I have a 5.1 speaker system attached to an analog receiver (onkyo tx-nr509, to be specific), that I have it plugged into my asus stx essence soundcard. Now, when I open the xonar audio center, the analog out option only lets me choose between headphones or 2 speakers. So, only my front 2...

ok, so I am going to get the Sony MBR XB700. they are in my budget, i am a basshead, so people have told me they are perfect. I was wondering if these need an amp or a sound card. I have heard they are one of those pairs of headphones that doesnt need or benefit from a amp or soundcard. Is this...

Hey,   Priority is to improve my gameplay in multiplayer FPS, meaning I want to hear very clear footsteps, how close or far are from me, etc. However I have been told that AD700 is king for that BUT it's bas anemic, which I'm not sure if I should get this for FPS only and whenever I watch a...

First let me say that I realize there is plenty of information out there, I have been searching for about a month now and really need help making a decision that is specific to my situation, I hate creating new threads.   My situation: I only use Headphones (Sennheisser 555's currently)...

  hello all i'm new here and have constantly be recommended to join and read up on these forums for the higher audio knowledge. have always been used to listening to cheap $30-70 headphones and now i want to enter into a world with better sound quality. i plan on 7.1 after listening to...

I have some Altek Lansing 4.1 speakers that must have come with a computer we bought a while ago. Now I am trying to get them set up because the dell speakers I was using started glitching. Basically the volume would drastically change randomly and at random intervals. Sometimes it would be fine...

I plan on now doing audio out of my computers integrated optic SPDIF out. I have a ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard, so that is the output I will be running to a Maverick Audio TubeMagic D1 DAC w/ OPA627 OpAmp & GE 5670 Tube, and from there to my...

Very simple question, if you could have everything you wanted in a PC soundcard, what would you have?

So I just bought myself a new Asus E1 and Im loving it so far. Sound is not perfect and I have yet to try it with a record player or just two active speakers, but it fits all my needs. Except for one.. for now...   Im trying to get sound from my computer, through the dac to my surround...

Hi,   I'm using foobar 1.1.13 with the ASIO support plug-in 2.1.2 and the UniXonar driver V1.53 on Windows 7 - 64bit SP1. ASIO seems to works because the windows mixer is not working and i do volume switching with the slider in foobar. I do this evening a lot of reading here in the forum to...

Saw this on ebay, and decided to buy it last night. Was thinking of going with the Musical Fidelity 192 but the $400 price is rather steep for a converter, imho.    For a quarter of the price, with shipping, I thought this was a great deal for converting those higher quality files. ...

I have bought the Sennheiser HD598 and I'm using it combined with the integrated sound card on my motherboard. I want to buy an external soundcard or DAC since I'm already using all of my PCI/PCI-E slots. The furthest I am willing to go is around 100USD unless there is some significantly better...

There are so many cards i don't know what to pick, i want Gaming + Movies + Music for  Headphones + Logitech 5500 Digital 5.1.     People said about the Xonar Xense 1. But i don't need the headphones cause i want better ones ? if there are any better than this headphones. ASUS AV100...

It will be mostly for gaming/music/general listening.  I want dolby headphone and I was looking at the asus xonar dg, but what's the difference between the DG and DX?  What do you recommend?

I just got a Asus Xonar U3 to get an idea of what Dolby Headphone is like. When I plug in the U3 Win 7 shows that my onboard optical out is still the output device. But with the U3 plugged in I can only get sound from the U3 despite what Win 7 shows.   Is there some way to get sound out of...

Simple question. It the search bar isn't giving me very deep results today.

Hi Head-Fiers,   I am still a little confused. I listen to music on my laptop and have    http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/sound-cards/audio-advantage-amigo-ii.aspx   I listen via these USB soundcard.   I am planning to get my first set of audiophile cans. Maybe the AKG M50 or...

Hi guys,   I'm not very familiar with telling sound quality at all but when I built my new PC I decided I wanted a better experience on that end. With that in mind I bought myself some Sennheiser HD598s and a Sniper.3 M3 Motherboard with Creative audio chip and built in headphone amp.  ...

Hi there,   I'm in the market for a decent headphone AMP/DAC and headset, i'm a newb when it comes to audio, I only just found out about headphone AMP/DACs.   I'm a gamer, music is secondary, so i've narrowed my results to Sennheiser PC360 or AKG Q701.   My setup is a Sager NP9150...

Hi everyone,   I'm in need of a PCI soundcard to use with Sony MDR-ZX700 headphones. Currently I've got three variants: ASUS Xonar Essence ST, Xonar D2/PM or Xonar D1. I guess it is pretty clear how they compare to each other, and I can afford the ST, but I'm afraid it (or the D2) might be...

Looking to buy a amp to boost the power off my X-FI Titanium HD soundcard, wondering if this one here is anygood ? or if you can recommend me one for around $100.  I find the X fi Titanium HD lacking somewhat in driving some headphones, so i want a decent amp i can connect to it and then plug my...

Hello. The topic's name spoils pretty much everything. I don't have that much knowledge about sound cards, headphones etc. and reviews stopped being helpful, so I'm asking you. What kind of gaming headphones would you recommend? I listen to music, but my PC is mostly used for video games. I...

I am looking to upgrade my HD598s to something better. So i am looking for suggestions as what would be and upgrade and i want to buy dac and amp too since i am driving them from xonar dg at the moment (i know this would be and upgrade already) budget would be around 1000~e Also i listen to...

I recently got myself some Grado sr225i's and I'm in the market for a DAC for them (Currently running them from an ASUS Xonar DG). I am interested in the TC7510 that I found on eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/370528529957?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_1405wt_1396). I've...

My IEMs are the Vsonic Gr06s. I definitely prefer a technical/analytical sound as opposed to warm sounding.I don't need an amp.    Any recomendations?