Please, excuse me by this very Nob dude:
Do you think that I'll go to have a noticiable better sound qualty
if i'll go to upgrade my audio system from Asus Xonar DSX to Esi juli@ xte?
Principal use if to enjoy hearing classic, jazz and vocal music.
Not external records, music compose uses...,etc.
- Tannoy Mercury 7.2 loud speakers
- Nad 3020 amp
- Not external DAC.
- Playing : SACD, flac, and other audioless formats.
Thank's a lot in advance
Do you think that I'll go to have a noticiable better sound qualty
if i'll go to upgrade my audio system from Asus Xonar DSX to Esi juli@ xte?
Principal use if to enjoy hearing classic, jazz and vocal music.
Not external records, music compose uses...,etc.
- Tannoy Mercury 7.2 loud speakers
- Nad 3020 amp
- Not external DAC.
- Playing : SACD, flac, and other audioless formats.
Thank's a lot in advance
Is it the original NAD 3020? If so, amp SNR and THD will overwhelm the SNR and THD of most modern DACs
I do not believe you will get noticable bump in audio quality. You might rather feel it as a difference, if any...
Thank's a lot vladimirb0b and Crashp for your help...
Yes, it's an original NAD 3020A tested and cleaned, but not recaped, recently I buy with Ebay. I'm enjoying...
Perhaps, from Asus Xonar DSX to Esi Juli@ XTE , I'm gonna to win a lot of new features but... a noticiable, perceptible better sound?...not only at RMS measures? I think so that you, Crasph.
Yes, it's an original NAD 3020A tested and cleaned, but not recaped, recently I buy with Ebay. I'm enjoying...
Perhaps, from Asus Xonar DSX to Esi Juli@ XTE , I'm gonna to win a lot of new features but... a noticiable, perceptible better sound?...not only at RMS measures? I think so that you, Crasph.
Greetings, brother! I am from Portugal!
Now if you are not using a DAC externally you are using you Asus sound card DAC, if you fee the amp with 2 rca's or one 3.5mm jack....
The DAC chip on that Asus is a:
CMI8786
24bit 192khz 107dB
Now the question...rises!
http://www.esi-audio.com/products/juliaxte/
Is that card you say got a better DAC?
AK4358
24-bit/192kHz 112dB
Google CMI8786 and AK4358 and see what they do to sound!
But the specs of the chip are not all the things that matter to the game! It's important....but the details around it are more important...that's the ones that make music worse or best with the chip.
Personally...nowdays forget audio cards. Go for external DAC.
It's my misson now... i once had and still have a Maudio 2496, and now i am using a Auzuntech Prelude. None of them are modded, unfornatly.
And i am on the market for a external DAC for a portable computer that got only the 3.5jack it comes with with poor DAC quality.
Desktop PC's in todays world benefict from a external DAC to rather then a sound card...unless you want to record things rather then listen! 😀
Just my 2cents...
Now if you are not using a DAC externally you are using you Asus sound card DAC, if you fee the amp with 2 rca's or one 3.5mm jack....
The DAC chip on that Asus is a:
CMI8786
24bit 192khz 107dB
Now the question...rises!
http://www.esi-audio.com/products/juliaxte/
Is that card you say got a better DAC?
AK4358
24-bit/192kHz 112dB
Google CMI8786 and AK4358 and see what they do to sound!
But the specs of the chip are not all the things that matter to the game! It's important....but the details around it are more important...that's the ones that make music worse or best with the chip.
Personally...nowdays forget audio cards. Go for external DAC.
It's my misson now... i once had and still have a Maudio 2496, and now i am using a Auzuntech Prelude. None of them are modded, unfornatly.
And i am on the market for a external DAC for a portable computer that got only the 3.5jack it comes with with poor DAC quality.
Desktop PC's in todays world benefict from a external DAC to rather then a sound card...unless you want to record things rather then listen! 😀
Just my 2cents...
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Nice to meet you, targeting, my iberian brother 🙂
" Personally...nowdays forget audio cards. Go for external DAC"
I think so..., an external DAC through optical input (perhaps
USB input could introduce noise).
These chinese ebay sellers 😎 seems are offering apparently damn good items (supossely with Sabre es-9018 chip and
all sort of inputs/outputs). I'm tempted...
Now I've optimized my linux system to more audiophile (mpd, etc) and wooow! I'm amazing with the change.
Measure and correct acoustics at my living room,
...another homework to be done.
Best regards
" Personally...nowdays forget audio cards. Go for external DAC"
I think so..., an external DAC through optical input (perhaps
USB input could introduce noise).
These chinese ebay sellers 😎 seems are offering apparently damn good items (supossely with Sabre es-9018 chip and
all sort of inputs/outputs). I'm tempted...
Now I've optimized my linux system to more audiophile (mpd, etc) and wooow! I'm amazing with the change.
Measure and correct acoustics at my living room,
...another homework to be done.
Best regards
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