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post #1 of 38
7/25/12 at 12:32pm
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picked these babies up a few weeks ago. they are paired with my asus xonar dx.
Edited by srsparky32 - 7/25/12 at 2:44pm
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post #2 of 38
7/25/12 at 2:13pm
Get yourself an amp for those, your ears will be even happier wink.gif
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post #4 of 38
7/25/12 at 2:43pm
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do you guys not check sig rigs anymore? asus xonar dx. built in headphone amp and dac.
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post #5 of 38
7/25/12 at 3:00pm
Xonar DX doesn't have a built in amp.
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post #6 of 38
7/25/12 at 3:04pm
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Xonar DX doesn't have a built in amp.

yes it does lol. its not as good as the fiio e9 or similar, but it has an amp and a dac.
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post #7 of 38
7/25/12 at 3:15pm
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Quote:
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Xonar DX doesn't have a built in amp.

yes it does lol. its not as good as the fiio e9 or similar, but it has an amp and a dac.

The Xonar DG has a built in amplifier. The Xonar DS does not. The Xonar DX does not. The Xonar D2X does not. The Xonar Essence STX does.

Asus posts on their own website when a sound card has an amp. The Xonar DG as you can see here has an amp. Explained at the bottom portion of the page. The Essence STX has an amp, explained at the bottom of the page. The Xonar DX does not; therefore, lack thereof at the bottom of the page.

Do you have settings in your Xonar menu to change the gain on your headphone amp? No? It's because you don't have an amp.

We can argue that every single DAC needs an "amp" to play music or else you wouldn't hear any noise, but we're talking about a dedicated built in amplifier for powering headphones. The Xonar DX does not have that. About 90% of the audio population knows this (completely made up number)

Do people still need to doubt me? :\
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post #8 of 38
7/25/12 at 3:18pm
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The Xonar DG has a built in amplifier. The Xonar DS does not. The Xonar DX does not. The Xonar D2X does not. The Xonar Essence STX does.
Asus posts on their own website when a sound card has an amp. The Xonar DG as you can see here has an amp. Explained at the bottom portion of the page. The Essence STX has an amp, explained at the bottom of the page. The Xonar DX does not; therefore, lack thereof at the bottom of the page.
Do you have settings in your Xonar menu to change the gain on your headphone amp? No? It's because you don't have an amp.
We can argue that every single DAC needs an "amp" to play music or else you wouldn't hear any noise, but we're talking about a dedicated built in amplifier for powering headphones. The Xonar DX does not have that. About 90% of the audio population knows this (completely made up number)
Do people still need to doubt me? :\

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post #9 of 38
7/25/12 at 3:19pm
I'm pretty sure the DX does not have a built-in amplifier as it's more of a home theater sound card then a headphone sound card. The DG however does have a built-in amplifier as it's more of a card with more juice on just the headphone channel.

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looks like that fiio e9 and e17 combo will be in my hands sooner then. i could swear the dx had an amp. oh welllll
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