ASUS Xonar Essence One

[cancer81]

I would say users with a set of speakers that they wish to use with multiple sources or a complete audio system...

 

[royston87]

hmm... so i can select input? 1 toslink 1 usb?

output can select speakers or headphone? seem like a good buy..


any more detailed info?

 

[wwenze]

hmm... so i can select input? 1 toslink 1 usb?

output can select speakers or headphone? seem like a good buy..


any more detailed info?

Can select input, 1 optical 1 coaxial 1 USB

Line-out and headphone out are always on, but independent volume controls.

 

[royston87]

Can select input, 1 optical 1 coaxial 1 USB

Line-out and headphone out are always on, but independent volume controls.

woot! so if i were to use 1 of it, i just "mute" the other? damn sounds good! where can hoot?!

this DAC, did you test on movie and games?

 

[wwenze]

Many DACs have headphone volume controls that do not affect line-out. So if you don't want to use speakers just switch them off.

Most pro-audio interfaces with headphone amp will have independant volume controls for headphone and line-out.

I didn't test it on movie and games. But know that the sounds in movie and games are mixed by people in studios working with studio equipment, not "sound enhancing" computer peripherals.

 

[hanlsnx]

CityPulse , Musiland MD11 or This? All of them within the same pricing envelope

 

[hanlsnx]

U know i am always conflicted with the word up-sampling because i kinda never liked the idea of the genuine term of it as a electrical/comp sci engineer. With anything that is up-sampled its the process of adding zeros to the LSB. Anything else that changes data is dithering.

Especially in the world of audio up-sampling purpose till today the engineering part of me has never grasps the reason why. I can understand remastering and rerecording at a higher resolution.

Can some GODS that have brilliant physics or PHD EEE or Audio God explain to me WHYYY?

 

[hanlsnx]

so what kind of user needs or will benefit from this?

A person who first and foremost has money. Trying audio equipment out for the first time has the speakers and some significant knowledge in knowing what they are getting.

DA-10 , Benchmark are the standards for DAC but there is always market for Nissan GTR in the market filled by very expensive supercars.

I am a believer in the possibility of getting GOOD for Cheap especially in the immature world of computer audio "hi-fi" right now there is no real hype going into it and its a very small market with very discerning buyers KUDOS to ASUS for trying

 

[wwenze]

U know i am always conflicted with the word up-sampling because i kinda never liked the idea of the genuine term of it as a electrical/comp sci engineer. With anything that is up-sampled its the process of adding zeros to the LSB. Anything else that changes data is dithering.

Especially in the world of audio up-sampling purpose till today the engineering part of me has never grasps the reason why. I can understand remastering and rerecording at a higher resolution.

Can some GODS that have brilliant physics or PHD EEE or Audio God explain to me WHYYY?

Upsampling creates additional samples between the original ones (or more accurately, expresses the data with more samples than the original number). Increasing bit depth adds more zeros. And if resampling is also applied, the additional bits are usually not zeros.

To appreciate upsampling with proper interpolation, resize an image in Windows XP's MS Paint. That is what happens when nearest neighbour is used.

And, dithering does not change data. Rather, it attempts to recreate the original data better when the new format is unable to (usually due to lack of bit depth). You can see the effect of dithering on pictures printed by printers, with the shades of colors resolving into many tiny dots of high contrast when viewed up close. TN LCDs use dithering to try to reproduce 24-bit color with only 18 bits.

The same reasons audio editors work at 32-bit and image editors work with 48-bit source, are why upsampling and more bit-depth, above what human can reliably perceive, is being used on the consumer side.

 

[hanlsnx]

dithering is interpolation btw. Assuming the basis of interpolation is to increase the bit depth of the original audio to the level where by it is using either the nearest sample levels and averaging the two which is always done at hardware level due to the obvious lack of dynamic audio detection algorithm.

Considering the fact that the person own such device is more than likely to be using this as a playback device for lossless audio I cant really find a good enough excuse to use upsampling on the simple basis that the digital stages should be in my opinion represent only data that is there are nothing more which should be the adding of zeros to the LSB. Using dithering and interpolation by any means is going against the principle of maintaining Digital transmission systems in the first place which is to build systems that are highly tolerant to noise because they are represented by discrete quantization value in terms of bits before going through Digital to Analog conversion which also introduces further errors into the system. Introducing a stages of errors but either the means of simple interpolation or dithering or any form of prediction is tantamount to murder when the entire basis of people wanting bit perfect audio and a DAC to do the simplest job possible.I have always been a advocate for KISS... Keep it Simple Stupid and the LAWS of diminishing returns in audiophile grade equipment but upsampling for playback is something that has not enlightened me and i am afraid it never will because of my electrical electronic engineering training you cannot move beyond that fact that there is audio being added that is not intended granted yes you may or may not hear the different by from an entirely technical point of view it is murder.

Your basis of opinion has its merits but it does not hold water in the audio PLAYBACK industry for recording I can understand

 

[AhhHoNG]

hi may i know when will it be selling in singapore. waited for months liao

 

[ASUS@SG]

hi may i know when will it be selling in singapore. waited for months liao

Dear AhhHoNG,

It is available in Singapore since last year, however they do not have ready stock on shelf.

Thanks.

Best regards,
ASUS Technology.

 

[acesoe]

Dear AhhHoNG,

It is available in Singapore since last year, however they do not have ready stock on shelf.

Thanks.

Best regards,
ASUS Technology.

May i know where to buy that Xonar Essence One? Any prefer shop?

Regards,
Naing

 

[Shutterbox]

Sorry to push up this post.

Is the Essense one still found at any shops out there, or sold in the coming Comex?

 

[micktal]

i saw one set in cybermind SLS couple weeks ago. not affiliated to them in any way, was considering it also but I think at this price point there are a lot of other options and i decided to take a while to shop arnd, for instance the new teac DSD:

http://www.teac.com/product/ud-501/

edit: the one i saw is the stock version not the muses version