7.1 Sound Card Recommendations?

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"So would there be any point in me grabbing a sound card for these headphones just to improve audio as it is"
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"would that be enough to support these headphones for great sound quality?"
yes, that motherboard has excellent audio that rivals dedicated sound cards.
"Sonic SenseAmp is a ROG invention that detects headphone impedance (below 65 / 65 ~ 150 / 150 or higher ohms) and adjusts the built-in amp automatically, for pitch-perfect listening right away!"

"Headphone/Speaker switch so I don't need to unplug my headphones everytime I use my speakers"
Some onboard audio solutions allow for this as well (you would just connect your headphones to the front port) As for the onboard audio on your motherboard I don't know enough to know if...
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Headphones (generally) have 2 drivers/cones (one on each side), so they're inherently stereo, so any input will get "squashed" down into stereo. Not that it matters - any headphones with a decent soundstage will give a good stereo/surround "image" (tried with my Sennheiser IE7's and Grado SR-80e's, via the Realtek ALC1150 on my motherboard, which is surprisingly good - definite left/right and front/back direction).

P.S. "7.1" just means the sound is split into 7 channels for "tweeter" speakers, and 1 channel for a "sub-woofer" speaker.
 
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"would that not even be possible?"
yes and no...

No because you have 2 speakers. Which means 2.0 not 7.1.
Yes because you can use virtual surround sound audio processing to make a fake 7.1 sounding audio. My personal experience is that most of the virtual surround sound modes available are garbage and simply cannot compare to a real 7.1 setup. Also, those headphones have 1 audio plug. (Which make sense for headphones because they are only 2 speakers.) As for sound card, many if not all will do virtual surround. My motherboards built-in audio has virtual surround. No special sound card needed.

They do make surround sound headphones with multiple speakers for a more real sounding surround audio.
 
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So would there be any point in me grabbing a sound card for these headphones just to improve audio as it is, I have an ASUS Maximus VII Hero Motherboard, would that be enough to support these headphones for great sound quality? Also another thing, the reason I chose that soundcard was due to it's Headphone/Speaker switch so I don't need to unplug my headphones everytime I use my speakers, so what would be the best suggestion for me to invest in?
 
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So what would be a suggestion because I want to use these headphones for music and gaming, casual and fps games but I also want an easy switch to go between my speakers and headset with the best offering quality. Any suggestions on what I should do?
 
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The main reason I was looking for purely Headphones and not a headset because Headsets suffer from sound quality due to the fact that they have an inbuilt microphone. With my current set-up I already own a desktop mic so do not have the need to purchase a headset as such. I am just looking for really good quality headphones for gaming and music

 
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"So would there be any point in me grabbing a sound card for these headphones just to improve audio as it is"
no

"would that be enough to support these headphones for great sound quality?"
yes, that motherboard has excellent audio that rivals dedicated sound cards.
"Sonic SenseAmp is a ROG invention that detects headphone impedance (below 65 / 65 ~ 150 / 150 or higher ohms) and adjusts the built-in amp automatically, for pitch-perfect listening right away!"

"Headphone/Speaker switch so I don't need to unplug my headphones everytime I use my speakers"
Some onboard audio solutions allow for this as well (you would just connect your headphones to the front port) As for the onboard audio on your motherboard I don't know enough to know if it has the feature but you should check your motherboard manual.
 
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Headsets are normally down in sound quality because the producer has to spend money on making a mic part as well as keeping the price of the headphones down so they use lesser quality speakers in the headset itself
 
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How much do you think a microphone costs? It's negligible, I'd guess it costs Sennheiser less than a dollar per headset. Most of Sennheiser's costs of producing headphones/headsets are R&D, labour, shipping and marketing. Then add on Amazon's markup. Oh, and taxes, obviously taxes!
 
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