derbigpr
Headphoneus Supremus
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Well, on my card (Auzen X-Fi HTHD) the sound changed when I switched OPAMPs. The more sensitive it was the louder this sound got. Different mainboards or PSUs didn't help, switching off some of the energy savers did though (not a valid option for me).
I'd seriously doubt a different card would help much on its own. Some people say it helps to move the soundcard as far away from the graphics card as possible but to me it seems as if the noise came in through the bus connection. Can't do much about that of course other than going back to PCI instead of PCIe.
My soundcard is already as far away from graphics card as possible, but its not EMI shielded. Also, if its the PCIe doing this, thats good news, because the soundcard I'm planning to buy (Asus Xonar ST) is a PCI card. I'll give it a try, dont have anything to lose, SQ will improve at least.