ASUS Essence One MKII MUSES Edition 用户手册

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ASUS Essence One Series 

We at ASUS, recognizing that computers and digital devices are the major platforms 

for audio entertainment, started out with consumer-sound cards in 2007 to build the 

ASUS brand in the audio industry. This gives our ASUS brand a more stable foundation 

through gradual growth, making it possible to move into the Hi-Fi/audiophile market.
In 2009, we launched Essence ST/STX, one of our mid-range products that covered a 

wide variety of applications, from high-end music applications to games. Essence ST/STX 

was very popular in forums and user communities, leading us to conclude that the time 

was right for more upscale audiophile products.
We then started work on a prototype which eventually became the Essence One Series, 

with its greater flexibility, more spacious PCB and higher power delivery – all attributed 

to Essence One Series being an external device rather than an internal card.
ASUS now has a large team dedicated to designing and engineering audio products. 

We have been able to expand our audio product range into more diverse categories in 

recent years, and have met considerable success. In 2010 we partnered with Sennheiser 

on a headset-soundcard set, which confirmed our level of expertise as partners of one of 

the world’s leading audiophile brands.

ASUS has an eclectic group of visionaries and acoustic engineers coming from the 

art, user experience, and the entertainment industry with a shared passion for music. 

Knowing that digital media constantly changes and evolves based on our personal 

experience, the ASUS team constantly evaluates the design segments with different 

outlook and perspective, striving to provide new and better experience for music lovers 

and audiophiles.

Instead of defining hard-stoned desired results, we believe that sound is about 

appreciating the present. Top-grade component is just one tiny part of the puzzle 

that we mold and build to bring you the “essence of sound”. Through our meticulous 

testing and product performance checks, we examine our design rules and layout 

with excruciating detail because any misstep could lead to a misrepresentation of the 

originality of sound.

Across all our products, you will find that the Essence of Sound is sublime rather than 

overdominating, composed yet powerful. The Essence series follow the Confucius 

thinking of “Respect” and “Harmony” – we respect that personal taste for music may 

vary and hence we’ve included swappable op-amps for further customization. We 

recognize that beautiful sound is about being in harmony with the surrounding and the 

environment. Hence having an independent volume control for audiophiles’ smooth 

volume switching experience becomes crucial.