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Sound card amp vs. speaker amps

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Do you think I'd get better sound by putting more of the amplification load on my sound card's amp or on the amps in my speakers?
I have a Xonar DG:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
and M-Audio BX5a speakers:
http://m-audio.com/products/en_us/StudiophileBX5aDeluxe...

To rephrase, would it be better to turn the sound card up and the speakers down or to turn the speakers up and the sound card down?

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The amp on that card is for headphones. They generally have higher impedance than speakers. and therefore require less power. I would use the line out of the card to the input of the speakers and put the load on the speaker amps. :sol: 
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