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May 13, 2010, 08:53 PM
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HT Omega Claro Halo or ASUS Xonar Essence STX?
OK. I'm tired of my onboard sound and my Turtle Beach USB Micro device isn't cutting it for me anymore. I want a soundcard with a built in headphone amp to power my AT ATHA700s, which I know I don't need an amp for but for a future set of headphones it would be nice. Any experience or thoughts on these two cards or perhaps something better I've missed?
HT | OMEGA Claro Halo 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface ... ASUS Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 Channels 24-bit... As far as I can tell they are great cards and the ASUS has Dolby headphone which I don't see the HT having. Although I've heard fantastic things about HT's drivers but I haven't heard anything negative about ASUS's. Thoughts? |
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May 13, 2010, 09:05 PM
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the HT Omega, and yes it should have Dolby hedphone, as it uses the CMI8788 chip
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May 13, 2010, 09:11 PM
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What makes the CMI8788 such an important factor between the 2?
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May 13, 2010, 10:21 PM
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The Essence have CMI8788 too...
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May 13, 2010, 10:33 PM
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the ASUS AV100 or w/e it is, is the CMI8788 (aka the HD Oxygen) as well as the AV200
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May 13, 2010, 10:38 PM
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Just to say the headphone amp IC on both is more suited to drive high impedance headphones than low impedance phones.
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May 14, 2010, 06:14 AM
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Essence STX unless you need PCI and analog multichannel output.
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