Just bought myself a Xonar DX

jcSihle

Well, after long deliberation I finally bought a discrete sound card and I do say the sound quality improvement was mind blowing. I'm still fiddling with the settings but boy does it sound great. My only problem is that sometimes the GUI is somehow disabled

and when I change settings there is no effect and the spectrum analyzer is just blank. Can anyone help to prevent this as its really frustrating and I have to reboot to get it working again

Tacoboy · 05-29-2012, 02:45 | posts: 185 | Location: Calif.

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Originally Posted by jcSihle

Well, after long deliberation I finally bought a discrete sound card and I do say the sound quality improvement was mind blowing. I'm still fiddling with the settings but boy does it sound great. My only problem is that sometimes the GUI is somehow disabled

and when I change settings there is no effect and the spectrum analyzer is just blank. Can anyone help to prevent this as its really frustrating and I have to reboot to get it working again

Could be the Xonar software drivers did not properly install, try uninstalling and reinstall the latest version from Asus.

Mikedogg · 05-29-2012, 02:57 | posts: 2,872 | Location: The Freak Show - Earth.

How does it handle highs and lows? Are there any sound dampening issues?

GhostXL · 05-29-2012, 05:41 | posts: 4,919 | Location: PA, USA

Did you get the Xonar DX2, or just the Xonar DX?

DX2 applications run flawless. I'm not sure if the first DX uses the same ones or not.

I have never experienced corruption in software on my DX2. It is recommended to disable GX mode though, as that is the EAX compatibility mode which does not work well with most apps.

Also as already stated, make sure you get the latest driver from the ASUS website. Usually drivers on the CD packaged with the device are outdated.

Apatch · 05-29-2012, 06:27 | posts: 32

Go to UNi Xonar site and install modded drivers.

jcSihle · 05-30-2012, 00:39 | posts: 151 | Location: Durban South Africa

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Originally Posted by Mikedogg

How does it handle highs and lows? Are there any sound dampening issues?

Perfectly, no issues what so ever when it's working.

jcSihle · 05-30-2012, 00:44 | posts: 151 | Location: Durban South Africa

I'm using optical spidf to play sounds through my receiver, now when I select Xonar optical as output in Win7 sounds control panel that's when the problem occurs, but if I select Xonar speakers as output even though still using spidf the problem disappears and I can still here the sound through spidf. Is this the right way to setup my default sound output in Windows when using the Xonar?

jcSihle · 05-30-2012, 00:45 | posts: 151 | Location: Durban South Africa

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Originally Posted by GhostXL

Did you get the Xonar DX2, or just the Xonar DX?

DX2 applications run flawless. I'm not sure if the first DX uses the same ones or not.

I have never experienced corruption in software on my DX2. It is recommended to disable GX mode though, as that is the EAX compatibility mode which does not work well with most apps.

Also as already stated, make sure you get the latest driver from the ASUS website. Usually drivers on the CD packaged with the device are outdated.

It's the Xonar DX Ghost not the DX2

jcSihle · 05-30-2012, 00:46 | posts: 151 | Location: Durban South Africa

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Originally Posted by Apatch

Go to UNi Xonar site and install modded drivers.

I'll try that tomorrow Apatch since the drivers I've been using are latest downloaded from Asus and they are giving me issues.

nikavelli · 05-30-2012, 03:22 | posts: 348

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Originally Posted by jcSihle

I'm using optical spidf to play sounds through my receiver

Does your receiver have analog inputs?

jcSihle · 05-30-2012, 03:49 | posts: 151 | Location: Durban South Africa

It only has stereo analog inputs otherwise I would be using analog

ROBSCIX · 05-30-2012, 15:25 | posts: 16,079 | Location: Guru3D Audio Lab

You could always use digital for gaming and surround and go analog stereo for music.

jcSihle · 05-31-2012, 01:40 | posts: 151 | Location: Durban South Africa

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Originally Posted by ROBSCIX

You could always use digital for gaming and surround and go analog stereo for music.

Brilliant idea Rob from now on I'll do exactly that

jcSihle · 05-31-2012, 01:41 | posts: 151 | Location: Durban South Africa

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Originally Posted by Apatch

Go to UNi Xonar site and install modded drivers.

Thanks Apatch those drivers work like a dream

DarthElvis · 06-09-2012, 14:52 | posts: 171

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Originally Posted by jcSihle

I'm using optical spidf to play sounds through my receiver,

Complete waste of time and money investing in a good sound card, only to use the optical/SPDIF output. The high end DACs are not in play unless you go analog (as per ROBSCIX's idea). Might as well use your motherboard digital out (if it has) or a cheap $20.00 creative thing with digital out. You'll get the same sound quality, which is dependant on how good your receiver's DACs are.