ronfifer
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My AKG k702 just arrived. Plan to use them for competitive FPS gaming, making use of their renowned soundstage and imaging.
I plugged it into the 3.5mm headphone jack on my gaming laptop, which has a Realtek HD audio chip on-board, and i couldn't raise the volume more than 65% in Windows. Got painful above that in Battlefield 1. Too loud. Do i really need an amp and dac for it? Will a DAC/AMP bring benefits other than volume gain such as improvement in sound quality and/or improvement in soundstage and separation?
Thank you
Specs: Laptop is MSI GT62VR dominator pro with 1 optical line out, 1 optical line in, 1 headphone jack.
I plugged it into the 3.5mm headphone jack on my gaming laptop, which has a Realtek HD audio chip on-board, and i couldn't raise the volume more than 65% in Windows. Got painful above that in Battlefield 1. Too loud. Do i really need an amp and dac for it? Will a DAC/AMP bring benefits other than volume gain such as improvement in sound quality and/or improvement in soundstage and separation?
Thank you
Specs: Laptop is MSI GT62VR dominator pro with 1 optical line out, 1 optical line in, 1 headphone jack.
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