JMT391
100+ Head-Fier
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Hi all, I am mostly on head-fi to discuss portable phones, but I am going to college in the fall and I want to invest in a nice setup. Problem is I've never really understood PC audio beyond the speakers plugged into line-out setup.
The latest sound card I currently own is an audigy 2 ZS, which does not have optical/coaxial out. As far as I understand, the PCs hard drive acts as a type of "CD Player" which sends music to the sound card, the DAC, which sends music through optical/coaxial to a headphone amp, which then sends music to the headphones.
Is this correct? Before I start budgeting out a system I'd like to familiarize myself with everything.
EDIT: Just an FYI, I will most likely be building a desktop PC so desktop soundcard suggestions are welcome.
The latest sound card I currently own is an audigy 2 ZS, which does not have optical/coaxial out. As far as I understand, the PCs hard drive acts as a type of "CD Player" which sends music to the sound card, the DAC, which sends music through optical/coaxial to a headphone amp, which then sends music to the headphones.
Is this correct? Before I start budgeting out a system I'd like to familiarize myself with everything.
EDIT: Just an FYI, I will most likely be building a desktop PC so desktop soundcard suggestions are welcome.