[Solduios]

I been digging around for good music quality sound cards and found a few. My question has anyone tried them out yet?
 
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUDIOTRAK-PRODIGY-7-1e-X-Fi-MUSES-8920-OPAMP-/121209806311?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c38aadde7
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEMPOTEC-HIFIER-Serenade-III-PCI-Sound-Card-Fiber-Coax-Dual-Oscillator-Design/141254518730?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D31966%26meid%3Db2bc63516b4d42e7ae0ece1be68509bf%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dlo%26sd%3D121209806311&rt=nc
 
and the one I am most interested in is ...
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Elfidelity-Sound-Sourced-PCI-E-Hifi-AK4396-DAC-2-0-Channel-Internal-Sound-Cards/271826440331?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D31966%26meid%3D144823865bc34604810502078389be81%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D141254518730&rt=nc
 
 
Any thoughts on these cards?

 

[PurpleAngel]

  I been digging around for good music quality sound cards and found a few. My question has anyone tried them out yet?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUDIOTRAK-PRODIGY-7-1e-X-Fi-MUSES-8920-OPAMP-/121209806311?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c38aadde7
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEMPOTEC-HIFIER-Serenade-III-PCI-Sound-Card-Fiber-Coax-Dual-Oscillator-Design/141254518730?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D31966%26meid%3Db2bc63516b4d42e7ae0ece1be68509bf%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dlo%26sd%3D121209806311&rt=nc
and the one I am most interested in is ...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Elfidelity-Sound-Sourced-PCI-E-Hifi-AK4396-DAC-2-0-Channel-Internal-Sound-Cards/271826440331?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D31966%26meid%3D144823865bc34604810502078389be81%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D141254518730&rt=nc
Any thoughts on these cards?

 
The Audiotrak is kind of dated, the other two cards are not brands I've seen before.
Is this setup really just for music, or are you into FPS gaming?
Is this only for headphones?
Which headphones do you own?
Any speakers?

 

[Solduios]

   
The Audiotrak is kind of dated, the other two cards are not brands I've seen before.
Is this setup really just for music, or are you into FPS gaming?
Is this only for headphones?
Which headphones do you own?
Any speakers?

Head phones yamaha mt220 and I do gaming and listen to music figure I knock both with one stone.

 

[MonkeyShots]

You might want to into the sound blaster x7, even tho it's not an internal card.

 

[PurpleAngel]

  Head phones Yamaha mt220 and I do gaming and listen to music figure I knock both with one stone.

 
I would say to just get the Sound Blaster Z sound card (built in half-way decent headphone amplifier).
 
Or for a setup with a better headphone amplifier, Asus Xonar DX sound card (used, $50-$60) and the FiiO E11K headphone amplifier ($60).
The E11K has a very low output impedance, which should help bring out the detail in the audio.

 

[Solduios]

   
I would say to just get the Sound Blaster Z sound card (built in half-way decent headphone amplifier).
 
Or for a setup with a better headphone amplifier, Asus Xonar DX sound card (used, $50-$60) and the FiiO E11K headphone amplifier ($60).
The E11K has a very low output impedance, which should help bring out the detail in the audio.

Mostly it is a build for a friend and he doesnt want anything external.

 

[LawsOfEmotion]

What about the asus stx?

 

[Luckbad]

What price range? Sound Blaster ZxR and X-Fi Titanium HD are both great. A couple of the Asus Xonars are good too but I had driver issues with mine and returned it (years ago--don't know how how their drivers are now).