TBH, I guess I am a hoarder. infact I have 2 HD598's. Whenever senn HP's are on sale I buy them, thinking if one dies then I need a backup. In all these are the ones that I have currently right now in my cabinet 1 beige 598, 1 598 SE, 558 (bought as a backup as well), AD700 (1 cup no sound)...

  Sorry to bother you with stupid questions, but how does the U7 compare with SB-Z?. Because for me the U7 would be cheaper.   Also from reviews it seems like G5 is such an upgrade over U7 and even SB-Z? And is infact equivalent to Modi2/Magni2 combo? In your experience with my headphones...

Thanks man, but any particular reason? These external dacs they would not give any better sound than the Sound Blaster Z?   TBH, FIIO E17k and Xonar U7 I have already ordered to test them. But would return if I am not satisfied.   Every other option if I buy then there will be no option to...

Recently my Xonar DGX died after a couple of years of service, and the prices of the same card seem insane. Almost 3 times their earlier price, at which point I started looking for other options, and now I see a plethora of options in front of me. And I am totally confused.   This is...

I am in the same boat as yourself, based in India, and looking to upgrade for a desktop. Just to confuse you a bit more and add another option, do look at Creative G5/E5, I have heard its almost equivalent to Modi/Magni Stack

    On the other hand mostly people on head-fi are serious about audio, others will simply continue to use some cheap headphones and would not be really be able get full presence without decent audio? So its a good idea to have a decent quality headphone on the rift itself. However I will...

  Oh very nice to know that, so hopefully VSX-1021 has the same implementation as well. Getting a 598 today, and hearty to see this.

  Sonny just before ordering saw that DG is a PCI card, dont have a PCI slot, have only PCIe. So the DGX which I read is equivalent to DG will really be the same? Should I go ahead and order the DGX?   Sonny, thanks for all your replies, I am now either buying 558 or may pick a used 598...

  Yup on PC. Are you sure Xonar DG will work for positional surround sound for headphones? Thats all I want. Would be great, would save me hell lot of money.   Well looking at HD598, so just checking again, Xonar DG + HD598 would work decently for gaming???

I was about to start a thread but I guess this would be a better place to ask my question, which is simply which sound card/dac/amp should I buy purely for competitive gaming? And any of these dolby/EAX software etc. do they really help?   I do have AD700 but one of the cups went bad last...

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