Asus XONAR ESSENCE ONE User Manual

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Contents

ContentsIntroduction............................................................................................ 4Package contents .................................................................................. 4Safety Information ................................................................................. 5Voltage Selection............................................................................................5Repairs ..........................................................................................................6Fuses .............................................................................................................6Other Safety Information ................................................................................7Driver installation .................................................................................. 8Functionality .......................................................................................... 91. USB DAC ( Digital-to-Analog Convertor)................................................92. Stand alone DAC..................................................................................103. Headphone amplifier ............................................................................10Important Features ...............................................................................11Hi-Fi audio via the world-first 8x symmetrical upsampling: .......................... 11Extreme audio clarity with 120dB SNR: ....................................................... 11Audiophile class headphone amplifier output:.............................................. 11User customizable tone characters by 11 swappable OP-amps: ................. 11Balanced XLR output: ..................................................................................12Internal power supply: ..................................................................................12Bit-perfect with ASIO 2.2 driver: ...................................................................12Low Clock Jitter with Asynchronous Data Transfer: .....................................12Dedicated volume controls: ..........................................................................12Toslink and Coaxial S/PDIF inputs: ..............................................................12Front Panel ........................................................................................... 13Rear Panel ............................................................................................ 14Hardware Introduction ........................................................................ 16Connections ......................................................................................... 17Input .............................................................................................................171. NB/PC-USB connections ................................................................................172. Toslink and Coaxial S/PDIF audio input connections .....................................18Output...........................................................................................................191. With Amplifier and Passive Speaker System ..................................................192. With Active Speaker directly............................................................................203. With Headphone/Headset ...............................................................................20Specifications ...................................................................................... 21