muad
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Hi, im new to these forums so hi everyone
I just bought a set of audioengine a5 speakers and im loving them. The question i have is would changing sound card make a difference. Im currently using a creative xfi titanium. I game, listen to music and watch movies equally. I'd rather have sound quality over eax and other crap features. The sound card im considering is the asus xonar essence st or an xfi elite pro. Im just wondering is it worth switching sound cards? or would the upgrade be over kill for these speakers.
Also I kinda need a inline volume controller since the audioengines dont control volume on the sub, so I can only control volume at the software level (bad for sq right?) I was hoping the breakout box could act as a volume control by directly outputting the sound from the rear spdif rca jacks on the back. Is this possible and how's the sound quality from spdif versus normal mini jacks?
any advice is appreciated! thanks in advance
I just bought a set of audioengine a5 speakers and im loving them. The question i have is would changing sound card make a difference. Im currently using a creative xfi titanium. I game, listen to music and watch movies equally. I'd rather have sound quality over eax and other crap features. The sound card im considering is the asus xonar essence st or an xfi elite pro. Im just wondering is it worth switching sound cards? or would the upgrade be over kill for these speakers.
Also I kinda need a inline volume controller since the audioengines dont control volume on the sub, so I can only control volume at the software level (bad for sq right?) I was hoping the breakout box could act as a volume control by directly outputting the sound from the rear spdif rca jacks on the back. Is this possible and how's the sound quality from spdif versus normal mini jacks?
any advice is appreciated! thanks in advance