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Xone: DX Soundcard Noisefloor
Posted on: 28.03.2012 by
What is the noisefloor of the soundcard from the DX like (if it at all has one)?

Because I have noticed a slight high frequency beep (like the kind when your ears ring) coming out of the headphone output and the master out when I turn them past, say, 8 or 9.

Do other DX users on here experience the same, is this normal?

Because I am kind of worried that this would be to noticable when connected to a large system.


All help appreciated.

16.04.2012
Thanks for your reply. I have also asked A&H about it and with the levels that far open it is most likely to induce some cross talk and thus the noisefloor th DX will be amplified. In this case I was likely to hear SPI Bus noise.

The DX is very sweet indeed and I would be hard pressed to ever give it up


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Madlyn Trocino
16.04.2012
Originally Posted by Glen McArdle
What is the noisefloor of the soundcard from the DX like (if it at all has one)?

Because I have noticed a slight high frequency beep (like the kind when your ears ring) coming out of the headphone output and the master out when I turn them past, say, 8 or 9.

Do other DX users on here experience the same, is this normal?

Because I am kind of worried that this would be to noticable when connected to a large system.


All help appreciated.
I remember experiencing the same thing with my DX. It took me a while to learn not to push the master too high and not to push the individual deck Gains too high either. I would start a evening DJing believeing my DX levels were set and then as the evening progressed and I pushed the DX master volumes and deck gains up, I would be in the red and experience "not so great" sound quality.

Dunno if your run the DX thru a mixer before it hits the amps...if you do, let the mixer to to give you the headroom you need.

Honestly I used to set the master to 11 oclock (and leave it there no matter what). And I never let the individual deck gains go above 12 oclock.

The DX does have some punch volume wise....but its also walks a fine line in the headroom department as it can go from sounding incredibly pristine, to sounding overloaded in 2 seconds flat.

Also its important to get your levels within Traktor (or Serato) in order....but you already know this im sure.

I dont use the DX anymore....but I will never forget it, and sometimes miss it.

IMO its soundcard is one of the best sounding I have ever heard and the drivers are rock solid.

28.03.2012
What is the noisefloor of the soundcard from the DX like (if it at all has one)?

Because I have noticed a slight high frequency beep (like the kind when your ears ring) coming out of the headphone output and the master out when I turn them past, say, 8 or 9.

Do other DX users on here experience the same, is this normal?

Because I am kind of worried that this would be to noticable when connected to a large system.


All help appreciated.

16.04.2012
Thanks for your reply. I have also asked A&H about it and with the levels that far open it is most likely to induce some cross talk and thus the noisefloor th DX will be amplified. In this case I was likely to hear SPI Bus noise.

The DX is very sweet indeed and I would be hard pressed to ever give it up


Side View Finished.jpg
Madlyn Trocino
16.04.2012
Originally Posted by Glen McArdle
What is the noisefloor of the soundcard from the DX like (if it at all has one)?

Because I have noticed a slight high frequency beep (like the kind when your ears ring) coming out of the headphone output and the master out when I turn them past, say, 8 or 9.

Do other DX users on here experience the same, is this normal?

Because I am kind of worried that this would be to noticable when connected to a large system.


All help appreciated.
I remember experiencing the same thing with my DX. It took me a while to learn not to push the master too high and not to push the individual deck Gains too high either. I would start a evening DJing believeing my DX levels were set and then as the evening progressed and I pushed the DX master volumes and deck gains up, I would be in the red and experience "not so great" sound quality.

Dunno if your run the DX thru a mixer before it hits the amps...if you do, let the mixer to to give you the headroom you need.

Honestly I used to set the master to 11 oclock (and leave it there no matter what). And I never let the individual deck gains go above 12 oclock.

The DX does have some punch volume wise....but its also walks a fine line in the headroom department as it can go from sounding incredibly pristine, to sounding overloaded in 2 seconds flat.

Also its important to get your levels within Traktor (or Serato) in order....but you already know this im sure.

I dont use the DX anymore....but I will never forget it, and sometimes miss it.

IMO its soundcard is one of the best sounding I have ever heard and the drivers are rock solid.

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