Excellent DAC, Linux compatible

I run the Asus Xonar Essence One under a Ubuntu 4.12 (with XBMC, MPD or as a player). The device must actually be only connected and running, but it must be installed the ALSA Firmware package.

The sound is excellent, because I can only associate myself with the other recessions. However, there was annoying noise in HD audio files. This is however not the DAC, but the resampling of PulseAudio. After changing the resampling method to Speex float-9 the sound was perfect here. Alternatively, it also helps to set the default sample rate accordingly.

Am now so completely satisfied.