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I assembled a desktop a while back with some fairly medium end components ( i5 3570k / Corsair 8GB) but the motherboard was low end .( Gigabyte B75) with onboard sound - RealTek ALC887. My sound preferences are fairly high (at least I would like to think so ) and so I bought a Sennheiser HD598 as first step towards High Quality sound. To be mentioned I never owned a sound amp , dac or anything . I mainly connect Hd598 to onboard sound and listen to Mp3s, Music Cds, Flac audio, HD movie rips and very little games.My main preference is Music .Sometimes I listen to Xperia mobile phone songs and thats it. If I feel that the volume of a particular movie or song is too low then I increase the volume of my ffDshow audio decoder which gives me the volume but worsens the quality of music or movies audio.Now my question is am I missing something here and can I improve upon my audio listening experience by purchasing a dedicated sound card . If so any sound card suggestions . I dont have a huge budget and I can shell out like Rs 3000/- ( almost 40-50 dollars).I also wonder if the sound quality is vastly going to increase on dedicated Sound card and if not I may well stay with my onboard Sound.Based on this later I may even purchase an audiophile quality 2.1 speakers like Klipsch Promedia / Corsair SP2500 / HK Soundsticks etc.
Thanks All
Sanu
I assembled a desktop a while back with some fairly medium end components ( i5 3570k / Corsair 8GB) but the motherboard was low end .( Gigabyte B75) with onboard sound - RealTek ALC887. My sound preferences are fairly high (at least I would like to think so ) and so I bought a Sennheiser HD598 as first step towards High Quality sound. To be mentioned I never owned a sound amp , dac or anything . I mainly connect Hd598 to onboard sound and listen to Mp3s, Music Cds, Flac audio, HD movie rips and very little games.My main preference is Music .Sometimes I listen to Xperia mobile phone songs and thats it. If I feel that the volume of a particular movie or song is too low then I increase the volume of my ffDshow audio decoder which gives me the volume but worsens the quality of music or movies audio.Now my question is am I missing something here and can I improve upon my audio listening experience by purchasing a dedicated sound card . If so any sound card suggestions . I dont have a huge budget and I can shell out like Rs 3000/- ( almost 40-50 dollars).I also wonder if the sound quality is vastly going to increase on dedicated Sound card and if not I may well stay with my onboard Sound.Based on this later I may even purchase an audiophile quality 2.1 speakers like Klipsch Promedia / Corsair SP2500 / HK Soundsticks etc.
Thanks All
Sanu
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