If the rest of the card looks like it'll do what you want it to, I'd strongly recommend the Essence ST (or STX - the PCIe variant). It has a...
QFT. I love that they have their own sound engine in there as well that handles surround rather nicely.
555s are reasonable, but 595/600 are a noticeable step up. Difference between 555/595 is much bigger than difference between 595/600, at least...
Currently: X-Meridian/LM4562 analogue -> digi002 rack -> Fostex monitors Normally: X-Meridian/LM4562 analogue -> Musical Fidelity X-150...
@Lavans The 650s will sound noticeably better out of a good soundcard, and truth be told, I was perfectly happy with the sound of my 600s, till I...
@Lavans If you're using the SBLive to run your HD600s, I would strongly recommend getting a new soundcard (even if you do use them via your...
Just out of curiousity, what headphone amp do you have? It's a shame... I do agree. Had 4 mates over, and they were all impressed with the...
Are you suggesting he should be listening to them via spdif, or that the source material is not good enough? I'd be impressed if he could abx...
Where's the delete post button when you want it...
Not so much a case of 'more' but different. I think you'd be surprised at how much you'd appreciate the difference. @GC I was perfectly...
Guessing you haven't heard your headphones with a dedicated headphone amp... Having heard my HD600s with one (about US$400), I'd argue that very...
To answer your question: There'll be bugger all audible difference. Unless you're using an awesome dac + good headphone amp + $300+ set of...
@Tat3 - are you using the spdif/optical output to your 5500s? If you are, there will be *no* difference between onboard and x-fi in terms of...
If you're running spdif or optical out to a receiver, or speaker set, there will be minimal differences between onboard and a dedicated sound card...
Lucky buggers.... I'm in the southern hemisphere... eastern coast of Australia, Brisbane... Lowest forecast all week is 20 degrees, highest is...
Learn something new every day ;) :) I did have a quick look, but couldn't see it listed anywhere.
@Elemental I'm going to call it uniform bleed. Either that or by the nature of having a backlight, it's overbright. Was fully calibrated [with...
@Colt M4 Your Sony HDTV IPS? Say what? What tv is this? Sony? IPS? What Sony IPS? @DmZ Where is the blatant disrespect you mention? If...
All well and good, but the only 216 260 readily available near me, is the EVGA (which admittedly is the superclocked edition) but it runs AU$555....
HTC TytN (branded as the dopod 838 pro) [IMG]
