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Revised list of questions for audio setup.

post #1 of 8
1/7/12 at 5:40am
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Okay so after doing a little research, I am trying to come up with what is best. Basically I want a sound card for my z5500 speakers and a future audiophile headset for making music. I have an M-Audio Keystation 49e midi keyboard which I use, and when playing it through either my current headset (logitech g35) or my speakers (z5500) I get a really annoying latency of like 0.5 seconds. Same happens on my laptop. The sound card would need to be PCIe 1x due to no other PCI slots being available. 

So just a question, will running my speakers through a sound card (I'm thinking the Asus Xonar D2X?) solve the delay issue I'm getting. In any case I'd like to get a sound card just because I'm sick of average audio. 

As for the microphone, I was thinking a Blue snowball (will also be able to use it for acoustic recordings so that should be nice). Would I have any problems just using it as a desktop microphone for things like skype as well (with audiophile headphones). 

And onto the final question. What audiophile headset would you recommend? If possible I'd like it to still be able to do surround sound for games because if I'm spending this much on audio equipment I don't wanna have to use my g35 for games. I was thinking the Denon AH D2000, they are a bit pricey though.

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post #2 of 8
1/8/12 at 8:43am
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Anyone? 

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post #3 of 8
1/9/12 at 8:30am
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Ended up buying a Blue Yeti microphone. Still undecided on headphones and sound card. I'm really tempted to buy a Yamaha motif but damn they are expensive. 

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post #4 of 8
1/9/12 at 9:54am
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Looking at the Ultrasone HFI780 headphones, they look pretty nice. Is it possible to do surround sound on it via some kind of software? Cause I play games on my PC as well so it would be nice if I could use these for gaming as well. Also if these are a solid choice, where would you recommend buying them from (since I live in Australia). Was thinking it's probably easiest just to get them of ebay?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ultrasone-HFI-7...#ht_2705wt_1139 


Edited by Kreyn - 1/9/12 at 9:56am
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post #5 of 8
1/9/12 at 10:00am

You can get convincing surround sound out of any quality stereo headphone, though I'm not sure how much Ultrasone's touted S-Logic may disturb the binaural effect. Perhaps I'll find out for myself soon if a Pro 900 trade goes through.

 

You just need a good sound card. Only problem is, I don't know your budget, and Australian prices tend to be much higher than US prices for some reason...

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post #6 of 8
1/9/12 at 10:05am
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I'd say $100-$200 for a sound card (and it needs to be PCIe 1x), as I said I was considering the Asus Xonar D2X. Also looking at the Denon d2000. I can get them for $300 free shipping, compared to around $240 for the 780's (that $240 for the 780's is on ebay so not sure how legit it would be). 


Edited by Kreyn - 1/9/12 at 10:06am
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post #7 of 8
1/9/12 at 11:25am
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Asus xonar d2x vs Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty pro? 

 

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post #8 of 8
1/9/12 at 11:38am
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I'm a noob with sound cards etc, so here's a question!
 
I'm looking at the ASUS Xonar Essence STX atm, it looks very nice. I noticed the headphones in jack is a 1/4" port, and it has a 1/4" line in. Does that mean that for example I could plug my bass guitar into my computer and somehow directly record? And also, the SPDIF out is for a coaxial cable right? My current speakers (z5500) can do either the optical version or the coaxial version (I know they are both optical but I'm not sure how to differentiate the names, one is a square shaped cable you know what I mean!) but I am currently using the optical cable, so I'll need to buy a coaxial cable for my speakers but that's not a big deal (unless I don't need to run the cable directly into the sound card, but I'm pretty sure I do). 
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