KaneKomma
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Well met, O great knowledge bearers of audio excellence!
I yearn to someday bask in the excellence of audiophilia, and as such, I have dipped my toes into your knowledge base. Where I expected to find a straight solution to every audio quandary, I instead saw the depth of information that, honestly, was quite fearsome for someone as inexperienced as myself. Coming to this humbling conclusion, I seek your guidance in order to achieve optimal performance! /buttkissing
I recently built myself a desktop, used primarily for gaming and multimedia, and am looking for a good, headphones based, audio setup. I just ordered the AKG K702's, based on some forum-diving and advice from a fellow novice audiophile. I figure my next move should be to get a sound card. From what I have read, the xonar dx or dgx sound like solid choices.
My questions for you folks are two-fold; Is there any other equipment I should be looking into getting in order to bring my system to term? and Given a rough budget of $350(give or take a bit) what would be the most quintessential purchases I could make?
My current desktop setup:
Mobo: SABERTOOTH 990fx
Headphones: AKG k702
OS: Windows 7 ultimate x64 *( I am in the process of trying to use Ubuntu as well, but have a ways to go)
In regards to multimedia, I listen mostly to jazz, electroswing, and house, but also enjoy a fair amount of classical(especially piano and violin).
Gaming wise, I play skyrim, unreal tournament, eve online, and some other mainstream fps/rpg/rts.
Thanks in advance guys(and gals)!
-Kane
I yearn to someday bask in the excellence of audiophilia, and as such, I have dipped my toes into your knowledge base. Where I expected to find a straight solution to every audio quandary, I instead saw the depth of information that, honestly, was quite fearsome for someone as inexperienced as myself. Coming to this humbling conclusion, I seek your guidance in order to achieve optimal performance! /buttkissing
I recently built myself a desktop, used primarily for gaming and multimedia, and am looking for a good, headphones based, audio setup. I just ordered the AKG K702's, based on some forum-diving and advice from a fellow novice audiophile. I figure my next move should be to get a sound card. From what I have read, the xonar dx or dgx sound like solid choices.
My questions for you folks are two-fold; Is there any other equipment I should be looking into getting in order to bring my system to term? and Given a rough budget of $350(give or take a bit) what would be the most quintessential purchases I could make?
My current desktop setup:
Mobo: SABERTOOTH 990fx
Headphones: AKG k702
OS: Windows 7 ultimate x64 *( I am in the process of trying to use Ubuntu as well, but have a ways to go)
In regards to multimedia, I listen mostly to jazz, electroswing, and house, but also enjoy a fair amount of classical(especially piano and violin).
Gaming wise, I play skyrim, unreal tournament, eve online, and some other mainstream fps/rpg/rts.
Thanks in advance guys(and gals)!
-Kane
