Well, I think I understood that for 3D sound it is mandatory (or at least highly recommended) to have a dedicated DSP chip, which the Modi is not. So in order to achieve it I'd have to have DSP (SBZ or ZXR) optical out to modi to magni/vali. Maybe I'm wrong though.   The X7 seems to offer the...

Answering myself : I did more reading and it seems like I can't discard the DSP dedicated processor, so I guess that means either a Soudblaster Z + Schiit stack (440€ total) OR the Soundblaster X7 (340€).   Do you guys have any opinion ? I'm hesitant maybe for the price of SBZ+Schiit I...

Dear all, after a few years gaming with mobo sound + a pair of Creative T20 speakers, I was curious to try headphone and bought some Qpad QH-85. Now I wish I had been more informed and knew that they are just a branding of 25$ but good-for-their-price Takstar HI2050 headphones... So meh. They...