Editors Liked
- Sound quality
- Swappable opamps
- Quality components
- Performs well with both hardand easy to drive headphones
- Functional driver suite
- 7.1 capability
Editors Didn't Like
- Costly
- Soundstage lacking some depth
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Expert reviews and ratings
By play3r.net
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ASUS have a solid reputation for quality and premium products and when it comes to sound cards, only 2 names really come to mind for general consumers; ASUS and Creative. There are of course alternative options to these 2 brands and with the emergence...
By techPowerUp!
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It has been a while since ASUS's great debut into the world of high-end sound cards with their release of the first ST. Various versions have popped up since, including the well-performing PCIe-based STX for many audiophiles with newer motherboards. The...
By PC Authority
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Asus has a new version of the wonderful Essence STX audio card out. It's essentially the same card, with only minor updates to some of the secondary components. That, we don't mind at all, because unchanged is Hi-Fi that's, technically at least,...
By reviewstudio.net
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I have a feeling that if you're looking at the Essence II, you already know well enough what you're interested in. This is a dedicated piece of hardware, a clear step up above its predecessor. It's the best internal solution on the market, coming close...
By Overclock3D
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There are likely to be two main audiences for the ASUS Essence STX II; Audiophiles, and those seeking only the best possible products in their system. Which category you fall into depends largely upon how much sense you made of the above.
By vortez.net
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The Xonar Essence STX II 7.1 comes in as a very powerful audio unit that arguably provides the some of the highest quality audio you will get from a discrete sound card out-the-box. The daughter board expands the STX II to a top class multimedia device,...
By Guru of 3D
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To our ears, using our gear, the Essence STX II, is an amazing sounding card for the price point. ASUS is definitely pushing the bar higher in the soundcard world with the release of the STX II. People we have our answer: Yes, the Essence STX II is a...
By DigitalReviews
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Join us as we test and review the ASUS Essence STX II 7.1 sound card. Asus has some very big shoes to fill and a possibly a more impressive feat of surpassing such well known audio cards, the questio... Read more...
By Tweak.dk
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ASUS laver et hav af produkter, både til gaming og det professionelle marked. I denne anmeldelse skal vi kigge på et produkt, som henvender sig til det profesionelle lydmarked. ASUS Essence STX II 7.1 lydkortet er toppen af poppen indenfor lydkort. Det...
By Hardware-Test
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ASUS har sendt os deres Essence STX II 7.1 lydkort og i det følgende vil jeg så objektivt som muligt forsøge at beskrive hvad du får for de næsten 2000 kr. som dette lydkort koster. Med den pris vil jeg forvente et produkt som helt klart hører til i...
By elektroniktest.dk
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Vi skal idag se på et super lækkert high-end lydkort fra ASUS.Der er her tale om ASUS Essence STX II 7,1, som leverer en super sprød lyd, og har masser af...
By Alt om DATA
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Egentlig er der tale om to grafikkort, der er bundlet sammen. Foruden Essence STX II-lydkortet findes der i pakken et såkaldt datterkort: Essence H6 7.1 kanals lydkort, der kan forbindes indbyrdes via et vedlagt datakabel. Essence STX II er et...
By OCinside
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Damals Standard, heute überholt? Keineswegs. Die Asus Xonar Essence STX II 7.1 zeigt, was dedizierte Soundkarten im Vergleich zu onboard Lösungen leisten können. Da wäre der 7.1 Sound, den zwar weniger Gamer nutzen dürften, die bis zu 192 kHz...
By hardwareinside.de
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Evolution statt Revolution ist das Motto der Asus Xonar Essence STX II. Die klanglichen Verbesserungen zu den Vorgängern ST und STX fallen eher marginal aus. Dafür vereint sie jetzt die zeitgemäße PCIe-x1-Schnittstelle der STX mit der...
By ua.gecid.com
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За підсумками знайомства з ASUS Essence STX II 7.1, ми бачимо, що звукова карта вдалася на славу. Хороша елементна база, продуманість конструкції, відмінні технічні характеристики, можливості забезпечення аналогового підключення 7.1 – ось її ключові...
By overclockers.ua
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В идеале ASUS Essence STX II 7.1 следовало бы сравнить с моделью первого поколения чтобы однозначно оценить преимущества новинки но увы такой возможности не представилось. Впрочем можно с уверенностью сказать что разработчики постарались на славу....
By watchmono.com
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2014年11月に発売されたASUSのサウンドカード「Essence STX II」。音楽用として高い評価を得ていた「Essence STX」の後継となるPCI Express接続の最新サウンドカード。ラインナップは通常モデルと7.1chサラウンド対応モデルの2機種あり。簡潔にチェックしてみます。- Essence STX II - ASUSXFastest)[#1]Hi-Fiサウンドに最適な低ノイズサウンドカード、ASUS「Essence STX II」シリーズSTX II 7.1Essence...
By ixbt.com
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Во все времена, параллельно с развитием человечества, рос объем информации, создаваемой людьми. Многообразие всех ее форм не поддается исчислению — от музыки до математики. Однако всегда были и те, кто старался максимально качественно информацию...
By Hardware.Info
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We zijn erg onder de indruk van de audioprestaties van de Asus Xonar Essence STX II 7.1. Het is een zeer duidelijke upgrade ten opzichte van de onboard-geluidskaart op je moederbord. Ook de koptelefoonversterker en goede prestaties van de extra...
By gameit.es
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Creo firmemente que el apartado de experiencia de uso ha servido como conclusión en todo lo relacionado al análisis, por lo que solo me queda añadir que otorgamos un merecidísimo galardón de Platino de GameIt.es a la tarjeta Asus Essence STX II 7.1 y la...
There are likely to be two main audiences for the ASUS Essence STX II; Audiophiles, and those seeking only the best possible products in their system. Which category you fall into depends largely upon how much sense you made of the above.
As reviewed by Overclock3D