Hi all,
I have recently built a new pc and I'm looking to improve the sound quality of the headphones I use, Audio Technica ATH M50Xs. The Crystal sound or whatever the motherboard I got (Asus z170-AR) came with, is pretty decent. But it still isn't what I think my M50Xs are capable of. Also, I have been having a problem with the audio drivers the motherboard has, which is RealTek Audio Manager, which detects my headphones are speakers and messes up the not so bad audio even more. I ended up setting the "speaker" configuration on 7.1, because that sounds the best, but the audio that comes from the centre is really low and this is especially horrid in game dialogue. I won't have this do...
I don't know a whole lot about audio, but I know there are sound cards, headphone amps, and DACs. I first of all don't want to deal with this rubbish realtek nonsense, so I need someway to get around that, or fix it. If I bought a soundcard would it work properly with my headphones? As I said $100 AUD is my target budget, but if its worth spending over that, I would probably do that. I would appreciate any recommendations, but it would be easier to recommend something from this store:
https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products_list.phtml?id=10&bid=2&id2=32&name=SoundCards
Thanks!
Maybe something cheap like this?
https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?id=10&id2=32&bid=2&sid=95530
I have recently built a new pc and I'm looking to improve the sound quality of the headphones I use, Audio Technica ATH M50Xs. The Crystal sound or whatever the motherboard I got (Asus z170-AR) came with, is pretty decent. But it still isn't what I think my M50Xs are capable of. Also, I have been having a problem with the audio drivers the motherboard has, which is RealTek Audio Manager, which detects my headphones are speakers and messes up the not so bad audio even more. I ended up setting the "speaker" configuration on 7.1, because that sounds the best, but the audio that comes from the centre is really low and this is especially horrid in game dialogue. I won't have this do...
I don't know a whole lot about audio, but I know there are sound cards, headphone amps, and DACs. I first of all don't want to deal with this rubbish realtek nonsense, so I need someway to get around that, or fix it. If I bought a soundcard would it work properly with my headphones? As I said $100 AUD is my target budget, but if its worth spending over that, I would probably do that. I would appreciate any recommendations, but it would be easier to recommend something from this store:
https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products_list.phtml?id=10&bid=2&id2=32&name=SoundCards
Thanks!
Maybe something cheap like this?
https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?id=10&id2=32&bid=2&sid=95530