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Post by pete on Apr 8, 2012 15:01:00 GMT
Im thinking of upgrading my soundcard, I want something really good.
These two seem to be rated very well, the 1212m for its low noise & low jitter (some say its low, some say its high, dont know who to trust).
Then there is the Asus STX, supposed to be good with low jitter, while im not into the whole spec scene as these 2 cards are similar priced I was wondering which would be technically better, id heard a lot of people say the EMU ones are great for low latency & jitter, which might be useful if I get my old midi keyboard out of the cupboard & have a play again.
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Post by elysion on Apr 8, 2012 16:35:44 GMT
Im thinking of upgrading my soundcard, I want something really good. These two seem to be rated very well, the 1212m for its low noise & low jitter (some say its low, some say its high, dont know who to trust). Then there is the Asus STX, supposed to be good with low jitter, while im not into the whole spec scene as these 2 cards are similar priced I was wondering which would be technically better, id heard a lot of people say the EMU ones are great for low latency & jitter, which might be useful if I get my old midi keyboard out of the cupboard & have a play again. First off: I don't have the EMU 1212m, so I can't compare. But I have the Xonar Essence STX. When comparing simply the specs, I think the EMU 1212m is more aimed for music production, while the Xonar Essence STX is intended mainly for music listening. The EMU 1212m doesn't seem to be a bad soundcard. I guess just for music listening with (directly connected) headphones, the Xonar STX has a few advantages (built-in headphone amp with amazing sound signature, exactly the connectors you need for that purpose, slightly cheaper, good filters/shielding for the analog output stage). Another good thing with the STX are the drivers. ASUS supports only Windows, but there are very good open-source drivers for Linux available. In fact, most current Linux distributions support the card automatically. I can't give you a serious comparison, but I can recommend the STX highly for music listening. The sound quality is really amazing. Let's hope that at least one 1212m owner drops in here. I'm also interested to hear his opinion about the 1212m.
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Post by rkay5 on Apr 15, 2012 0:16:09 GMT
Hello, I own a 1212m PCIe and it is the best interface I've owned the only thing is the Patchmix DSP takes sometime to learn how to use.I use for recording vinyl at 88.2 to 192KHz/32bit with Wavelab 6.1 SQ is very good and for playback foobar 2000/Fidelizer with outboard DAC used the E-MU spdif output the works up to 192KHz and sounds great.And it only cost a $170.00
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2012 1:17:44 GMT
Hello, I own a 1212m PCIe and it is the best interface I've owned the only thing is the Patchmix DSP takes sometime to learn how to use.I use for recording vinyl at 88.2 to 192KHz/32bit with Wavelab 6.1 SQ is very good and for playback foobar 2000/Fidelizer with outboard DAC used the E-MU spdif output the works up to 192KHz and sounds great.And it only cost a $170.00 vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?board_id=21&model=Xonar+Essence+STX&id=20090426013353487&page=1&SLanguage=en-usFotios is a respected Greek high power , amplifier designer ( "Dirty Harry" etc.) He is also a very respected DIYAudio member whose opinions I would respect a lot more than those of a typical less knowledgable poster in Head Fi or other forums. N.B. I am not taking a pot shot at rkay5. Both cards are capable of excellent results. Alex
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