it's the wire below the socket, it wore down so much the cables are exposed, like someone took a stanley knife to it

looks built to last unlike the crappy stock

I wasn't interested in upgrading from the stock cable but the poor build quality has forced my hand, too much wear and tear near the sockets. so bare in mind i want to go as cheap as possible without compromising on the sound quality over the stock

i actually had this in mind or the lyr 3, read a lot of people say the lyr 3 is a step up from vali/valhalla 2

current stack is modi multibit + magni 2 uber + hd800, looking to upgrade the amp to something better suited for hd800's. got up to 1k gbp to spend

does ae5 optical out support surround sound, quick it's on offer xD

when i enable digital dolby live with spdif out i just get some horrible buzzing noise

i read if i buy a xonar 7.1 i can use hesuvi and get any virtual surround through optical out, can anyone here confirm that

sound blaster z spfid out has no windows option for 5.1 and the other option doesnt work

does soundblaster z 5.1 even work through optical out, read conflicting things and i cant get it working

oh ok so no adapter

i was under the impression sbx only works on the headphone port, i guess i plug the cable into the sound card then use the adapter to plug into the modi? the dac and amp are already connected so i guess i wont need to do anything extra for that, idk im confused

ok and i'd plug the adapter into the headphone jack in the sbz then the toslink cable to the modi multibit? or would i need a adapter for that aswell

i want to do optical out from my sound blaster z' virtual surround to my modi multibit which is connected to my amp via introprose cross connector, what is the optical out cable called can someone link me one on the schiit website or amazon, sorry im a bit confused i dont want to waste my money...

anyone know how a ae-5 virtual surround sounds compared to sound blaster z?

would a schiit magni uber 2 and sound blaster z drive the hd800s?

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  yes it's the CS4398, being in the uk im not sure i can get a hold of the uber 2 magni , modi

  so you reckon it's only worth buying an amp and use the sound blaster z dac, which amp would you recommend

would 5.1 still work with optical output to a dac, I have a sound blaster z, wondering if an external amp and dac combo could further improve sound on my akg q701s

would the schiit Magni 2 uber or 02 amp be an upgrade over my sound blaster z amp in terms of gaming with my q701? i'd also like to know if another sound card or mix amp could do virtual surround better then my sound blaster z. im happy with my current setup but im always looking to maximize...

any of you guys recommend the little dot mk2 amp for my akg q701 or is there something better in a similar price range?

i have the creative sound blaster zx along with the amp it comes with   i have the creative sound blaster zx along with the amp it comes with, would that be enough to power it or will i need something better?   & k701 (k702) purely because of comfortability or is it better in terms of...

i currently have Creative Sound Blaster Zx 116dB PCIe Gaming Sound Card with High Performance Headphone Amp , will i need something more powerful?

if i had to go for something cheaper, would akg k701 or q701 be the best option over ad700 for example or is it just splitting hairs?