thebanik
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Recently my Xonar DGX died after a couple of years of service, and the prices of the same card seem insane. Almost 3 times their earlier price, at which point I started looking for other options, and now I see a plethora of options in front of me. And I am totally confused.
This is completely for desktop use, where Music is 10%, Movie is around 10% on HP (infact much more, but for that I have separate Amp + Speakers) and rest is gaming but mostly CSGO, so only sound clarity, and not much need of Surround Sound etc. Although I can look for a good sound card as well, but just as a preference looking for USB DAC/AMP.
I am presently using below :
1) Asus Maximus Gene V
2) Kingston Hyper X, HD558, HD598 & PC360
Options I am considering but I am completely open to anything else suggested here, budget 300$ max but cheaper the better (ofcourse ready to extend if there is a consensus that there is something in the higher range which is bang for buck as well):
1) Creative Soundblaster G5
2) Creative Soundblaster E5
3) Creative Soundblaster Z
4) Creative Omni?
5) Asus Xonar U7
6)Fiio E10K (I guess not much better than DGX)
7) Fiio E17K
8) Modii 2/Magnii 2 Stack
This is completely for desktop use, where Music is 10%, Movie is around 10% on HP (infact much more, but for that I have separate Amp + Speakers) and rest is gaming but mostly CSGO, so only sound clarity, and not much need of Surround Sound etc. Although I can look for a good sound card as well, but just as a preference looking for USB DAC/AMP.
I am presently using below :
1) Asus Maximus Gene V
2) Kingston Hyper X, HD558, HD598 & PC360
Options I am considering but I am completely open to anything else suggested here, budget 300$ max but cheaper the better (ofcourse ready to extend if there is a consensus that there is something in the higher range which is bang for buck as well):
1) Creative Soundblaster G5
2) Creative Soundblaster E5
3) Creative Soundblaster Z
4) Creative Omni?
5) Asus Xonar U7
6)
7) Fiio E17K
8) Modii 2/Magnii 2 Stack