ASUS Strix Soundcard Range Review

The voids only sound good for gaming because they crank up the bass and focus on footsteps. It's tuned to hear certain ranges over thers. The reason why it sucks for music or movies is because a movie isn't entirely all bass and footsteps..
 
Sorry I thought this was a Soundcard thread?

Headphones are one of those really personal things. Everybody has different tastes and different ears. I've had Corsair/Kingston/Logitech/Sony/Plantronics/Bose myself and they all have a different sound and feel. What's right for me may not be so good for you. Also I've tried some Sennheisers and they were rubbish. Probably because my only sample were a cheap pair. Doesn't mean they don't also make some of the best around.

Back to the soundcards - I agree the drivers can be a pain from time to time and it may well be because I'm still running an old Creative X-Fi however it does drive the speakers and you can certainly hear the difference over the onboard. If you're running a high end motherboard or have every pci slot filled then no you'd never buy this. If you've got a low to midrange then yeah it's a great way to get some extra features and quality.

Not a huge fan of the orange glowy bit on the Strix and I doubt my next rig would go dedicated sound card anyway - I only used this because I was using the optical in for my PS3 audio thru my surround PC speakers - particularly for movies.

An external DAC/Amp would be awesome for headphones but how many can run 5 or 7.1 speaker setups without breaking the bank?
 
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Indeed, but you have to factor in that the Gungnir Multibit and Mjolnir 2 stack I have is 10x the price :eek:. Regarding drivers Asus have terrible driver support and hardly ever update them; the Essence STX which I use as a digital transport took forever to get official support for Windows 10 for example. I would almost always recommend using 3rd party drivers such as the Uni Xonar Drivers or similar.
 
Rowethren said:
Indeed, but you have to factor in that the Gungnir Multibit and Mjolnir 2 stack I have is 10x the price :eek:. Regarding drivers Asus have terrible driver support and hardly ever update them; the Essence STX which I use as a digital transport took forever to get official support for Windows 10 for example. I would almost always recommend using 3rd party drivers such as the Uni Xonar Drivers or similar.
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Even an external AMP/DAC that costs the same as the Strix would be preferential, Having had many many different internal soundcards the quality even from going to a external AMP/DAC that costs around the same as an internal soundcard is immense, To my ears at least which I know is very subjectional.

Just sounds so much more clean without any artificial tweaking through software.
 
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Dicehunter said:
Yeah I would never swap out a Schiit AMP/DAC stack for an internal soundcard, No matter what the marketing says you would be getting an inferior experience.
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For stereo maybe, but not for games.


Thelosouvlakia said:
Besides those internal soundcards take up PCIe bandwidth that is usefull for your crossfire/NVME needs ^_^
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It's not enough to make a different, and the benefits far outweigh the lost of a little bandwidth (which you won't notice)
 
__iggy said:
That e10 has 1 input and no it's not better you spacker, please think before posting nonsense
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2 posts on the forum, and both rage and insults. This forum is such a lovely place. There is no room for trolling for the sake of trolling.
 
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