Soundcard damaged with high volume?
Oct 8, 2013 at 10:21 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 3

Niklas1120

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Hey im rocking a standard mobo sound on my sabertooth x79 and i wanted to know if u can damage it with too high volume. im using a 2.0 speaker setup with subwoofer. also can the subwoofer´s volume also damages the sound card?
 
Oct 9, 2013 at 11:05 AM Post #3 of 3
Agreed.
I'm not an engineer, but I think you're more likely to damage your speakers if you crank up the PC output as well as crank up the speakers.  On-board sound is inherently noisy since it's in such close proximity to all the other data-handling components.
It's the prime reason why I don't use the built-in audio, and why  I retired my Creative X-fi (Fatality Platinum something-or-other with the drive bay kit.) 
I drive my AKG K701 with the Schiit Bifrost/Lyr combo, and replaced my Klipsch Promedia 2.1 with a set of Vanatoo Transparent Ones.  Both are USB devices, so no PC noise...
 

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