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Asus STX vs USB DAC
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I have an STX II and after tweaking and extensive listening trials, I found the best sound on my system to be through coax and using ASIO. I don't know if your A-6 supports coax, but try that first before purchasing an external DAC.

The STX II employs a Burr-Brown PCM1792 DAC (don't remember what the first one has, if that's what you have), so if I were to try an external DAC, it would have to have a chip better than that.

Hope that helps.

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I had a Pioneer A-580- almost (if not exactly) the same model as A-6.... I'm not a big expert on amps, but I found the sound somewhat inferior. I have STX II and I use RCA connectors to connect to my amp- I love the sound. I'd be curious to know if a USB DAC would make it any better.

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