I am looking for a sound card and headphones for my PC with a budget of about $200. I also plan on adding a 5.1 surround speaker system later, with about a $100-150 budget on that. I have been looking at the ATH-AD700's or HD555's for headphones, and the OMEGA STRIKER 7.1 as a sound card.
I am looking for a nice pair of headphones for gaming, listening to music on, and the occasional movie.
The sound card would ideally be able to deliver quality audio to both the headphones (I have heard of the ability to emulate 5.1 sound in headphones on a sound card, and have also heard of various benefits from Creative such as X-RAM and EAX, and wondered if either of these is valuable or applicable) and also to a set of 5.1 speakers.
I have also heard that Creative's drivers are horrible. I'm no computer novice, but I don't want to have to mess with it much after setup.
Your advice and recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I am looking for a nice pair of headphones for gaming, listening to music on, and the occasional movie.
The sound card would ideally be able to deliver quality audio to both the headphones (I have heard of the ability to emulate 5.1 sound in headphones on a sound card, and have also heard of various benefits from Creative such as X-RAM and EAX, and wondered if either of these is valuable or applicable) and also to a set of 5.1 speakers.
I have also heard that Creative's drivers are horrible. I'm no computer novice, but I don't want to have to mess with it much after setup.
Your advice and recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks