Asus essence stx ii worth it or not?

[Nicosius Geraldi]

hello guys i want to ask you,would replacing my onboard soundcard with asus essence stx ii worth it?
i never use a speaker beacuse ialways use my headphone ath-m50x
do replacing the ounboard soundcard would greatly imporve the soundquality from my m50-x ?
sorry for my bad english

 

[HR_Luka]

I would never put into my system a sound card as it is completely useless unless I have extra money to spent. Generally you won't hear the difference. Just plug in your speaker or headset (whatever you use) to the back side of the MoBo (there will be the least amount of interference.
Regards, HR_Luka

EDIT:
You should watch this video to fill in blanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1rXcJuEsy0

 

[Cristi72]

Hello,

It actually depends of what motherboard do you have; some have average output stages, some others even have dedicated headphone amplifiers.

 

[Nicosius Geraldi]

Hello,

It actually depends of what motherboard do you have; some have average output stages, some others even have dedicated headphone amplifiers.

my motherboard is asus p8z77-v pro
but i currently using an old creative audigy soundcard
i can hear a little diffrence between audigy and onboard
and the question is would it be worth it if i buy essence stx ii?

 

[Nicosius Geraldi]

I would never put into my system a sound card as it is completely useless unless I have extra money to spent. Generally you won't hear the difference. Just plug in your speaker or headset (whatever you use) to the back side of the MoBo (there will be the least amount of interference.
Regards, HR_Luka

EDIT:
You should watch this video to fill in blanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1rXcJuEsy0

i'm sorry but the link you give is for gaming, and i'm not a gamer, i'm more of music guy, i listen to high quality rip music like flac, etc. so the real question is would it give my headphone improvement in sound quality?

 

[HR_Luka]

I would never put into my system a sound card as it is completely useless unless I have extra money to spent. Generally you won't hear the difference. Just plug in your speaker or headset (whatever you use) to the back side of the MoBo (there will be the least amount of interference.
Regards, HR_Luka

EDIT:
You should watch this video to fill in blanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1rXcJuEsy0

i'm sorry but the link you give is for gaming, and i'm not a gamer, i'm more of music guy, i listen to high quality rip music like flac, etc. so the real question is would it give my headphone improvement in sound quality?

No, it wouldn't. If you compare OnBoard Audio with an Audio Card you will only hear bigger amplifier and the true meaning of the Sound card is to improve quality of the sound not to boost the volume. If you are still not convinced ask the seller if you can refund that Sound Card after few days if you don't like it until you test the difference between them and hear it yourself.

 

[Cristi72]

Hello,

It actually depends of what motherboard do you have; some have average output stages, some others even have dedicated headphone amplifiers.

my motherboard is asus p8z77-v pro
but i currently using an old creative audigy soundcard
i can hear a little diffrence between audigy and onboard
and the question is would it be worth it if i buy essence stx ii?

Essence STX II (ST, STX has the same quality and they are cheaper, as they don't have the 7.1 daughter board, which you will not use anyway) is pretty much the best consumer card; if you love music and have the budget, go for it and compliment the headphones with the audio quality they deserve.

Just one thing though: be sure you have a very good quality PSU, and try not to use any other devices on the same cable.