Grodecki
New Head-Fier
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Hi all.
Fairly new to the head fi scene, have a pair of Audio Technica A900s which I'm currently using with the PC.
PC has a RealTek HD Audio chipset, I forget the exact model number as it is broken (see further down), but I know it has a lot of 8s in it, and not much else
So my motherboard BIOS corrupted and is being RMAed and I'm having to use the family PC for a while, which has a better sound card, and the difference is immense, far better than using the awful software that comes with the Vista X64 drivers for the card. I couldn't work out how to do Kernal streaming with it or the like.... not so tech savy on the sound side of things. If you had the output set to headphones; it crackled like anything, and if you had it set to speakers, it sounded a bit dulled. I couldn't find a way to just skip it.
So I'm looking for what is the best, and reasonably cheap option to get a good output out of the card, or is it best to just get a new soundcard? Or use the digital out with a low cost amp/DAC?
Reccomendations, anyone?
Cheers.
Fairly new to the head fi scene, have a pair of Audio Technica A900s which I'm currently using with the PC.
PC has a RealTek HD Audio chipset, I forget the exact model number as it is broken (see further down), but I know it has a lot of 8s in it, and not much else
So my motherboard BIOS corrupted and is being RMAed and I'm having to use the family PC for a while, which has a better sound card, and the difference is immense, far better than using the awful software that comes with the Vista X64 drivers for the card. I couldn't work out how to do Kernal streaming with it or the like.... not so tech savy on the sound side of things. If you had the output set to headphones; it crackled like anything, and if you had it set to speakers, it sounded a bit dulled. I couldn't find a way to just skip it.
So I'm looking for what is the best, and reasonably cheap option to get a good output out of the card, or is it best to just get a new soundcard? Or use the digital out with a low cost amp/DAC?
Reccomendations, anyone?
Cheers.