Change, I may take up your offer for the 1540 loan soonish, if you'll allow me. I'll send you the 15G on the way back if you wanna try something new and cheapish.
Woot! Something exciting may be coming from MLE once again!
Change, I may take up your offer for the 1540 loan soonish, if you'll allow me. I'll send you the 15G on the way back if you wanna try something new and cheapish.
Anyone know of a way to input multi-channel audio from a console to your PC (Windows)?
Idea is to output surround sound from console into a PC and then use virtual surround sound software on PC. This way I can avoid a Mixamp and avoid Dolby Headphone.
Can this be done through a capture card and virtual audio cables?
Thank you once again for your help, Stillhart.
It sounds like you really enjoy the HP100's. If I were to change my mind and go for a closed headphone, is the HP100 the best choice at the sub-$300 price range for immersive (not competitive) PC gaming? I've heard the DT770's are pretty good too, though perhaps the 80ohm version would need a better amp than the U3.
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Also, I know You guys advised me to go with K612 and not hd598 but I found used hd598 for an equivalent of 70 usd so I bought them immediately.
Hey peeps,
So I finally caved in and got the fidelio x1s after extensive reading. I have the mixamp pro 2013 to go with them for the ps4.
I am thinking about buying the Sound Blaster Omni Surround 5.1 external usb soundcard for my pc. If I used the optical out on the soundcard could I plug that into the mixamp pro?
When im using the pc for gaming or High def movies I would prefer to use the SBX Prostudio than the Dolby Headphonewhich the astro mixamp uses. Although I would like to use the mixamp as a kind of bypass amp so I could control the volume without walking to the pc.
Does the mixamp have an option to let the SBX sound pass through it without changing the signal to dolby headphone?
And finally does anyone know of a better external soundcard which will allow me to game and watch movies in 5.1 on my home cinema setup, as well as in virtual surround on my fidelios?
Thanks for taking the time to read this andthanks Mad Lust for making such an epic thread...
The Omni is an overall better device than the Mixamp in pretty much every category except "compatibility with gaming consoles". The amp is more powerful and quieter, the DAC is better, it's got more outputs, etc etc. IMO, the SBX surround is better than DH as well, though many people disagree.
My point is that there's not any reason to run your Omni through your Mixamp. Keep in mind the Omni has its own external volume knob so you don't even need the Mixamp for that.
If you do decide to run it through the Mixamp, the Omni does have the option to pass a Dolby signal out so the Mixamp can do the processing. I don't know why you'd want to do that, though, unless you really prefer DH.
Personally, I'm a big fan of the Omni if you couldn't tell.
BTW, you might check the Nameless Guide to PC Gaming (should be linked at the start of the guide here) for more info on stuff like this.
Would the omni also work with ps4 if i connected it via optical(obviously without the chat)?