I bought the Zx to replace (what I thought) was my ageing Titanium Fatal1ty Pro.... thinking it would power my new K612Pro's.... Well even at 100% volume the (Headphone amp) was still giving me a very soft volume.   Apart from that, the sound quality coming from the card was no match for the...

Glad I took my Zx back the next day for a full refund. Won't be going that route again in a hurry.

My current rig is an i5 4690K / Corsair H80i watercooling / Z97 Sabretooth MKII / 16Gb Ram / Dual GTX 970's / Asus Rog Swift 27" Gsync / Fanatec Clubsport wheel base with Formula rim / Clubsport V1. pedals.... my wifes wallet is used to being opened in persuit of my hobby.   This installment...

Just for the record.   I am not a fly by night teenager..I am 55 years old. Have been in the I.T and related industries for 30+ years.   Have built more systems for more people than I care to remember on just about every continent... I also have 6 children living with me at home and to cut a...

OK I'll bite!   What suggestions can you make that would be "better" than my current amp....fire away.   Bear in mind that I have 6 kids / 2 dogs / 1 "minister of finance" to consider when purchasing "luxuries"... lol

I wasn't making suggestions to others...i was only pointing out the experience I had.   As far as "working with tech support" ..your joking right. Have you been to the Creative "tech support forum"? People have been waiting months for replies to questions.   I had a small window of...

Good luck with the C1P's.... from my experience and that of other people ... they have a tendency to lose the right hand speaker...mine died after 20 minutes (brand new set). Have read on other forums of other people having the same problem. Just my 2c worth.

If you want my recommendation coming from recent experience...do not get the Sound Blaster Zx..worst soundcard I have ever owned in terms of sound quality. I have a Creative Fatality Titanium Pro and it sounds much better. I did a recent test where I ask a few people to listen to one...

OK...I ended up taking the Sound Blaster Zx back for a full refund...kept my Titanium Fatal1ty Pro sound card and purchased a "cheapish" headphone amp just to see if it made any difference to my AKG K612 Pro's.   YES YES YES it did!! Volume is now waaay up and I am now satisfied with the level...

I can only speak from my own experience with a Zx and AKG 612 Pro's.   The Zx did not drive my AKG's very well at all. In fact the Zx didn't sound good AT ALL when compared to my Titanium Fatal1ty Pro.   I kept my Titanium and purchased a cheapish headphone amp and boy what a difference that...

Took the Sound Blaster Zx back and got a full refund.. My Titanium Fatal1ty Pro sounds so much better than the Zx....so much better.

Thanks for the advise... I have however taken the Zx back to the shop and got a full refund. I have then purchased a "cheap" headphone amp the PRESONUS HP4 headphone amp.   I have kept the K612's and now with the amp I am getting much better volume.   I am sure that with an even better spec...

Well as I said.. I installed my old Titanium Fatal1ty sound card and while the clarity of the sound was much much better than the Zx.. the volume with the K612's was just not there...all volume sliders at 100% still gives me what I think to my ears is about 40%.   As I said..with the PSB...

OK..so here's whats happened in the mean time..   I have removed the Sound Blaster Zx and replaced it with my old Titanium Fatal1ty sound card and found that the "clarity" of the sound is a hell of a lot better than the Zx...however the sound coming out of the headphones is still not "loud...

I have the opportunity to return the AKG K612's and get a set of the K702's as they would be easier to drive than the 612's. Would this be a wise move?   I could get an amp/dac later on down the track but right now the "minister for finance" is watching my every move.

Recently purchased a set of AKG K612 Pro cans and a Sound Blaster Zx sound card (thinking it had a decent headphone "amp" in it).. and I am finding the volume..very low to say the least.   I have all volume sliders and knobs set to 100% and to me it sounds like it's only on about 40-50%...

Would a Styleaudio CARAT-UD1 do the job?

Could you please suggest a headamp (within reasonable $$$'s)

Are you able to put the volume at 100% and still get "quiet / non distorted" sound without it making your ear drums bleed? I have all sliders at 100% and the sound is what I would have expected it to be at say 40% volume.

I am beginning to wonder if the headphones I have AKG K612 Pro need more amplification?

The problem with that is that I am running 2 x GTX 970's in SLI and don't have a PCI slot available... So the card needs to be PCI-Ex..   Perhaps an AMP/DAC would help things along?

I have just purchased a set of the AKG 612 Pro and a new Sound Blaster Zx sound card (as I thought it had a headphone amp in it)....and I am finding that even at 100% volume..the sound is just waaaay to low. Every volume slider is at 100% and yet the sound coming out is like I would expect from...

Maybe...just maybe the AKG K612 Pro headphones need a lot more amplification to drive them / make them "louder"?

Onboard sound is disabled in BIOS.

Moved the Level slider all the way up and it makes very little difference but no way 4 x louder... tried it while playing an MP3 and I could only just make out a difference in volume.. tried it in game and it muffled the sounds even more..