I recently purchased an Asus Xonar Essence ST to feed to my Sennheiser HD380 PROs. If there's not gonna be any audible difference in the audio quality between Xonar essence STX and Xonar essence One, then I could pick Xonar essence STX over Xonar essence One. Since you mentioned that there's gonna be only very very minor (probably inaudible) differences between balanced and unbalanced connections in my case as I'm only gonna use my rokit monitors only for PC music listening and not recording, I have one question to ask.Ĭan I go for Asus Xonar essence STX PCI Express sound card instead of Asus Xonar essence One DAC, as the essence STX version is less than half the price of Xonar essence one version?ī'Coz, the only advantage I see in Xonar essence one DAC is that it has got balanced audio output whereas Xonar essence STX has got only unbalanced audio out. Your explanation has made things almost very very clear to me. You don't think you need 2 independent stereo channels out right now but i guarantee you will wonder how you managed without once you have the option. My advice though is to spend a little bit more and get the 2i4.
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At least without going deaf in the process. Anyway the differences are almost certainly below the level at which the human auditory system is able to detect. Not by much though and since these test figures are subject to different interpretations and Focusrite has a reputation for hard marking itself and ASUS is a bit cavalier then which is 'better' is a moot point. Of both units the ASUS comes in ahead of the Focusrite. It is also significantly louder for a given input but I doubt lack of total system gain is a problem in your case? No harm in using balanced although in your position I'd test the difference between balanced and unbalanced and if there was an audible difference then seek out and if possible eliminate the source of interference.Īs regards technical specs. It is meant for studio and live applications where there are potentially long cable runs and unpredictable, potential sources of aggravation. It's just connected via an external rather than an internal cable.īalanced does not by itself sound any better than unbalanced connections. You can regard the Focusrite 2i2 the same as any other peripheral on your computer.
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