Hi all, After many years away from the headphone game, i re-entered the realm by purchasing a pair of Grado 325is about a month and a half ago. Straight out of my computer's soundcard, with WAV files and MP3s (minimum 192bit), the phones sound very neutral, open, dynamic, clean, clear and...

Well, i have no idea if my pcs onboard sound card has 5.1 surround sound or not.  Its a realtek high definition 6 channel.  I cant find any info on it if it really is 5.1 compatible or not.  My desktop model is an hp s3600f   I bought the Ad700 to be used with gaming.  I see external usb...

My friend is looking into doing some basic audio recording (voice work, mostly) with a Shure C606 microphone and his laptop, so I recommended that maybe he get an external sound card with a decent ADC to give some kind of a boost in quality. His budget ain't huge, but it would be nice if there...

I have the Juli@ soundcard, digital Toslink output to the Peachtree Nova. What is the DirectWire panel in the software? I'm not familiar with how to use DirectWire, and was hoping someone can give me a quick tutorial of it. I was looking at the DirectWire panel in the software and seems like it...

As I mentioned in the other thread, all I will listen to is music, no gaming. So if I were to use a external Dac/AMP instead of a soundcard, or use the on-board spidif to a Dac/AMP what would be a good choice? Ive been reading for days and Its still all of a blur at times. Also as a...

All,   I am on Win7 using Creative SoundBlaster XFi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional series.  The card works well however I would like your advise if it makes sense to upgrade to another card to obtain better sound quality: I have noticed that if I output via SPDIF to the Logitech Z5500...

I have never upgraded the sound system in any way on my CPU desktop (probably the least expensive soundcard that Dell could install in computer about 5 1/2 yrs ago). The question is if I buy a dedicated DAC/Headphone amp if I use line out/headphone out from computer what would be the SQ compared...

Hi   I just found out that Musiland offers this card: http://translate.google.ru/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musiland.com.cn%2Findex.php%2FProduct%2Fshow%2Fid%2F182&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8     You can see it only in the Chinese part of Musiland's website...

I'm not new to computers (diy and stuff) but I'm confused about computer audio.   Have a 2 year old X-Fi Extreme gamer, how do I listen to my jh16s from the PC? Should I connect it directly to the back of the soundcard?   I gave my iqube to a good friend who needed them more than I did...

I found this site while looking for a Linux soundcard.  I am building a new system without onboard audio and need a good pci or pci-e sound card for my system.  I'm not really sure of what works and what doesn't, in terms of Linux compatibility.  But I want the best sound for the cheapest...

do me a favor and bring all 'distance' settings to zero. then bring all 'level' settings to zero.   now go to your favorite search engine and find a protractor that you can print out (or use a protractor that you have already in your physical possesion) use a string or tape measure to...

Hi, I've got a decent pair of headphones hooked up to an STX sound card and was wondering how the headphones play surround sound even though they only have 2CH's of output.   Is the 5.1CH audio downmixed into 2 channels and outputted that way? If so, does it sound for example like...

Hey guys, this is my first post here though I am very active on overclock.net under the same user name. I've come across a decision of what sound card to buy, and a couple people pointed me over here, so here goes, I'll copy/paste the post.     This is seriously driving me crazy. I just...

Right now I'm using an Audigy 2 ZS and Audio Technica AD700s, I will use this sound card for gaming, music, and movies.   I don't know what I should do with my setup when I get this sound card. Currently, I have Logitech z-5300 speakers hooked directly to the sound card and plug my...

I'm looking to buy a new soundcard for my PC   I was thinking on a Auzentech Auzen X-FI Home Theater HD.   But I see that some of the Asus models and the the Auzentech Forte are very popular in here...   I really need some lights on this guys...   Cheers

Some posts on the Internet say ASUS Xonar Xense is a gaming audio set. But out of my curiosity, is this kind of audio set good for listening music as well? I spend almost the same time on listening music and playing games, and wondering whether this bundle is good for me?

Having tried pretty much every soundcard and modification out there (from X-Fi's with Black Gate's and LM4562's to Lynx's to Xonars with discrete opamps etc etc) I've finally settled on a card which does not feel like a compromise. You need: - an Audiotrak Prodigy HD2 ($100) - 2 20dBm...

i thought about buying it cuz im not satisfied with the sound quality of my headphones (zalman real surround sound).   i cant efford something expensive than that.

Last updated March 18, 2010 Latest drivers: 5.12.8.1773 released 2009/11/06 New drivers coming! On 2010/02/11: Quote: Originally Posted by ROBSCIX Hey guys, I have confirmed with the powers that be at ASUS that they will be releasing a new and improved driver set the the public...

Most of you use foobar 2000 with either the asio or kernel streaming configuration, at least I hope you all do. But I've recently found a new player recommended by a fellow audiophile. It is called Lilith and it is made by the Japanese software developers project9k. I'd even say this audio...

I know I have been told a few times that a Amp/Dac combo like the Audio-gd Fun will give me great results.  But just how much better is it compared to a standard soundcard or something like the $50-$100 range soundcards.  I know its hard to be objective, but id like some scale of what to...

So I have the Asus Xonar Essence ST audio card. The beta drivers support bit-perfect audio, which as far as I know means that it automatically selects the sampling rate depending on what audio is being played? Okay, now while using kernel stream, wasapi (well this one is obvious) or asio, I...

While deciding what internal sound card to buy as an upgrade of my current integrated solution it was pretty easy to settle with Prodigy HD2. However because I was only able to order the basic version with mediocre opamps, I searched for better, available and simple (no soldering) opamp...

For some reason and I have no clue what it is, I can only get sound with programs that use my ASIO drivers like Foobar or J River Media Center. Nothing and I mean nothing else will work. I can't watch a youtube video, or even watch a movie with any of my installed programs. I have tried them...

Ever since I built my computer from scratch a while ago I have had issues with there being strange noises in the audio jack of my computer case, though the jack straight from the mobo does not seem to have this issue. If I drag things or move my mouse I get different sounds that are clearly...