MajorLiability
New Head-Fier
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Hello everybody, I have some rather specific questions I didn't see answers to elsewhere on the board, so here I am.
After a trip to the ear doctor that resulted in the revelation that I've got off-the-charts hearing capacity, I'm in a rush to purchase some HE-400 headphones in time for Christmas for the purposes of listening to lossless format music of all genres and playing competitive FPS games on a desktop PC. I'm not overly concerned with virtual surround or positional audio in games, though I may look into them later. I've gathered that the Magni + Modi combo seems to be the way to go for a desktop DAC + amp, so my question is about sound cards: which one to buy to get the most out of the setup.
Until now I've been using the integrated audio on my ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 mobo with various cheap headsets. It's 7.1, and has the Realtek HD Audio brand with the ALC898 audio codec. The highest default format I can select in the Audio Manager is 24 bit, 192000hz. If this is good enough, I'll stick with this sound device, otherwise I'd like some advice on what sound card to buy, as well as any cables I might overlook.
Additionally, if you think that portable DAC/amps in the same price range as the Magni + Modi are good enough, I'd be interested to hear input on that component as well.
After a trip to the ear doctor that resulted in the revelation that I've got off-the-charts hearing capacity, I'm in a rush to purchase some HE-400 headphones in time for Christmas for the purposes of listening to lossless format music of all genres and playing competitive FPS games on a desktop PC. I'm not overly concerned with virtual surround or positional audio in games, though I may look into them later. I've gathered that the Magni + Modi combo seems to be the way to go for a desktop DAC + amp, so my question is about sound cards: which one to buy to get the most out of the setup.
Until now I've been using the integrated audio on my ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 mobo with various cheap headsets. It's 7.1, and has the Realtek HD Audio brand with the ALC898 audio codec. The highest default format I can select in the Audio Manager is 24 bit, 192000hz. If this is good enough, I'll stick with this sound device, otherwise I'd like some advice on what sound card to buy, as well as any cables I might overlook.
Additionally, if you think that portable DAC/amps in the same price range as the Magni + Modi are good enough, I'd be interested to hear input on that component as well.