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Sound Card for G4ME ONE

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September 3, 2014 1:11:28 PM

So I am looking to buy the Sennheiser G4ME ONE's and i heard that you need a sound card of some sort to use them (for gaming in my case), to mention my mobo is fairly old. Is this true and if so what sound card would you guys recommend, it needs to be external USB though as i'm looking to upgrade to a new rig soon. Thank You!

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September 3, 2014 3:35:00 PM

Hello,

They have 50 Ohm impedance and a good SPL range, so they will sound good with many audio devices, including dated motherboards with onboard audio. However, for best performance you must use an USB DAC or a sound card with dedicated headphone amplifier, something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Stereo-Headphone-Amplifier-S... (limited to 24-bit/96kHz though);

http://www.amazon.com/Aune-Audio-192bit-Headphone-Ampli... ;

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-XONAR-DG-CMI-8786-profile/dp...

http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Sound-Blaster-Audigy-SB1...

What make/model is your motherboard? It has PCI-E slots?
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September 3, 2014 3:59:21 PM

I have an ASUS Xonar DGX driving my PC360's. They are the exact same headset, just look a bit different. The built in amp definitely helped them overall. They hit harder and get lower when I have them running through the sound card.
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September 3, 2014 4:18:10 PM

Cristi72 said:
Hello,

They have 50 Ohm impedance and a good SPL range, so they will sound good with many audio devices, including dated motherboards with onboard audio. However, for best performance you must use an USB DAC or a sound card with dedicated headphone amplifier, something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Stereo-Headphone-Amplifier-S... (limited to 24-bit/96kHz though);

http://www.amazon.com/Aune-Audio-192bit-Headphone-Ampli... ;

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-XONAR-DG-CMI-8786-profile/dp...

http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Sound-Blaster-Audigy-SB1...

What make/model is your motherboard? It has PCI-E slots?


Not sure as it is not specified by iBuyPower :(  Like i said im looking to upgrade to a new rig soon ( http://pcpartpicker.com/user/FrozenHam/saved/3P8j4D ) and i dont want to buy an expensive sound card if the new rig can run it fine without a card :) 
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September 3, 2014 11:34:55 PM

FrozenHam said:

Not sure as it is not specified by iBuyPower :(  Like i said im looking to upgrade to a new rig soon ( http://pcpartpicker.com/user/FrozenHam/saved/3P8j4D ) and i dont want to buy an expensive sound card if the new rig can run it fine without a card :) 


That Syba USB DAC is not expensive at all and employs one of the best consumer headphone amplifiers (LM4562), so you can give it a try on your old system.

The new motherboard will have ALC1150, a good audio chip which apparently has built-in headphone amplifiers on its outputs, so it is possible that you will be pleased by how it performs.
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September 4, 2014 2:28:53 PM

Cristi72 said:
FrozenHam said:

Not sure as it is not specified by iBuyPower :(  Like i said im looking to upgrade to a new rig soon ( http://pcpartpicker.com/user/FrozenHam/saved/3P8j4D ) and i dont want to buy an expensive sound card if the new rig can run it fine without a card :) 


That Syba USB DAC is not expensive at all and employs one of the best consumer headphone amplifiers (LM4562), so you can give it a try on your old system.

The new motherboard will have ALC1150, a good audio chip which apparently has built-in headphone amplifiers on its outputs, so it is possible that you will be pleased by how it performs.

Ok thank you for the help!! going to make sure i pay attention to audio more often :p 
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