How would you describe the quality of sound you're getting?   I too am thinking of getting an external sound card, and I want a creative one (thinking of grabbing the x-fi surround 5.1) for cmss-3d.  I have an external dac/amp combination already, powering a pair of sennheiser HD598's...

Hmm.. alright, I was hoping to use the DSP of my soundcard and output it through the dac to my headphones.  At least, I thought that was the whole purpose to SniperCzar's workaround.  I don't see that with the xonar phoebus.  I know a lot of cards have virtual surround, my x-fi does 5.1 and 7.1...

I've been messing around with audio on my computer for about 2 years now.   I started with an x-fi titanium fatal1ty card from creative, but when I bought the audiotechnica ath ad700x (or something) headphones there was a buzzing noise in the right ear that wouldn't go away.  I then moved to...

I'm in need of some help.   I have an Asus P8Z68 V LX motherboard with the onboard audio and video disabled Soundblaster X Fi Titanium Fatal1ty card nvidia 660 gpu   Headphones: Sennheiser PC360 audio technica ath ad700x   I decided to try out the ad700x headphones instead of...

Quote:     Awesome, thanks for the response.  So don't use DDL or DTS, eh?  Hmm.. okay, I'll give that a go.  Yeah, I really don't know what all these damn features are for, but no, my headset plugs right into my card.  I also use game mode almost exclusively.  I"ve fooled around with...

Hey Nameless, been a long time since I posted in this thread.   Just a quick recap, but I bought the PC360 headset on your recommendation and when I first got it, I was disappointed with it.  However, that was just initially.  It took a while for it to "warm up" or seat itself, whatever...

Hahah, thanks for the reply.  You know, I never heard anything out of my spdif unless I had that "play stereo through whatever" checked.  So I've had that checked but I just unchecked it after reading your post and I still have sound!  Crazy!  I'm just glad I finally have the speakers and spdif...

Thanks Nameless.. your info has helped me a bunch.  I finally found a stax usa website and checked out those prices.  I so want the top end but I just have to be realistic.  I'll look on the sites you listed and search for some deals.. but I'm likely to just go with the sennheiser pc 360 (thanks...

Hello, I've recently had some issues with my creative soundcard (x-fi titanium, but I don't think it's the HD one..) and I've always wondered if I was truly getting the most out of it.  I have a Tritton AX pro headset and I'm looking to upgrade.  I've read a bunch of replies, but most of this...