[Hobsten]

I've attached the Essence STX soundcard to the motherboard and plugged my HD650's into it. I've also selected Hi-Fi from the DSP modes on the soundcard because I feel that mode gives the best sound for music. The sound is good and all, but is there something I've forgot doing? I'm sure it is. I read somewhere that one should turn windows 7 into using stereo or something. I don't know how though. Is there more?
 
Thanks in advance!

 

[PurpleAngel]

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I've attached the Essence STX soundcard to the motherboard and plugged my HD650's into it. I've also selected Hi-Fi from the DSP modes on the sound card because I feel that mode gives the best sound for music. The sound is good and all, but is there something I've forgot doing? I'm sure it is. I read somewhere that one should turn windows 7 into using stereo or something. I don't know how though. Is there more?

When listening to music, do you set Audio Channel to 2-channel?
Have you set the gain for mid level 62-300 Ohm or high 300-600 Ohm?
Did you disabled the motherboard's built in audio, in the BIOS?
Maybe try the third party "Unified Xonar Drivers"?
Burn all your music CDs to FLAC?

 

[Hobsten]

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When listening to music, do you set Audio Channel to 2-channel?
Have you set the gain for mid level 62-300 Ohm or high 300-600 Ohm?
Did you disabled the motherboard's built in audio, in the BIOS?
Maybe try the third party "Unified Xonar Drivers"?
Burn all your music CDs to FLAC?

- I'm not sure where can I change/check this?
- High Gain +12dB for 64~300ohm
- I have not. Will it make a difference?
- What does those do?
- I listen to music through spotify/youtube etc.
 
Thanks for the reply!

 

[PurpleAngel]

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- I'm not sure where can I change/check this?
- High Gain +12dB for 64~300ohm
- I have not. Will it make a difference?
- What does those do?
- I listen to music through spotify/youtube etc.
 
Thanks for the reply!

Audio Channel is in the Xonar Control panel (check manual).
I would assume High gain is good enough.
Some people do use more then one sound card in a PC, but it easier to only have one function sound card,
most people usually disable on-board audio when adding a sound card.
"Unified Xonar Drivers" disable some features that are normally automatically enabled, hopefully proving a cleaner audio signal.

 

[Hobsten]

I saw this other dude who could change the audio channels in the main Xonar Control panel. However I don't get that option http://i.imgur.com/OgyCIJx.png . Worth to mention is that I use the Headphone Out Port and I don't have an amp. 

 

[PurpleAngel]

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I saw this other dude who could change the audio channels in the main Xonar Control panel. However I don't get that option http://i.imgur.com/OgyCIJx.png . Worth to mention is that I use the Headphone Out Port and I don't have an amp. 

Looks like your missing "Audio Channel" from the control panel.T
Try installing Unified Xonar Drivers.

 

[Hobsten]

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Looks like your missing "Audio Channel" from the control panel.T
Try installing Unified Xonar Drivers.

Disabled on-board audio, downloaded Unified Xonar Drivers, set audio channels to 2 and kept the impedance at 64~300ohm. Thanks for the help! I use the Headphone Out Port and I think that is correct?

 

[PurpleAngel]

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Disabled on-board audio, downloaded Unified Xonar Drivers, set audio channels to 2 and kept the impedance at 64~300ohm. Thanks for the help! I use the Headphone Out Port and I think that is correct?

Sounds like you have everything correct,
yes, use headphone port.

 

[Hobsten]

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Sounds like you have everything correct,
yes, use headphone port.

Thanks for all your help!