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ASUS Xonar Essence STX - sound card
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XONAR ESSENCE STX
ASUS XONAR Essence STX
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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

Details

GENERAL

Device TypeSound card
Enclosure TypePlug-in card
Interface TypePCI Express x1

PROCESSOR / MEMORY

Signal ProcessorASUS AV100

AUDIO OUTPUT

Sound Output ModeStereo
DAC Data Width24-bit
Sample Rate192 kHz (max)
Signal-To-Noise Ratio124 dB
Response Bandwidth10 - 90000 Hz
FeaturesKaraoke, Dolby Headphone technology, Dolby Virtual Speaker technology, Magic Voice, Smart Volume Normalizer, FlexBass, Xear 3D Virtual Speaker Shifter
Compliant StandardsDirectSound, A3D 1.0, OpenAL, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Pro Logic II

EXPANSION / CONNECTIVITY

Interfaces1 x audio - line-out - RCA x 2
1 x headphones - output - phone stereo 6.25 mm
1 x audio - line-in/headphones - phone stereo 6.25 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 Slots1 x PCI Express x1

MISCELLANEOUS

Cables Included1 x audio adaptor
1 x S/PDIF cable

SOFTWARE / SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

SoftwareDrivers & Utilities
OS RequiredMicrosoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition, Microsoft Windows Vista (32/64 bits)