gardenoflight
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My apologies if this post is insanely stupid for people who actually understand this stuff(I have a feeling that it might be) but if anyone would be kind enough to offer me some guidance about adding virtual surround to my setup I would greatly appreciate it. It's my first foray into Dolby stuff and I'm rather confused about how my options.
Currently, I have my Playstation 4 going through optical to a cheap DAC(Fii0 something) to the line in on my motherboard. My computer is then going through optical out to an Audioengine D1 to my headphones/speakers. I'm plenty satisfied with the audio quality of this setup, but I'm spending quite a bit of time playing my PS4 lately and I think I would benefit immensely from access to virtual surround for consoles.
Map thing I've seen some people use: PS4 -> Optical Toslink Cable -> Fii0 DAC -> RCA to 3.5mm cable into line in on motherboard-> Optical Toslink Cable -> Audio Engine D1 -> Speakers/Headphones
Would straight out swapping the Fii0 DAC with an Astro Mixamp work? I've read that you can use the Mixamp with a headphone amplifier so I know that works, but I'm concerned about piping it back out to another DAC. I would just use the Mixamp straight out, but I really need to preserve being able to switch from headphones to speakers quickly and I considering being able to listen to my PC and console audio simultaneously to be essential.
I actually have a Creative X7 on the way(should be here tomorrow), which as I understand it would simplify this whole thing immensely, but I'm sort of having second thoughts after reading about the various issues it has in threads here.
Again, sorry if this is a super dumb post. I've tried Googling the answers and searching around here, but I think my audio vocabulary might be a little bit too limited to get the results I'm looking for.
Currently, I have my Playstation 4 going through optical to a cheap DAC(Fii0 something) to the line in on my motherboard. My computer is then going through optical out to an Audioengine D1 to my headphones/speakers. I'm plenty satisfied with the audio quality of this setup, but I'm spending quite a bit of time playing my PS4 lately and I think I would benefit immensely from access to virtual surround for consoles.
Map thing I've seen some people use: PS4 -> Optical Toslink Cable -> Fii0 DAC -> RCA to 3.5mm cable into line in on motherboard-> Optical Toslink Cable -> Audio Engine D1 -> Speakers/Headphones
Would straight out swapping the Fii0 DAC with an Astro Mixamp work? I've read that you can use the Mixamp with a headphone amplifier so I know that works, but I'm concerned about piping it back out to another DAC. I would just use the Mixamp straight out, but I really need to preserve being able to switch from headphones to speakers quickly and I considering being able to listen to my PC and console audio simultaneously to be essential.
I actually have a Creative X7 on the way(should be here tomorrow), which as I understand it would simplify this whole thing immensely, but I'm sort of having second thoughts after reading about the various issues it has in threads here.
Again, sorry if this is a super dumb post. I've tried Googling the answers and searching around here, but I think my audio vocabulary might be a little bit too limited to get the results I'm looking for.