Need Help Choosing Sound Card

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is the audiotrack hd2 a bitperfect card?

 

[Hookem]

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Originally Posted by draziom /img/forum/go_quote.gif but the tio looks like a sound card you install in your computer just like the xfi-extreme music. how do you hook it up?

It is just a board that fits into one of the open slot's on the back of the case.

Where you would plug the L/R speaker into your sound card(usually the green one) to the L/R input of the TIO...Then you go out to your speakers/headphones...Sound card out to input of the TIO...Then out to your headphones or speakers...All the connections are made outside the case.

"is the audiotrack hd2 a bitperfect card? "

I have no idea...Here is a pretty detailed review of the Prodigy.

Audiotrak Prodigy HD2 Gold Sound Card

As far as I can tell for the money it is certainly a very good buy...High end components for sure...bitperfect ??? LOL Have no idea what that means.

 

[draziom]

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Originally Posted by Hookem /img/forum/go_quote.gif It is just a board that fits into one of the open slot's on the back of the case. Where you would plug the L/R speaker into your sound card(usually the green one) to the L/R input of the TIO...Then you go out to your speakers/headphones...Sound card out to input of the TIO...Then out to your headphones or speakers...All the connections are made outside the case. "is the audiotrack hd2 a bitperfect card? " I have no idea...Here is a pretty detailed review of the Prodigy. Audiotrak Prodigy HD2 Gold Sound Card As far as I can tell for the money it is certainly a very good buy...High end components for sure...bitperfect ??? LOL Have no idea what that means.

does the board go into some slot on the MB?

 

[Hookem]

No it does not connect to the motherboard in any way...It is just mounted inside the case.

It is just mounted to one of the slots on the case...Just like where you would screw down a pci expansion card, video card etc.

 

[Hookem]

Looking back through the thread at your original post you state that you only use headphones.

So a DAC/T-Amp would be what you want...Not a sound card.

And a USB one at that...According to everything I have gathered hanging around here bugging people for the last couple of weeks.

What kind of money are you looking to spend...If you provide that information it would be much easier to find out what your better options are within your budget.

 

[draziom]

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Originally Posted by Hookem /img/forum/go_quote.gif Looking back through the thread at your original post you state that you only use headphones. So a DAC/T-Amp would be what you want...Not a sound card. And a USB one at that...According to everything I have gathered hanging around here bugging people for the last couple of weeks. What kind of money are you looking to spend...If you provide that information it would be much easier to find out what your better options are within your budget.

hi i can spend a few hundred dollars. what do you recommend for a only headphone application?

 

[Hookem]

At this point it might be to your advantage to start a new thread asking for USB T-Amp/DAC recommendation's that fit within your budget.

It seems that is the preffered headphone only solution.

I would try a new thread...Some very knowlegable, helpful guys here @ Head-Fi

 

[OblivionLord]

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