Asus Essence Sound Card: Making Sense of Digital Audio

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Submitted by richardmoss on

Not quite getting digital audio, when for example, JA notes the Asus sound card processes 192 hz--but there's really good stuff at 177 or 188 (these are notional.)

But getting ahead of myself. Until the broadband duopolies (Comcast & Verizon) half monthly fees, I'm buying CDs. So in that context, is using a workstation and whatever drive (Plextor, e.g.) and the Asus card, a preferable solution to, e.g. Oppo 83.

Now on Newsstands: Stereophile, Vol.33 No.3

Now on Newsstands: Stereophile, Vol.33 No.3

Feb 18, 2010

The March 2010 issue of <i>Stereophile</i> is now on newsstands. Open it up and you’ll see that Steve Guttenberg has rediscovered his faith in vinyl. Hooray! What did it for him? A new turntable: the VPI Classic. “Coming back to vinyl,” Steve writes, “I now see that digital’s primary fault is that it encourages passive listening.”

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