l0rdraiden
New Head-Fier
I have been reading different threads in the forum, here and there and I still have a few questions that I would like to clarify.
I own now a HD 599, I have a AT MSR7 as well but I prefer the first one for gaming.
I mostly use the PC for gaming, for movies I have a home theater and I barely hear music or use the pc for that purpose.
The first thing is about sound cards, Hi-Fi sound card vs "Gaming" sound card.
The only thing that "gaming" adds that could be useful for me is the virtual surround sound, but I never like it and I think it doesn't help a lot to add realism or to locate enemies, unless there is a tech that I haven't tried and works really well. What is your opinion on this?
And then if you have to choose between an external DAC and a Sound card, which one and why?
If I choose an external DAC with S/PDIF can I still add surround effects that comes with the pc integrated card? or the S/PDIF signal is "pure" and bypasses everything?
What future proof DACS would be interesting in my case?
Any experience or though around this is welcome.
EDIT: can someone fix the title? car->card. Thanks
I own now a HD 599, I have a AT MSR7 as well but I prefer the first one for gaming.
I mostly use the PC for gaming, for movies I have a home theater and I barely hear music or use the pc for that purpose.
The first thing is about sound cards, Hi-Fi sound card vs "Gaming" sound card.
The only thing that "gaming" adds that could be useful for me is the virtual surround sound, but I never like it and I think it doesn't help a lot to add realism or to locate enemies, unless there is a tech that I haven't tried and works really well. What is your opinion on this?
And then if you have to choose between an external DAC and a Sound card, which one and why?
If I choose an external DAC with S/PDIF can I still add surround effects that comes with the pc integrated card? or the S/PDIF signal is "pure" and bypasses everything?
What future proof DACS would be interesting in my case?
Any experience or though around this is welcome.
EDIT: can someone fix the title? car->card. Thanks
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