fameh
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Hello
I'm a newbie in head-fi and i'm constructing my first respectable system
. I readed much posts here but still im in trouble with the soundcard. Hope some mate can help me a bit.
1st to say is that i bought one pair of Beyers 990's 2005 (250Ω) for my electronic music listening on PC (and i will use them only there). At the moment i have an integrated horrible Realtek and i like to improve it.
Well, my budget for the soundcard should be <=100$, as i broke my piggy bank for the Beyers and still i have to buy an amp.
Two important limitations are:
- Interface must be USB (preferently but not very important) or PCI. I have no PCI-e left. That puts down the Asus Xonar DX, for example.
- I live in Europe. Thats a problem sometimes to find things for example like Audiotrak Prodigy HD2, which i readed in previous posts that is good and has a good price at floridamusic, but not trying to buy here.
Then my blind-newbie-eyes finds only as solution X-Fi Extreme Music, Creative Surround X-FI 5.1 USB and Asus Xonar U1. Any other idea?? Does anyone here know which of those is better for music?
Is neccesary to consider something about PC-soundcard if im planning to buy soon a ~110$ (portable/desktop) amp on my system to improve my cans? (Better continue with Realtek and buy 170$ amp? maybe?) I think no, but not sure
Sorry for the ammount of questions. I readed much posts but im still quite confused
Any help would be very apretiated.
Thanks mates =]
I'm a newbie in head-fi and i'm constructing my first respectable system
1st to say is that i bought one pair of Beyers 990's 2005 (250Ω) for my electronic music listening on PC (and i will use them only there). At the moment i have an integrated horrible Realtek and i like to improve it.
Well, my budget for the soundcard should be <=100$, as i broke my piggy bank for the Beyers and still i have to buy an amp.
Two important limitations are:
- Interface must be USB (preferently but not very important) or PCI. I have no PCI-e left. That puts down the Asus Xonar DX, for example.
- I live in Europe. Thats a problem sometimes to find things for example like Audiotrak Prodigy HD2, which i readed in previous posts that is good and has a good price at floridamusic, but not trying to buy here.
Then my blind-newbie-eyes finds only as solution X-Fi Extreme Music, Creative Surround X-FI 5.1 USB and Asus Xonar U1. Any other idea?? Does anyone here know which of those is better for music?
Is neccesary to consider something about PC-soundcard if im planning to buy soon a ~110$ (portable/desktop) amp on my system to improve my cans? (Better continue with Realtek and buy 170$ amp? maybe?) I think no, but not sure
Sorry for the ammount of questions. I readed much posts but im still quite confused
Any help would be very apretiated.
Thanks mates =]