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Originally Posted by RagingDragon  And stranger still:
Robscix: if/when you review the STX it'd be interesting to see what effect swapping the opamps has on headphone and front output quality... |
Another thing I think one should test in a review is whether the card makes any noise when you power up/down or go out of/in standby in both the headphone and speaker outputs.
My X-Fi Elite has been a complete letdown in that respect.
Also, it would be great to test how effective the card is at eliminating EMI. This is the main reason why I'm seriously contemplating an expensive outside DAC. The PC power supply doesn't provide clean power for audio applications and EMI is prevalent in PC cases. I wonder if the new card from Asus is as good as a dedicated DAC in that respect.