if you're listening in stereo then try this combo: Asus Xonar Essence STX ii (soundcard) PreSonus Eris E4.5 (speakers) Chord company Clearway analogue RCA (interconnect cable)
This is old news being confirmed. If anyone here had watched or followed AdoredTV or Moore's Law Is Dead then this wouldn't come as a surprise to you although Asus exposing Nvidia, i did not expect.
Strategy for Nvidia was to keep supply low and prices high
if you need the extra sata ports then this is your only matx choice otherwise b450 will do fine.
conclusion of the video is : i'm having a rant but everything is fine really:
What the difference is? I don't know but i've been using the STX since its release and if it was'nt so expensive i'd buy the STX II
I'm running a stereo setup
Using Chord interconnect C-line analogue from the rca output of the soundcard to the input of the Alesis Elevate 5
The sound for me is...
can only assume its the memory controller on the cpu and typically the x-models do have better memory controllers hence my choice before people start bashing me here