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Buy good sound card or buy nice headphone

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June 5, 2013 5:48:18 PM

I was wandering what to spend more money on: A sound card, or headphones.

For example, is it better to buy a 200 dollar sound card, and 10 dollar headphones or use onboard audio and 200 dollar earphones?
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June 5, 2013 5:54:39 PM

Headphones. Unless you are a extreme audiophile with $1500 Grado or Sennheiser headphones you won't really benefit from a sound card. On the other hand you buy you some good $200 Sennheiser or Klipsch headphones you will get deeper tighter lows and overall a better sound experience.
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June 5, 2013 6:56:43 PM

most modern day integrated sounds cards on just about any PC are decent enough to deliver good sound, headphones are soooo much more important. You can spend $200 on a sound card, yet not hear a difference because you are using cheap headphones.

I recommend Sennheiser, they make amazing headphones, my HD 280 Pros sound great and are pretty comfortable. Spend at least $100 on a good pair of headphones and a whole new world of sound will emerge.

Also be sure to listen to high-quality tracks, most MP3 tracks are going to lack, try to find the highest bit rate you can get.
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