ASUS Xonar Essence STX, SNR up to 124dB

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Many will give mad props to a very sweet system, also very nice Drums. I play Bass and have been learning Guitar.

I lived in the Audio Club on Rhine Main Airbase even though I was stationed about 100 miles away LOL! Two Air Force Dinks were Homies or from my home town, they visited me as well.

I bring this up because they sold B&W, B&O, Canton, Ohm, Denon, Merantz, NAD, many others and my favorite Phase Linear-Carver. The only thing left from my Hi-Fi is the Phase Linear Series II Range Expansion Noise Reduction unit. The 1000 Amp and Pre-AMP were only out done by the MAC equipment that they had but only Generals and Drug dealers could afford it.

Only running HPM-100 for Quality and CS-922's for loud parties.

Anyway, thanks for sharing those great Pics. I'm NOT one of those folks who think Audiophiles are wasting their time.

Thx for the kudos.

Yeah, the Pioneer HPM-100's were OK. I have a pair of JBL 4412's that are in the same vein.

I just think paying for pricey sound cards, etc. to be run from a PC isn't the best idea. A more reasonable system sure, but it's hard for me to see how something more than say the Xonar DX would improve things, unless you're into multi-channel on the PC which I'm not.