OneSec
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Hi,
I'm trying to upgrade my PC for now, wondering which the best choice is:
1. X-Fi Titanium HD -> AKG702
2. Essence ST -> AKG702
3. Xi-Fi Titanium HD S/PDIF out -> Headphone DAC/AMP (DA&T HA-2) -> AKG702
4. Essence ST S/PDIF out -> Headphone DAC/AMP (DA&T HA-2) -> AKG702
5. Onboard Realtek HD S/PDIF out -> Headphone DAC/AMP (DA&T HA-2) -> AKG702
6. USB -> Headphone DAC/AMP (DA&T HA-2) -> AKG702 (This is 24bit /192kHz as well over USB)
7. Any other option...
I'm pretty much stuck not sure which path to take, and has been sitting infront of my PC for research for a while (2 months?). My wife could not take it anymore today and ask me to make up mind and do my purchase quick My budget would be somewhere 3k, so I think there should be sufficient room here... Feel free to suggest anything into this budget; PC will be my main transport.
Usage:
1) Music on foobar
2) Play annoying DTS CDs/RIPs that I have failed to play on my computer. (Managed to play them on wav format and “5.1 to stereo” DSP for now, not the wma format)
3) RIP DSD/SACD format files and play them from Foobar - Still looking on how to convert them to audio format wav/wma.
I will probably add amps and pair of floor stand speakers to this setup in future; that will probably take another 3 months sitting in front of PC doing research every night before getting my wife's next budget approval...
The final move, is to setup my home theatre with the same system ~~ 1 year down the road? LOL.
Edit: Read further and found ST seems to be the more preffered card. Changing from STX to ST.
I'm trying to upgrade my PC for now, wondering which the best choice is:
1. X-Fi Titanium HD -> AKG702
2. Essence ST -> AKG702
3. Xi-Fi Titanium HD S/PDIF out -> Headphone DAC/AMP (DA&T HA-2) -> AKG702
4. Essence ST S/PDIF out -> Headphone DAC/AMP (DA&T HA-2) -> AKG702
5. Onboard Realtek HD S/PDIF out -> Headphone DAC/AMP (DA&T HA-2) -> AKG702
6. USB -> Headphone DAC/AMP (DA&T HA-2) -> AKG702 (This is 24bit /192kHz as well over USB)
7. Any other option...
I'm pretty much stuck not sure which path to take, and has been sitting infront of my PC for research for a while (2 months?). My wife could not take it anymore today and ask me to make up mind and do my purchase quick My budget would be somewhere 3k, so I think there should be sufficient room here... Feel free to suggest anything into this budget; PC will be my main transport.
Usage:
1) Music on foobar
2) Play annoying DTS CDs/RIPs that I have failed to play on my computer. (Managed to play them on wav format and “5.1 to stereo” DSP for now, not the wma format)
3) RIP DSD/SACD format files and play them from Foobar - Still looking on how to convert them to audio format wav/wma.
I will probably add amps and pair of floor stand speakers to this setup in future; that will probably take another 3 months sitting in front of PC doing research every night before getting my wife's next budget approval...
The final move, is to setup my home theatre with the same system ~~ 1 year down the road? LOL.
Edit: Read further and found ST seems to be the more preffered card. Changing from STX to ST.