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post #1 of 8
11/19/11 at 6:54pm
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Hello everyone total noob to audio, I read a little bit about it but still confused.

I figured I wanted a high quality pair of head phones so I picked up Senn HD558 from best buy, not sure if this is a good choice.

Mainly because I play video games like CSS 1.6 and BF3.

 

So I know I dont have a sound card and that's what I'm looking to buy,

The motherboard I have is MSI 890FXA-GD65, video card is HD5870 PCI 2.0 x16

So from what I know i have a PCI and PCIe slot available. Now I do listen to music but some days more then other.

My question would be what soundcard should I get not sure of my budget right now but I want something that will be good for games
and be not like super expensive, up to 100 I think is good but I can +- 20 or so.

 

Thank you for your time I hope I posted in the right section and I wish everyone have a wonderful day :)

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post #2 of 8
11/19/11 at 7:31pm

Asus Xonar DG (PCI), built in headphone amplifier rated up to 150-Ohms

Dolby Headphone 5.1, helps with games, really good for DVD movies.

$30, and there is a $10 mail in rebate (USA).

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post #3 of 8
11/20/11 at 3:48pm
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bump any more opinions or just xonar DG?

 

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post #4 of 8
11/20/11 at 6:45pm

Xonar D2 or D2X are excellent choices if not driving high impedance phones & the HD558's are not high impedance so should be ok. Should sound better than the Xonar DG due to full direct coupling.

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post #5 of 8
11/20/11 at 7:56pm
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damn I just bought the Xonar DG like  2 hours ago, if i Get the D2X will I need an amp?

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post #6 of 8
11/20/11 at 8:01pm
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Originally Posted by bigz1234 View Post

damn I just bought the Xonar DG like  2 hours ago, if i Get the D2X will I need an amp?



Not likely with the HD558's You will if you decide to go with higher impedance phones.

 

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post #7 of 8
11/20/11 at 8:33pm

Sennheiser hd-558 50-Ohms are easy to drive.

The Xonar DX2 would better if you had wanted analog 5.1(or 7.1) speakers, full blu-ray audio and DTS

The DX2 also has both digital input and output (coaxial)

They both (DG & DX2) do Dolby Headphone 5.1

The DX2 costs over 4 times the DG.

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post #8 of 8
11/21/11 at 11:09am
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Thank you both, I got the Xonar DG I will see how I like it. If i don't I can always keep it. It was only 15 bucks.

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