noparanoia
Head-Fier
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Hi. This is my first thread, so be kind.
I have just acquired a new PC: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard, i7920, 6gb DDR3 RAM.
I was previously listening to my Headroom Ultra Micro Amp & DAC driven HD650s through the optical digital out of my old pc's onboard sound card. The listening experience was generally great.
However with my new PC the sound quality does not seem to be in the same league. The sound is a little murky: the soundstage has suffered, and details are less prominant. It is not unpleasant sounding, but I expect so much more from this kit.
I am not good at these audiophile terms, so if you want to know anything else about the problem just ask and I will try to explain it to you as best as I can.
I have checked in most of the obvious places to make sure there is no equalization or sound processing happening.
The motherboard uses a Realtek HD audio chip, Realtek ALC889A codec (hopefully that means more to you than it does to me).
I listen using iTunes 8. The system runs using an evaluation copy of windows 7.
If there is anything else you would like to know just ask.
I hope one of you guys knows the answer to this; it's doing my head in.
Thanks in advance
I have just acquired a new PC: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard, i7920, 6gb DDR3 RAM.
I was previously listening to my Headroom Ultra Micro Amp & DAC driven HD650s through the optical digital out of my old pc's onboard sound card. The listening experience was generally great.
However with my new PC the sound quality does not seem to be in the same league. The sound is a little murky: the soundstage has suffered, and details are less prominant. It is not unpleasant sounding, but I expect so much more from this kit.
I am not good at these audiophile terms, so if you want to know anything else about the problem just ask and I will try to explain it to you as best as I can.
I have checked in most of the obvious places to make sure there is no equalization or sound processing happening.
The motherboard uses a Realtek HD audio chip, Realtek ALC889A codec (hopefully that means more to you than it does to me).
I listen using iTunes 8. The system runs using an evaluation copy of windows 7.
If there is anything else you would like to know just ask.
I hope one of you guys knows the answer to this; it's doing my head in.
Thanks in advance