Can this be any good?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-Xonar-E...2399716&sr=8-1
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Grumpy Old Git
Location: Guildford, Surrey
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I'm Bob.
Asus USB DAC Headphone amp.
Can this be any good?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-Xonar-E...2399716&sr=8-1
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Senior Member
Location: Bridgwater UK.
Posts: 204
I'm alan.
No,Buy british, E-Dac with Neco Soundlabs V3,much better value...IMO
Grumpy Old Git
Location: Guildford, Surrey
Posts: 925
I'm Bob.
I wasn't thinking of actually buying one - just curious about folks opinions...
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Pussy Man
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2,026
I'm Confused.
Not sure I'd pay that price but I have one of their Xonar Essence ST sound cards in my HTPC and I think it's the best PC sound card I've heard.
Dave.
DaveK.
My System:
Power: Belkin PF40, Custom.hifi.cables Hydra and DC PSUs.
Sources: Self built HTPC with Xonar ST sound card, NAD T585 multi disc player, Sony BDP-S350, Squeezebox Touch, Techncs SL1210 (mod'd) + Nagaoka MP30, Thomson Sky HD box.
Amps etc.: 2 x Mini-T amps, MF-X10D Valve buffer clone, StanDAC 7520/Caiman (mod'd).
Speakers: Mission 774s with added super tweeters
Cables: best I can afford and likely to change except Homar's RF attenuated co-ax's and Mark Grant USB and HDMI cables. I also like silver i/cs and speaker cable.
Senior Member
Location: Falun, Sweden
Posts: 2,245
I'm Mike.
Buy british? Is that your answer to a relevant question?
It demolished my Benchmark DAC1 and it is now my only external DAC...
Quite a nice HP amp too!
The 384Khz upsampling function makes the sound a bit too polite though.
Very, very high value for money!
/Mike
Senior Member
Location: Coventry
Posts: 3,039
I'm Will.
I'd imagine it's pretty good, they did make the best PCI soundcards, so this should be even better...away from the RF interference of the MB.
And it's asynchronous...
I've always found ASUS components to be of a very high quality too...
Cheers, Will
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Location: Warrington
Posts: 3,451
I'm Neil.
Agreed. It is a high price point for ASUS too, which is an indicator that they are being serious.Originally Posted by WAD62
I'd imagine it's pretty good, they did make the best PCI soundcards, so this should be even better...away from the RF interference of the MB.
And it's asynchronous...
I've always found ASUS components to be of a very high quality too...
Mana Acoustics Racks / Bright Star IsoNodes Decoupling >> Allo DigiOne Player >> Pedja Rogic's Audial Model S DAC + Pioneer PL-71 turntable / Vista Audio phono-1 mk II / Denon PCL-5 headshell / Reson Reca >> LFD DLS >> LFD PA2M (SE) >> Royd RR3s.
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