Years ago I received a Creative X-Fi Platinum for as a Christmas gift. It's lasted with me very well and have over all been very happy with it.
The Platinum version comes with a internal 5 1/4 bay module for various outputs. The thing that I loved about this was the front headphone/mic ports. I'm not sure about the specifics, but I believe it is a headphone amp as well. Using the front headphone outputs with my Sennheiser 555's and Grado SR325's was considerably better. The Grado's were a bit underpowered, but I felt there was much improvement.
Anyways, onto my real question here. I am in the market for a true amp that can be mounted in a 5 1/4 bay. But everything I've ever come across seems to be either geared to portable or external (self contained) unit's. Is there something like the 5 1/4 bay unit the X-Fi Platinum comes with?
Thanks in advance for any advice you guys can offer. Years ago I came here seeking advice for computer speakers and found the Swan D1080MKII's and have been extremely happy with them.
