USB Sound Card or DAC


  1. Lady Fitzgerald
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    USB Sound Card or DAC


    Does anyone know of a USB sound card or USB DAC that will work with Corsair SP2500 speakers and sound as good or better than the ASUS Xonar Essence STX sound card?
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  3. fireberd
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    What is better? depends on the user and what they want or hear. What one person considers "great" someone else may consider mediocre.

    e.g. I like the HT Omega sound cards better than the Xonar or SoundBlaster for PC audio. I have a (home) recording studio and I have other high end audio devices and studio monitors for that specific application. What I have some would consider "crap" and others wish they had it.
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  4. NoN
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    Lady Fitzgerald said:
    Does anyone know of a USB sound card or USB DAC that will work with Corsair SP2500 speakers and sound as good or better than the ASUS Xonar Essence STX sound card?
    External USB DAC:

    Asus Xonar Essence STU

    Asus Xonar Essence One MUSES Edition

    Asus Xonar Essence One Plus Edition

    Asus Xonar Essence One

    Asus Xonar U7 (more for laptops)

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    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD
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  6. Lady Fitzgerald
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    NoN said:
    Lady Fitzgerald said:
    Does anyone know of a USB sound card or USB DAC that will work with Corsair SP2500 speakers and sound as good or better than the ASUS Xonar Essence STX sound card?
    External USB DAC:

    Asus Xonar Essence STU

    Asus Xonar Essence One MUSES Edition

    Asus Xonar Essence One Plus Edition

    Asus Xonar Essence One

    Asus Xonar U7
    Yowch! The Essence Ones are a bit pricy! The U7 isn't too shabby. I'll have to compare specs. I need only 2.0 output.

    Thanks!
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  7. NoN
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    Also found this Terratec AUREON XFIRE8.0 HD
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