Posts by Paradigm

^------Don't forget it's HD Audio. If I had a Dollar for all my friends and colleagues that tell me there Onboard Realtek "HD Audio+Logit-$hits is just as good as the more expensive stuff I buy, I would be a rich man. It's no...

Quote: but the clock improvement makes it even more fatiguing, that's the flip side So either I get the one with mushy Stereo image(STX) or one that Fatiges(ST). If I choose the ST will the previous mods you linked...

lol, yes I know the upgraded Clock Chip which further cleans the signal being fed to the circuit. Is it really going to make the difference, the only reason I ask is cause the ST is PCI, and I want to feel warm and fuzzy in the...

leeperry I am just going to get the STX and go from there. What I am looking at in terms of cost for these STX upgrades, cause if they start to cost the same as a dedicated DAC I see no point in them.

Quote: from my experience, the STX in Q3 and so was pretty bad...as the guy from xbitlabs says "the Xonar Essence STX gives you no sense of direction towards the sound at all", and the sound was rather harsh...but...

Quote: same DSP(CMI8788), you can read an unbiased review against the X-Fi here So that means the STX and the HALO perform the same in games? Also I read the Xbit Labs review and the reveiwer says that the C-media...

Quote: I don`t think using headphones is audiophille, but you know.. I agree, If I had the money believe me 2 channel Speaker setup in sound conditioned room all the way. However as you know headphones are popular...

Quote: if you regularly listen louder than 100dB, you'd be better off buying some of this than a new soundcar My Amp volume is turned up 40-60% depends on material and how the audio was processed, for example on some...

Quote: yo`ll need some serious ampl/speak to really feel it, Trust me with my hd650 on the gilmore I like it loud, hehe....Keep in Mind this is on properly mastered recordings, not that brickwalled, clipping lack of...

Leepary thank you so much for adding clarity to the mass confusion out there. It's it possible to have both a Forte and a 1212m in the same computer, as I have done this in the past on Vista with my 1212m and the onboard audio. I...