JazzJackRabbit
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Hi
I finally decided to replace my soundcard with something decent, prefferably with something envy24HT based like M-Audio Revolution or AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1. However I have several specific questions about the drivers.
1.From the extensive reviews I see that M-Audio drivers are probably the best at managing speaker systems - they can control crossover, set the delay and mute/set volumes for each individual speaker when speakers are connected via 1/8" jack. The question is if all those options are still available if speakers are connected via SPDIF out?
2.Also can you do the same thing with AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 drivers?
3.The way I want to use the soundcard is to connect speakers via SPDIF output and headphones via linear 1/8" jack on the bracket. The question goes for both soundcards - do I have to switch between two somewhere in the control panel every time or will both digital and linear outputs work simultaneously (that way I can just power down my speakers if I don't want to use them or just "mute" headphones if I want to use speakers only)?
4.I also want to buy a set of decent headphones, prefferably Sennheisers 500+, most likely 580 or even 600, the question is will those cards be able to drive 580/600 to a decent sound volume without noticable distortions? Yes I know lots of you will suggest to buy a headphone amp with them, and that it would improve sound quality a lot but at this time I am not planning on buying one, maybe in the future but not now. So, if you have HD580/600 and one of those soundcards, could you plz test your soundcard with headphones plugged directly into your soundcards?
Thanks
I finally decided to replace my soundcard with something decent, prefferably with something envy24HT based like M-Audio Revolution or AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1. However I have several specific questions about the drivers.
1.From the extensive reviews I see that M-Audio drivers are probably the best at managing speaker systems - they can control crossover, set the delay and mute/set volumes for each individual speaker when speakers are connected via 1/8" jack. The question is if all those options are still available if speakers are connected via SPDIF out?
2.Also can you do the same thing with AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 drivers?
3.The way I want to use the soundcard is to connect speakers via SPDIF output and headphones via linear 1/8" jack on the bracket. The question goes for both soundcards - do I have to switch between two somewhere in the control panel every time or will both digital and linear outputs work simultaneously (that way I can just power down my speakers if I don't want to use them or just "mute" headphones if I want to use speakers only)?
4.I also want to buy a set of decent headphones, prefferably Sennheisers 500+, most likely 580 or even 600, the question is will those cards be able to drive 580/600 to a decent sound volume without noticable distortions? Yes I know lots of you will suggest to buy a headphone amp with them, and that it would improve sound quality a lot but at this time I am not planning on buying one, maybe in the future but not now. So, if you have HD580/600 and one of those soundcards, could you plz test your soundcard with headphones plugged directly into your soundcards?
Thanks