Ive had my soundblaster X7 for nearly 10 years, its been great for my use case but now the windows drivers for it are so old (2016) that anticheat software of modern games sometimes conflict with the very old files. Ontop of that its developed strange behaviour which to me is a sign its failing...

Let me start off by saying im pretty new to everything regarding dac/amps for headphones, i found it quite confusing to search around for information on it all so i figured it would be better to ask my questions here and maybe someone would be able to give me advice on my current situation.  ...