Essence at A Glance

		Essence III	Essence One MKII MUSES Edition	Essence One MKII	Essence One MUSES Edition	Essence One Plus Edition	Essence One	Essence STU	Essence STX II 7.1/ STX II	Essence ST/STX
High resolution musical enjoyment	Sample rate	192KHz/24Bit	192KHz/24Bit	192KHz/24Bit	192KHz/24Bit	192KHz/24Bit	192KHz/24Bit	192KHz/24Bit	192KHz/24Bit	192KHz/24Bit	Sample rate
	DSD support	●	●2.8MHz	●2.8MHz							DSD support
	Upsampling		●384KHz/352.8KHz/32Bit	●384KHz/352.8KHz/32Bit	●384KHz/352.8KHz/32Bit	●384KHz/352.8KHz/32Bit	●384KHz/352.8KHz/32Bit				Upsampling
Jitter-free audio precision	TCXO	●							●		TCXO
	Asynchronous USB	●	●	●	●	●	●	●			Asynchronous USB
Enrich your favorite headphones	Headphone amplifier	Optimized for 600ohm	Optimized for 600ohm	Optimized for 600ohm	Optimized for 600ohm	Optimized for 600ohm	Optimized for 600ohm	Optimized for 600ohm	Optimized for 600ohm	Optimized for 600ohm	600ohm headphone support
	IEM support	●	●Gain Jumper	●Gain Jumper				●(gain control)	●(gain control)		IEM support
Clear power	Toroidal transformer	●	●	●	●	●	●				Toroidal transformer
	Linear regulation	●	●	●	●	●	●	●(DC in)	●(DC in)	●(DC in)	Linear regulation
Extensive connectivity	USB	USB audio 2.0/USB audio 1.0	USB audio 2.0	USB audio 2.0	USB audio 2.0	USB audio 2.0	USB audio 2.0	USB audio 2.0			USB
	Output	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) headphone out 2 x Balanced mini XLR headphone out 2 x Stereo RCA 2 x Balanced XLR	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) headphone out 2 x Stereo RCA 2 x Balanced XLR	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) headphone out 2 x Stereo RCA 2 x Balanced XLR	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) headphone out 2 x Stereo RCA 2 x Balanced XLR	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) headphone out 2 x Stereo RCA 2 x Balanced XLR	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) headphone out 2 x Stereo RCA 2 x Balanced XLR	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) headphone out 2 x Stereo RCA	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) headphone out 2 x Stereo RCA (8 x Stereo RCA - Essence STX II 7.1) 1 x S/PDIF coaxial	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) headphone out 2 x Stereo RCA 1 x S/PDIF coaxial	Output
	Input	1 x S/PDIF coaxial 1 x TOSLINK optical 1 x AES/EBU 2 x Aux in (phono jacks)	1 x S/PDIF coaxial 1 x TOSLINK optica	1 x S/PDIF coaxial 1 x TOSLINK optica	1 x S/PDIF coaxial 1 x TOSLINK optica	1 x S/PDIF coaxial 1 x TOSLINK optica	1 x S/PDIF coaxial 1 x TOSLINK optica	1 x S/PDIF coaxial 1 x TOSLINK optical 1 x Aux-in (3.5mm)	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) line-in/mic-in	1 x 1/4“ (6.3mm) line-in/mic-in	Input
Intuitive controls and interface	ASIO support	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	ASIO support
	Mac OS X support	●	●	●	●	●	●	●			Mac support
	Remote control	●									Remote control
	Stepped attenuator	●									Stepped attenuator
	Volume bypass	●						●			Volume bypass
	Plug & play (driver-free on Windos®)	●(USB audio 1.0)									Plug & play (driver-free on Windos®)
	Swappable op-amp	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	Swappable op-amp
Other features						Op-amp swap kit bundled		Product stand	Op-amp swap kit bundled Dolby® Home Theater 7.1 channel daughterbord (Essence STX II 7.1)	Dolby® Home Theater