I've tried using the USB soundcard that came with my headset as a audio in source as well, but still the same problem... so basically it leads me to believe that the problem has to do with the headset itself and not the in and outsources... it seems that having the in and out split between...

So I have a FiiO E10K Olympus2 and a ATH-ADG1 headset. I want to use my DAC as the audio out and my onboard soundcard as audio in, simply connecting the audio jack to the DAC and the Mic jack to the back of my PC achieves this... however I get some "static" distortion when doing this... I don't...

I'm looking for a good solution for gaming and all around sound quality! I've been looking at the option of getting a gaming headset, but after tons of reviews etc. I've come to the conclusion that they all have mediocre sound at best and that the whole virtual 7.1 thing is just a gimmick and...