I'm pretty new with this high fidelity stuff and I want to make the most out of what I have. I recently bought a pair of Audio Technica m50's (because of hype:D), but I feel like listening out of my HP dv6t laptop's realtek hd sound isn't really doing them justice. I have considered buying an external soundcard and was looking at:
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD USB Audio System with THX SB1240
ASUS Xonar U3 Sound Cards (XONAR_U3/UAD/B/A)
I don't really know much about external sound other than the assumption that I'll get better sound quality out of these products. I don't know what the difference between a dac and an external soundcard. I do listen to flac files off of foobar2000.
Anyway, I'm willing to spend around $75 to get better sound. Could you guys please help me with some:
-supportive feedback on the current items I am looking at
-recommendations for other sound sources in this range
-any info on how to improve my sound experience (i.e. I was just reading about something called WASAPI for foobar, no idea what it is)
