Posts by MikeW

Run a 3.5 mini from soundcard to O2.    Run a 3.5 mini from O2 to speakers.    when you want headphones plug headphones into O2, when you want speakers, plug speakers into O2 and use as pre-amp. Now you also...

@ rroseperryIf changing your soundcard causes power supply related issues, then the PSU was quite marginal to begin with, and would probably fail before long anyways. Sounds like you had the cheapest crap power supply made. 20$ no name...

This is the wrong forum all together for those questions. But, sound cards are trivial and use very little power. Probably about 20 watts or less. Your PSU will not even feel it.

Oh there will definately be an improvement over onboard. That's not saying much though. An ipod is an improvement over onboard, or a 29$ wal-mart special dvd player is even better.

so those of you who have claimed 400$ to be the point of diminishing returns, how many of you have actually heard a 700$ phone, or 1000$ phone? Have you simply stopped at 400$ and decided that was good enough?   I've never...

Some people are satisfied with a cheap clock radio. You've made your point pretty clear, no need to keep beating a dead horse. Move along please..   Quote: Originally Posted by Crazy*Carl  I have listened to...

yeah, that's what the OP wanted, rip out yoru PSU replace it with a 150$ one, and buy a bunch of ridiculously overpriced SOTM filters , then for good measure get a SSD @ 2$ per GB.   So your answer is "yes a 200$ essense STX,...

That's not really true, while most soundcards have an op-amp output stage. It's typically very weak, often times less then 2.0v. And very limited ability to drive headphones, especially difficult to drive ones. So yes, you are "Double...

I must report, that i was not totally fair with the EF5. It turns out my interconnects had some kind of short and it was injecting some noise into the amp. I hadent realized or even suspected the interconnects. So my previous...

This is a subjective question and more then a little silly..   Is a fancy sports car "Worth 40k" instead of the 10k economy model? is a 60" Tv Worth 1500$ vs a 400$ 32" TV? Is a 1800 SQ Foot home @ 150k worth it vs a 1200...