Hi
I am looking for a decent soundcard for my PC to be used as source for:
Music 50%
Movie 30%
Gaming 20%
My immediate plan is to purchase soundcard and then after sometimes purchase speakers (2.1 or 2.0) and amplifier (I am not in favour of powered speakers).
I have shortlisted two Asus Xonar soundcards - Essence STX and D2X. Both are PCI Ex-1 cards and my Mobo (BioStar TPower I45) has spare slot.
Essence STX is 2.0 channel card with headphone amp. Although I have Sennheiser HD515 headphone (which I use for listening my worldspace radio), I will listen the PC music through speakers mainly.
As I have heard, Essence STX has latest and improved driver that D2X. But D2X support 5.1 channel and in that way has future expandability from 2.1 system to 5.1 system.
I have got offer for (a) 1 month old D2X card at 6.7K and (b) new Essence STX at around 7.5K. I am in dilemma, can you guys please help me in taking final decision?
Thanks
Amit
I am looking for a decent soundcard for my PC to be used as source for:
Music 50%
Movie 30%
Gaming 20%
My immediate plan is to purchase soundcard and then after sometimes purchase speakers (2.1 or 2.0) and amplifier (I am not in favour of powered speakers).
I have shortlisted two Asus Xonar soundcards - Essence STX and D2X. Both are PCI Ex-1 cards and my Mobo (BioStar TPower I45) has spare slot.
Essence STX is 2.0 channel card with headphone amp. Although I have Sennheiser HD515 headphone (which I use for listening my worldspace radio), I will listen the PC music through speakers mainly.
As I have heard, Essence STX has latest and improved driver that D2X. But D2X support 5.1 channel and in that way has future expandability from 2.1 system to 5.1 system.
I have got offer for (a) 1 month old D2X card at 6.7K and (b) new Essence STX at around 7.5K. I am in dilemma, can you guys please help me in taking final decision?
Thanks
Amit