I am a new to high quality sound - converted because one day I heard the glory. Here is my setup (ordered and in the mail): Headphones: Sennheiser HD 595 Sound Card: Creative Labs x-fi Titanium Fatal1ty  Here are my questions for anyone with the answers: 1. Does that particular...

I'm not all that interested in picking up an amp, so I was wondering if there is a sound card that could power these baby's to their full potential.    Edit: To be more "specific", I don't mind a rather vague response.  I don't need a specific card listed, I just needto know that there is a...

hi which one should i consider between creative x-mod and musiland lilo v joy sound cards? i will be using it mainly for music and movies. i previously had asus xonar dx which i don't like that much and sold it. i have a 2.1 altec lansing desktop speakers. music i listened to ranges...

I'm using a Sound Blaster Live! 24 Bit sound card, I assume it's a pretty low end card since it's like one of the cheapest card in the market. Just wondering what would be a decent upgrade. I would like a Line out to be used with my Mini3 rather than from the Headphone out of my 24 Bit

So, what do you think guys? Quote: Creative Releases Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD and X-Fi HD Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD Creative, well-known for its Sound Blaster sound cards, has unveiled the Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD and Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD...

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Hi all ,first post... I've been reading a lot here and still haven't got a real idea what would be better for me.  my pc is my main source for music and i use one of the DVD burners to listen to Discs i have.   So after a lot of reading in the forums i decided i needed a DAC or a sound...

Hi!   I need to change my soundcard.   My system is a blue sky 2.1, and I use the computer like a multimedia studio, music, watch movies, play some game, satellite TV audio, and to play the guitar.   Normally, I would use PCI because you can have the best quality in the less price...

i was planning on picking up a set of AD700s, primarily for gaming on my macbook pro.  do i need any equipment to really get a decent sound out of them?  people were saying i really should get a cmss sound card to go with them.  anyone know if the xfi go card, or the creative expresscard sound...

Just got an ATH-AD700, which sounds great on my Cowon S9, but isn't as loud as I'd like on my computer's aging AV-710 (envy24) sound card. For games/blu-rays/etc. would you guys recommend the X-Fi XtremeGamer or Asus Xonar D1? Would it be worth it to step up to the Xonar D2? Any other cards...

Hi, being a musician, I am always trying to listen to the best quality audio as possible, but my lack of knowledge in audio hardware and computers in general makes me lost in this huge world of digital music. I won't even lie, I just recently learned the difference between lossless and lossy...

Hello, I bought the Asus Xonar Essence ST PCI sound card after hearing so much good stuff about it.   But I've encountered a problem with the card.  When I use my IEM to listen music on my computer, I hear a constant hissing noise.  Since the Xonar Essence has such a good signal-to-noise...

My motherboard has both optical and coaxial outs:   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128419   I realize that USB DACs bypass the onboard sound, but if I were to get a DAC with SPDIF inputs and hook them up directly to my motherboard, my onboard sound card would be...

So I got a new computer. I use Sennheiser 595s, and my old computer had an Audigy 2 which of course doesn't fit in my PCI-Express only slots... The Realtek onboard audio on the new one, as many probably know, sucks. At first I thought it was just quiet, but after trying a sound booster I find...

So I'm thinking of getting a pair of HD 555s for my computer but I'm still running on onboard sound which is obviously a no-no if I'm grabbing something of entry-level quality. Would it be worth my while to get both a soundcard and a DAC (hopefully something cheap like the uDAC) for gaming and...

I am looking for an external sound card or a DAC. I am currently using the onboard sound from my laptop, which I am not very happy with. My budget is around $100-200 CAD. Shopping around my area, I could only find Creative external cards from future shop, best buy, tiger direct and radioshack so...

  Hi Head-Fi,   I am pretty sure that my current sound card is dying, because:   . It's not full sounding. I can't really describe it, it just sounds like it's cutting out part of the tonal range or something [my Sansa Fuze sounds better, wth]. I'm not sure how to describe it...

Hi, I have a question for gamers or people who use headsets and have a sound card. How do you plug in your headset when you want to switch from speakers to your headset.   The process that I have to do now is crawl under my desk, pull the back of my computer case to the side so I can access...

Hey   I am thinking of buying a headphone for games and movie I want to spend around $450 for the headphones, and around 100 for the amp or the sound card   I have few question   Is the HD650 a good choice for my using, please tell me if there are better choices for my price range...

Hi im about to buy the Beyerdynamic MMX 300 for gaming, I have been reading a lot of reviews and on other sites and i can only hear that they are the best BUT nobody says anything about using them for music... i want to have good headphones for gaming and for music aswellm so i wonder, are the...