- Mar 25, 2016
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Hi, all. I'm looking for advice and suggestions on purchasing a 5.1 sound card and speakers that would be good for listening to music, both rock and classical.
As background I have hearing problems – moderate loss in one ear, almost complete loss in the other – and I find that the most satisfying way to listen to music these days is sitting in my small home office at the computer with speakers all around me. With the balance settings tweaked just right, I can recapture some sense of stereo effect.
I currently have a Logitech Z-5300 5.1 speaker rig, but I find the subwoofer is really boomy and the bass sounds pretty bad. Treble and midrange are decent if I use "DFX Audio Enhancer" software to enhance the high frequencies.
When I built the computer years ago I installed an M-AUDIO Revolution 5.1 card but it never seemed to work all that well, and driver update support is close to nonexistent. Two years ago I upgraded the motherboard and now I'm running everything off its Realtek ALC898 onboard sound.
Most 5.1 rigs that I see appear to be marketed primarily for gaming. Can anyone recommend a sound card and set of speakers that would be good for music? High priority needs would be the ability to adjust the balance settings precisely and EQ controls that would eliminate the need for the DFX add-on.
Budget would be around $500 total for speakers and card, though I could go somewhat higher if I had to.
Thanks for any help.
As background I have hearing problems – moderate loss in one ear, almost complete loss in the other – and I find that the most satisfying way to listen to music these days is sitting in my small home office at the computer with speakers all around me. With the balance settings tweaked just right, I can recapture some sense of stereo effect.
I currently have a Logitech Z-5300 5.1 speaker rig, but I find the subwoofer is really boomy and the bass sounds pretty bad. Treble and midrange are decent if I use "DFX Audio Enhancer" software to enhance the high frequencies.
When I built the computer years ago I installed an M-AUDIO Revolution 5.1 card but it never seemed to work all that well, and driver update support is close to nonexistent. Two years ago I upgraded the motherboard and now I'm running everything off its Realtek ALC898 onboard sound.
Most 5.1 rigs that I see appear to be marketed primarily for gaming. Can anyone recommend a sound card and set of speakers that would be good for music? High priority needs would be the ability to adjust the balance settings precisely and EQ controls that would eliminate the need for the DFX add-on.
Budget would be around $500 total for speakers and card, though I could go somewhat higher if I had to.
Thanks for any help.
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