While the Titanium HD was decent, it isnt quite as good as the Auzen Forte, which isnt quite as good as a Titanium > Schiit Asgard.  That combo is the best sound I have been able to get out of a computer.

I had the STX for a short time and ended up returning it, it had little bass and I thought had a harsh sound in general.  It was useless for gaming compared to Xfi as well.    I just plugged in the Titanium HD, going to Schiit Asgard > HD650. Compared to the Xfi Titanium it's very similar...

Im actually on the same boat, now that the HD is for sale in USA I just installed mine upgrading from the normal Xfi Titanium.  It sounds pretty similar, although its slightly lacking bass I think.  Has anyone played with the op amps in these?

I just recieved my Titanium HD in the mail, right now I'm just on the Xfi Titanium, is there any noticable upgrade?  There isnt much out on this card yet, how good is it without changing out the opamps?

An update on my valhalla I've put 10-15hrs in, the bass seems to have improved to at least what it sounded plugged straight into my xfi Titanium, so it's about as good as I've heard my computer setup so far.  I am trying to figure out the soundstage, I have been playing bad company 2 and the...

The Xfi Titanium isnt one of those soundcards that has a built in headphone amp like the Asus Xonar or Auzen Forte, I do recall what you're talking about with those soundcards you could plug into either the headphone amped port or the line out port.  Creative just makes normal soundcards, theres...

Yep, it's connected to the line out (green) port on the card http://pdfguides.com/images/uploads/Connections-Creative-Labs-70SB088600002-SoundBlaster-X-FI-Titanium.jpg   I had my 650s connected to this port and they sounded pretty good, the mids and highs were clear and bass was well...

I got my Valhalla today.  Excellent build quality, I cant find anything cheap about it anywhere.    I had my 650s plugged straight into my Xfi card, now the amp is in between.  My initial impression is there is a definite reduction in bass.  As if someone turned the bass slider down, there...

Has anyone received an eval unit or has anyone reviewed the valhalla yet?

I'm very interested in how the two schiit amps perform with HD650, and the differences between them.

I've just ordered the ASUS Xonar Essence STX and HD650, so I will see how these go.  I may also add a Schiit amp in the future.

I'm wondering is what is a (somewhat high end) computer audio setup?  I'm also considering ASUS Xonar Essence STX > some amp > HD650.

I currently use HD595s plugged into X-Fi Titanium as my source to listen to electronica with Pandora, and gaming.  The 595 has clear mids and highs but lacks lows.  I just bought DT770s to try out and they have bass but it muffles the mids and highs so I will probably return these.    What...