower in quality. Asus recently announced that they have teamed up with sennheiser, a proverbial powerhouse in the audiophile headphone market to bring audio lovers the xonar xense 7. Apr 07, 2020 james is back in business and this time he looks at a special xonar offering from asus, essentially a headphone preamp for discerning audiophiles. I want to buy an asus xonar essence stor stx sound card for my hp. Xonar essence st, xonar essence stx, xonar essence stx ii, xonar xense. It is not an important upgrade compared to it, but comes with the advantages offered by an external solution, whilst keeping the qualities of the original model. Internal sound cards free delivery possible on eligible purchases. I have mine, short of working with the asus drivers for w8. I have a xonar d2x in my ageing gaming rig and a xonar essence stx in my htpc box. You can submit your custom made icon, application or any other little. Maar vanwege het mooie geluid neem ik dat voor lief. It blitzed all tests, bar one, where the xonar xense got a. Cmedia asus xonar essence stx audio device sound card. Using the asus xonar essence stx under linux techgage.
If i use the unixonar version a it unloads the microsoft driver and then loads the asuscmedia driver you hear the card clicking with the driver change but after some time. Downloaded the latest windows 10 iso ver 10240 then did a clean install of windows and installed the exact same driver and bam no asus blue icon in the bottom right corner on the desktop and no sound even though it is the same driver and all i cannot log into xonar essence stx audio center in the control panel any longer, when i click it. Also, has anyone used the regular windows 8 drivers for it with 8. I realized they released the essence stu which is essentially a dac version of this at double the price of the original stx, which probably contribute to its downfall. I browsed to my download folder and clicked on the asus driver and let their setup program install the drivers and software.
It probably still has the same problems as the stx, like the output impedance of the. As the performance graphs show, the asus xonar essence stx is a high achiever. St is 6,44 33,74 usd where stx is the cheapest one of them. I disabled the on board sound chip in bios and deleted the via drivers and software completely. Asus xonar essence stx vs creative xfi titanium hd. Asus xonar essence stx vs creative sound blaster zx. Asus xonar essence stx 3 items description driver features operating system windows 10 xp3264bit vista3264bit mce2005 dolby digital live dolby digital live encodes any audio signal on pc in realtime to dolby digital ac3 5. For more causal headphone users or those who prefer to use speakers, the essence stx really. Xonar essence stx essence hifi audio asus united kingdom. Asus xonar essence stx sound card sign in to comment. And if you have the driver control panel set to 48 khz and windows set to 96,000 hz it will upsample from 48 khz to 96 khz. Its been over a year since its release and not a single driversoftware update. Amd nvidia intel chassis gaming cooling asus ssd msi storage. Calling all asus xonar owners, whats the driver situation.
I did want to caution people around asus driver support for. Asus xonar essence stx 124 db snrheadphone amp card. Choosing only the best components and finest design, xonar essence stx achieves unprecedented 124 db snr 64 times clear than onboard solutions, bringing top. Calling all asus xonar owners, whats the driver situation on w10. The main driver pane for the xonar essence driver software has drop box settings for both sample rate 44. Asus engineers have furnished essence stx ii with an additional gain control designed especially for highsensitivity iem headphones, allowing musicians and audio purists to use earpieces that channel audio output straight to the ear canal isolating ambient noise for listening that requires undisturbed concentration. Asus xonar essence one 24bit 192khz dac and headphone. The first driver supported the firstlaunched xonar cards, but as it stands today, the most recent version of alsa in the linux kernel supports the xonar d1, d2, d2x, dx, essence st deluxe, essence stx and also the hdav1. Yeah, ive been using those drivers for my xonar essence stx card for the last several months. Uni xonar drivers main page information, release notes, driver downloads. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Uni xonar drivers are windows drivers for the following sound cards.
Recently i compared the official drivers for the xonar d1 vs. I really wish asus would get their butts in gear with drivers. Xonar essence stx essence hifi audio asus australia. Choosing only the best components and finest design, xonar essence stx achieves unprecedented 124 db snr 64 times clear than onboard solutions, bringing topothe shelf audio experience for audiophiles. Asus xonar phoebus or asus xonar essence stx please help. Asus xonar essence stx audio sound card steve hoffman. I am having trouble choosing between the xonar essence stx or xonar hdav1. Hello, i am new to these forums so sorry if i make some mistakes but i am having a lot of trouble choosing between the asus xonar essence stx or the asus phoebus. Aug 26, 2010 the xonar xense is so similar in terms of component make up to last years xonar essence xt that its hard to spot why some of the key ratings like signal to noise ratio snr are different. The daughter board expands the stx ii to a top class multimedia device, allowing for 7. Asus xonar u1, u3, u7, essenceone, essence stu, rog phoebus, dkara. Which doesnt mean a normal persons ears can hear the difference.
While asus driver drops tend to be few and far between, i never had much of. And one other thing that annoys me about the xonar essence cards in windows 7. Aug 09, 2011 i currenty stopped my search for a another motherboard and i listen more and more to music so and i always had a good eye on the asus xonar essence but still i dunno which model to take since i can use both. Products certified by the federal communications commission and industry canada will be distributed in the united states and canada. To note, if you think of just hardware gaming, the. Im thinking about getting it if asus doesnt release a windows 10 driver soon for the xonar phoebus. I downloaded the latest driver for the card from the asus support site. All specifications are subject to change without notice. Nov 15, 2019 asus xonar essence stx sound card page 1 james is back in business and this time he looks at a special xonar offering from asus, essentially a headphone preamp for discerning audiophiles. In addition, xonar dx also produces as little as 2 105db of the total harmonics distortion from motherboard audio does 75db. Mar 06, 2014 apparently, there are only minor differences other than the card now supporting the xonar h6 for 7.
Support for asus xonar essence ststx sound card toms. Asus is a worldwide topthree consumer notebook vendor and maker of the worlds bestselling, most awardwinning, motherboards. Installed in a asus crosshair v formulaz, amd black edition fx9590 cpu, 16gb of gskill trident ram. Whether they perform any better than 1822 or stxii 11. I cannot say with certainty if this is a driver or hardware issue. James is back in business and this time he looks at a special xonar offering from asus, essentially a headphone preamp for discerning audiophiles. Honestly i wouldnt look beyond asus if you are looking for advanced sound manipulation. Expanding on possibilities, we take a look at the successor to the highly acclaimed xonar essence stx. If i use the unixonar version a it unloads the microsoft driver and then loads the asus cmedia driver you hear the card clicking with the driver change but after some time suddenly it clicks again a few times and the ms driver is reloaded. Other cmedia 8788 audio chip based cards cmedia panel only.