Yeah,   Realtek drivers are disabled and all I see is the Xonar Drivers on the Device Manager.   everything seems to be working correctly too.

holy ****.     I've owned a pair of ath-m50's for some months now and was extremely underwhelmed.   Did not hear a single difference to some regular headphones.   This sound card, I can feel the bass raddle my ears. It's a whole new world.   The EQ on these drivers make a hell of a...

This is the MP3 i got http://www.chipchick.com/2009-08-philips-gogear.php   As for my audio chipset, it's the Realtek ALC892. Been using the Realtek HD Audio Manager and the bass eq sounds real muddy. Just bad. You can't even do custom EQ, they're all presets.   So yeah, I will definitely...

I'd say I have a fairly good computer for todays standards but why is the bass lacking compared to my crappy MP3 player?   I do have a Xonar DG that I'm waiting to arrive, so maybe a sound card will make it sound different on my ATH-m50's?   I use the Realtek drivers if that is anything to...