[MasterLoki]

Hi

First, sry for my crappy english

I wanna buy a new Soundcard because iam upgrading my Equipment

Headphones from Phillips to Grado PS1-Pro
Headphone Amp from nothing to Meier Audio Prehead

And the Soundcard from onboard to ???
So i need your advice what is good and sound nice ^^

I play games, watch DVD's and hear Music on my PC ---> so i need it for everything

And i dont wanna spend more than 500 Dollars for the Soundcard.


Greetz MasterLoki

 

[johto]

. nevermind

 

[MasterLoki]

or is a dac better ?

 

[Teerawit]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MasterLoki or is a dac better ?

An external DAC is a good choice...but does your current soundcard have a bit-perfect digital output?

 

[MasterLoki]

i have onboard sound, thats why i wanna upgrade it

 

[johto]

But does it have digital out?

 

[MasterLoki]

no, it dont have one

 

[fjf]

I just got a chaintech av-710 and a pair of ethymotic ER-4p. Coming from the onboard sound (AC97) and a crappy sony earbud, this couple sounds great.

Regards.

 

[kytuphicanh]

sound for everything : Prodigy 7.1,a lot people think this card is the best for HTPC and this card even better than M-audio audiophile192 in music and equal with ESI juli@

 

[J-Pak]

Maybe a Creative X-Fi + external DAC? You get all the EAX Advanced HD/4/5 for games and it has a very good digital out for the DAC. The Creative is around $130, and theres a few external DACs under $400

 

[MasterLoki]

if i go to the soundcard - external dac solution i would spend more money
(dac, 1000 Dollar ist the limit)

any good dacs out there that suits the Meier Audio Prehead - Grado PS1 Pro combo ?

 

[Tachikoma]

Refering to kytuphicahn's post, I hear a lot of people saying that the prodigy 7.1 lt is either only very slightly better than the AV-710, or only just as good as it, at music that is.

Anyway, since you do play games, VDA-1/VAC + X-fi xtrememusic sounds good to you? The combo only *gasps* costs 650 dollars =P

 

[MasterLoki]

the product must be available in germany

 

[Tachikoma]

If I can get it in Malaysia, I'd doubt that you can't get it in germany >_>

Not sure bout the DACs though.

 

[davvy]

If you are in Germany, people seem to be raving about the Aqvox USB DAC. I suggest you do a search for that, it would be well within your budget.

The combination of the basic X-Fi soundcard and the Aqvox would give you a pretty awesome all-round system.