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Help choosing a sound card/sound system
DigitalSteel:
Any amp that can input optical in the first place would be able to, and I know of a few amps on newegg that would work out for around $400. over all you will spend a little more (with speakers), but you have the flexibility to add-hock speakers when ever you can afford more or an upgrade.
bloody000:
receiver + speakers = well over $500
Headphones FTW!
DigitalSteel:
Yeah.. true.. You might be able to squeeze it for 600 though... maybe... then add more later
Plus, you can't really blow anything up with headphones ;)
vuzedome:
Always go dedicated discrete audio card.
Never onboard because there'll be lots of interfering signals.
Reviewers use sophisticated audio benchmarking hardware to test audio quality that 99% of us humans can't tell the difference just by using our ears.
So which one? One that fits your taste, Xonar for movies and song, Creative for gaming. That's just my opinion.
bloody000:
--- Quote from: vuzedome on August 22, 2009, 11:34:08 AM ---Always go dedicated discrete audio card.
Never onboard because there'll be lots of interfering signals.
Reviewers use sophisticated audio benchmarking hardware to test audio quality that 99% of us humans can't tell the difference just by using our ears.
So which one? One that fits your taste, Xonar for movies and song, Creative for gaming. That's just my opinion.
--- End quote ---
They are the same if you use the digital output. but a sound card(like an X-Fi) generally doesn't suck at games/cpu usage and supports much more voices.
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