Okay then... thank you all for the awesome replies, but I just need a conclusion now.
Xonar is now totally out of my mind. I get either a Titanium HD or a HT Omega eClaro.
As I'll be focusing on newer games ( I mostly want a good headphone+soundcard to pwn n00bz on FPSs), EAX and CMSS-3D won't be much important. And, from what you guys said, HT Omega series are quite awesome.
Based on what Nameless said, DACs won't be important as the soundcard's inbuilt ones are good.
With a headphone of the HD558's caliber, I don't plan on using another audio source besides it, so what Syrk said about the Titan HD not being able to switch outputs is not really necessary.
Until now, I guess they're somewhat on PAR.
But since I'll be stuck with 7.1 audio, and as hughJ noted that vertical info is mixed by the game; both dolby and CMSS does the trick, so I must know: Quality/clarity wise and such, both are the same or one is better on certain aspects? Btw, how does Xear3D is supposed to work?
I did test some of the samples that Nameless posted on his topic, but since my current 2.1 sound system sucks badly, I can't really conclude anything.
And I promise I'll post on the right topics next time ):
