[AudioAficionado]

Hello all,
 
I am posting because I cannot which one of three computer USB sound cards to buy. They all have their pros and cons, so I do not know which one choose. I play a minor amount of gaming, and I mostly play music at high bit rates. I'm looking to possibly use the sound card for budget DJing. Could you give me a recommendation please?
 
Creative X-Fi Go! Pro: 
Pros- Good artificial 3D sound on external speakers (as per a reviewer on Amazon.com)
Cons- Creative 3D sound is worse than Dolby Digital Headphone 3D sound on the ASUS Xonar U3; sound card better for gaming than music (as per a reviewer on Amazon.com)
 
ASUS Xonar U3:
Pros- Better for music than gaming (as per a reviewer on Amazon.com); Dolby Digital Headphones 3D sound
Cons- a bit bulky in size
 
Turtle Beach Micro II:
Pros- compact and fits side-by-side with another USB device on adjacent USB ports on a laptop; has optical Toslink output and 3.5mm output
Cons- questionable sound quality production
 
Thanks!
--AudioAficionado

 

[stv014]

What headphones do you intend to use with the USB DAC ? Or do you only need a line output for an external amplifier ?

 

[AudioAficionado]

Quote:

What headphones do you intend to use with the USB DAC ? Or do you only need a line output for an external amplifier ?

 
Hello stv014,
 
I intend to use the sound card to connect to a pair of Sennheiser HD 448's, a 30-watt RMS harmon/karden 2.1 speakers, and the Klipsch Promedia 2.1 200-watt RMS speaker system, as well as possible DJ equipment, which could include on-site built-in PA systems.