my point is its very hard to pick wrong one in his case, so he only need to find reasonably priced one with inputs/outputs what he needs....he just wants to know what the best amp for his cans are without costing the earth.
Dude you've got that ass backwards. Higher Ohm = higher resistance = harder to drive...
50Ohm is quite low, on board will drive that fine. 250 would require much more powerful amps to drive.. and definitely could not be driven all day long by a cellphone.
8 ohm speakers are easier to run than 4 ohm. Every time you halve the ohm load you double the power the amp needs to deliver.
I may have it backwards.
OP do you have an optical output on your motherboard?
No you will have virtually no difference in quality to you're ears. Now mathematically, sure. But reality, no you'll definitely be more than ok.
Yes i have
But i just need to choose a sound card that will work good with my headphones and speakers.
The stx 2 looks good but im.not sure if the headphone will work with them because it seems hard to connect them.
I need 2 convectors to do that,it wont lose quality of the sound from the cable because of that convert?
Well this is what I have driving my cans http:/https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Home-Audio-Video-Accessories/SD793-II-PCM1793-DIR9001-Digital-amplifier/B00A2QLPJM/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1483347061&sr=1-4&keywords=smsl
I use the optical out on my motherboard and i'm very impressed with the sound quality I get from it. Its just a suggestion but a different option for you and not very expensive
I think the link not working.
can you also answer my last questions ?![]()
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That diagram seems misleading as you shouldn't use the RCA connectors for headphones, you use them for speakers because they are lower power.
The Amplified 6mm Headphone jack is what you should use for your headphones.
take a look at the manual page here https://www.manualslib.com/manual/703431/Asus-Essence-Stx-Ii.html?page=9#manual
It's pretty clear that the port labelled 3 is for headphones.
Link is fixed and that dac/headphone amp has a line out so you can get an amplifier to power your speakers
something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Hi-Fi-Home-Audio/SA-36A-Integrated-Digital-Amplifier-Black/B00G503KCO/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1483349950&sr=8-12&keywords=smsl+amplifier
To buy both is about £75 excluding the optical cable and the RCA cable you would need. Like I said before this is just an option for you![]()
but soundcards contain that same amplifier(with bonus of better dac) its only that its called soundcard it still has amplifier inside how else would it workHe came looking for an amp. Now he's buying a sound card. Next thing he will be told it's his PSU.![]()
this must be worst manual available , it also says on that link:
4- 6.3mm analog input (Line-in/Mic-in). Connect to your microphone with built-
in microphone amplifier or audio devices with line output such as MP player or synthesizer
so what they mean when they say microphone with built in amplifier? does they mean microphone with fet integrated in capsule for impendance matching that have 3.3v bias or does they mean that you need to connect line level signal input or dynamic mic what needs high gain?
please check before buy.
edit: yaniv ,you still didnt check on box which model you have 50 or 150ohm? becouse if you have 150ohm model that would explain low volume you experience now,and you will need to check on soundcard you buy for certain will it provide enough volts on output so you can use your phones as intended.
so they should produce enough db output from intergrated soundcard regardless of quality, maybe stupid question but can you please double check that you have potentiometer on right earphone maxed out.
What is potentiometer?