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Asus Xonar Essence STX
8.5 out of 10

Asus Xonar Essence STX

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Reviews and Problems with Asus Xonar Essence STX

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Overall 4
4.0

Worst audio card ever bought

maisai, Newegg
16 February 2013
  • Pros: it works.
  • Cons: sound quality like a five dollar audio card.
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Overall 4
4.0

Well... go for HT Omega instead

Newegg
5 December 2012
  • Summary: One way to describe it: the is a "veil", something obstructs the sound. It's just not the best card on the market for this price range.
  • Pros: Easy to install. PCI.
  • Cons: Well, it's simply not up to the task compared to my Ht Omega eClaro.
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Overall 4
4.0

Not Worth It.

Newegg
5 May 2012
  • Summary: Did not like this sound signature at all. I bought this card to hook up to some HI-FI towers.
  • Pros: Most definitely an upgrade over Realtek On-board.
  • Cons: Recessed highs, overall "bright response"
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Overall 3
2.6
Value for money 4
4.0
Features 2
2.0
Performance 2
2.0
Overall quality 2
2.0

great sound card

jack, TigerDirect.com
27 February 2012
  • Summary: This is a great sound card if you are willing to spend the money. The build in amplifier function is why I chose this card.
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Overall 4
4.0

High pitched screech

Ed, Newegg
25 February 2012
  • Pros: Sounds great, when it isn't blowing your ear drums
  • Cons: High-pitched squeal will randomly generate and will not stop until computer is rebooted. Imagine an extremely high note (ringing in your ears after a concussion grenad...
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Overall 4
4.0

ok.

john334, Newegg
4 July 2011
  • Summary: i was really excited about playing counterstrike with my friends and talking with a crazy voice. also if you have the microphone set to On.
  • Pros: looks well made. has line out RCA jacks like i needed, im a big sound stereo guy. i like big hifi sound to go with my pretty games. the quality of the microphone with ...
  • Cons: dissipointed in the sound quality output of this card, and the newest driver releases. i noiced no sound improvements in this card over my previous old card. my old ca...
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Overall 4
4.0

Left channel quit after 6 weeks.

tela, Amazon
28 June 2011
  • Summary: Pros: 1.Sounded good while it worked. 2. Has RCA left/right outputs. Cons: 1. Software is garbage. It just gives you options to modify the sound to make it sound worse.
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Overall 4
4.0

Failed after 2 months

Joseph, Newegg
28 June 2011
  • Summary: Left channel failed. This includes both the RCA and the headphone outputs.
  • Pros: Sounded great. Nice headphone amp. Like the RCA outs on the back.
  • Cons: Labels on back of card aren't very easy to read, although it seems like all sound cards are like this.
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Overall 4
4.0

Not Recomeneded: Waste of my time and ASUS's time

George, Amazon
8 November 2009
  • Summary: Seems likw ASUS had a nice product, however their sales department is terrible and technical support is mixed depending on who you talk to.
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Overall 4
4.0

RCA jacks work but no headphones

Mac, Newegg
22 October 2009
  • Pros: Built a rocking i7 extreme 3.33 system with a P6T Deluxe V2 board. All was well in the world. On board audio worked great. Added Xonar Essence STX and I couldn't get t...
  • Cons: Apparently I needed to go into the control software and adjust the unit from two channel stereo to multi channel surround sound or something like that. The e-mail is a...
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