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i think i'm deaf, SORRY WHAT U SAID ?

post #1 of 6
12/26/10 at 1:50pm
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im running on flacs->onboard sound card->k701

 

 can't hear anything different with the addition of canamp to this setup, well i think its a little bit better but i can't even describe it. sure i can now listen to it louder but feels like i wasted alot of cash for that, am i deaf or am i doing something wrong ?

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post #2 of 6
12/26/10 at 2:42pm

Well it would be your onboard sound card that's bottlenecking.

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post #3 of 6
12/26/10 at 2:49pm

Your rig will only sound as good as its weakest link. You need to upgrade your onboard sound card if you wish to unleash more of the k701's potential.

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post #4 of 6
12/26/10 at 2:52pm
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Originally Posted by Meluq View Post

im running on flacs->onboard sound card->k701

 

 can't hear anything different with the addition of canamp to this setup, well i think its a little bit better but i can't even describe it. sure i can now listen to it louder but feels like i wasted alot of cash for that, am i deaf or am i doing something wrong ?


You're probably not getting a clean line-out signal from you computer, so the CanAmp is is just amplifying distortion introduced by the onboard amp and DAC. I would recommend that you get a USB DAC like the uDac, the source will be more accurate and you will get a proper line-out signal.

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post #5 of 6
12/27/10 at 3:09am

an amp's job is only amplify the signal from source, so when your source is only capable to produce bad signal, you get the idea what will happen

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post #6 of 6
12/27/10 at 4:30am

Yep, you are doing it wrong. Ditch the onboard sound and get a nice external DAC.

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