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ASUS Xonar DGX vs. DSX?

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I'm wondering which of these two would be better for someone who uses headphones (not headsets!) pretty much 99.9999% of the time on their desktop. I'm more concerned about actual audio quality and not so much which is better for gaming (even though I do game.)
 
I did a bunch of research on this a while ago. The difference is that the ASUS Xonar DGX has a headphone amp and the DSX has better quality electronics on the rear jacks. So for headphones the DGX is better.

Personally though, if you care about audio quality you shouldn't buy either. You should buy a DAC and hook it up to the digital out from your onboard sound. The ASUS Xonar cards are basically onboard sound codecs slapped on a board by themselves and so are most of the sub $300 sound cards you can buy. These sound cards are more of a replacement part for if the onboard sound dies than an actual upgrade.
 
Thanks for the answer. What sort of DAC's would you suggest in this case? I recall when I looked at various discreet sound cards, I wasn't very impressed with the actual sound chips they were using (some were literally just Realtek chips slapped on a PCB with fancy-looking EMI shields!).
 
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