Since your looking to buy new headphones, mic and sound card. The headphones and mic combined staying under $200. maybe you could think about this: ASUS XONAR. Considering the headset you get, which to my understanding is exceptional, and you get a high end sound card, which is a lot cheaper than buy everything separately. The headphones have been modified to bring out the full potential of the sound card (or vice versa). They even use those massive professional level audio jacks.
Is my sound card good?
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Looks like a very good deal to me. So I get the Sennheiser PC 350 and a sound card? But I was wondering, since there's the newer Sennheiser PC 360; would this deal still be worth it? Or is the sound quality of the new headset a lot better?
Well you get one of the best headsets and probably the best sound card in one package. The combination of the PC 350 and Asus Xonar will trump the PC 360 with your onboard sound, or a cheaper sound card.
Not 100% but i think the PC 350 has better bass
EDIT: When it comes to the high end of headphones and headsets, you gains are minimal for the amount of extra money you have to pay. The sound card and headset combo is probably the way to go.
Not 100% but i think the PC 350 has better bass
EDIT: When it comes to the high end of headphones and headsets, you gains are minimal for the amount of extra money you have to pay. The sound card and headset combo is probably the way to go.
SmoulderingCircuits
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See that great big dark hole there? that would be the one you are digging for yourself. Please stop going around offering bummy advice that's not what we do here on OC3D.
DDR3 boards cost no more than the equivalent DDR2 boards cost when new. I know this all too well from owning an Asus board that as new would have cost £350. I also owned a DDR2 Crosshair II Formula that also had a top grade Xfi based sound card on.
And stop bringing in useless comparissons to try and bolster an argument that makes absolutely and utterly no sense.
Ah yes here we go. One Asus M3A32-MVP WIFI Deluxe. I suppose next you'll be going around telling people that DDR3 boards have more PCIE slots, more functions and better cooling?
7.1 channel Realtek onboard audio. The same 7.1 channel onboard Realtek that can be found on any board over the past three years.
Okay then, i'll read but won't post anything seen as i am that infuriating
alienware
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Do what you like. Balance a cabbage on your head if you want to. But just don't give people bad advice. You need to think about what you say before you say it because the repercussions can come back to you.
Telling some one a DDR3 motherboard has a better sound chip on a forum that knows so much can only lead to bad. Spend some time to learn and do your research before you go handing out advice.
I can tell you here and now that the Realtek onboard has hardly changed since it was first launched on the Nforce 2 boards back in 2001/2. Only thing they have done is added more channels to pricier motherboards. But the actual controller chip? IIRC there are only about three revisions over the past decade.
Since Windows Vista sound hardware acceleration has not existed. This is why Creative almost went out of business and are a shadow of their former powerful selves. You may remember all of the problems with the original XFI cards in and around 2005-2008?
Hardware acceleration was ness in XP because the processors and systems were nowhere near as powerful as they are today. Since DX10 IIRC sound acceleration is all done via software and is now a part of DX itself.
I know this well because two friends of mine code emulators and explained to me how sound emulation works. With their older emulations (old old fruit machines from the 80s) the sound tables would 'buzz' the hardware and call for a tone. Old fruit machines used blippity blop sounds that were generated by a hardware wavetable. So for example, the hardware would call for an F flat and the sound card would produce it via hardware. However, since the launch of Vista their emulator doesn't work properly. It now sounds garbled and skips sounds because the old hardware way of calling up the wavetable is now being emulated.
The new XFI indeed are software driven because that's how Windows has been since Vista. 7 is no different
Telling some one a DDR3 motherboard has a better sound chip on a forum that knows so much can only lead to bad. Spend some time to learn and do your research before you go handing out advice.
I can tell you here and now that the Realtek onboard has hardly changed since it was first launched on the Nforce 2 boards back in 2001/2. Only thing they have done is added more channels to pricier motherboards. But the actual controller chip? IIRC there are only about three revisions over the past decade.
Since Windows Vista sound hardware acceleration has not existed. This is why Creative almost went out of business and are a shadow of their former powerful selves. You may remember all of the problems with the original XFI cards in and around 2005-2008?
Hardware acceleration was ness in XP because the processors and systems were nowhere near as powerful as they are today. Since DX10 IIRC sound acceleration is all done via software and is now a part of DX itself.
I know this well because two friends of mine code emulators and explained to me how sound emulation works. With their older emulations (old old fruit machines from the 80s) the sound tables would 'buzz' the hardware and call for a tone. Old fruit machines used blippity blop sounds that were generated by a hardware wavetable. So for example, the hardware would call for an F flat and the sound card would produce it via hardware. However, since the launch of Vista their emulator doesn't work properly. It now sounds garbled and skips sounds because the old hardware way of calling up the wavetable is now being emulated.
The new XFI indeed are software driven because that's how Windows has been since Vista. 7 is no different
So, my problem is that I don't live in the US, so I'm not really able to shop at Newegg and get that package
Does anyone have any other "packages" I can get in the EU perhaps with a headset and a sound card? If not, I wouldn't mind if people told me what headset I should get, if I'm gna use it for music (has to have a great bass and great sound quality)?
So, my problem is that I don't live in the US, so I'm not really able to shop at Newegg and get that packageDoes anyone have any other "packages" I can get in the EU perhaps with a headset and a sound card? If not, I wouldn't mind if people told me what headset I should get, if I'm gna use it for music (has to have a great bass and great sound quality)?
The package is how the sound card is sold. ASUS had a deal with Sennheiser, the headset even has an ASUS logo on it, which country you from and I'll search it up for you
EDIT: The name of product is ASUS Xonar Xense Premium Gaming Audio Bundle
Anyway, I have been looking at some reviews of that package and most reviewers say that it's awesome for gaming, but that it still isn't quite as good for music in comparison to other headphones such as the Sennheiser HD 555.
Based on this, I sort got down to this. The Sennheiser HD 555 are a bit "out-of-date"; not that they are bad, but if there was another pair of Sennheiser headphones that would have better sound quality, I would definetely be interested. Also, I have read some stuff about other brands such as Audio Technology and Beyerdynamic.
Since I know that I want to get a pair of headphones (and not a headset due to the fact that headphones are better for sound quality in music), my questions to you guys is:
Are there any better headphones than the Sennheiser HD 555 within my pricerange which is around 150-200 dollars? And are there other brands that make headphones just as good (and perhaps better) than Sennheiser within my pricerange? I'm basically looking for the best pair of headphones for music within 150-200 dollars. Give me your thoughts please!
Based on this, I sort got down to this. The Sennheiser HD 555 are a bit "out-of-date"; not that they are bad, but if there was another pair of Sennheiser headphones that would have better sound quality, I would definetely be interested. Also, I have read some stuff about other brands such as Audio Technology and Beyerdynamic.
Since I know that I want to get a pair of headphones (and not a headset due to the fact that headphones are better for sound quality in music), my questions to you guys is:
Are there any better headphones than the Sennheiser HD 555 within my pricerange which is around 150-200 dollars? And are there other brands that make headphones just as good (and perhaps better) than Sennheiser within my pricerange? I'm basically looking for the best pair of headphones for music within 150-200 dollars. Give me your thoughts please!
Rastalovich
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Just to throw in a few cents. Since around the age when the Intel 3x series chipset came out, Realtek had been including some pretty good onboard sound.
I have a feeling that's what Fodr may have been leaning towards when he was thinking ddr2/3. More of an era than anything to do with the memory itself.
Realtek's eventually came out with the ALC888/9/9a and so on - which I have to be fair, are pretty damn good quality wize. But in general, their stuff has been good for some years. They get a bit tricky around some surround setups in terms of depth, but generally, as a built in commodity - they're good.
Gone are the years, imo, where a soundcard was around No.2/3 as a necessity of things to buy for a rig.
If you go for an extra soundcard these days, you're looking for professional, entertainment and added effects (Auzen ftw, imo). Even Realtek do some of this too.
I have a feeling that's what Fodr may have been leaning towards when he was thinking ddr2/3. More of an era than anything to do with the memory itself.
Realtek's eventually came out with the ALC888/9/9a and so on - which I have to be fair, are pretty damn good quality wize. But in general, their stuff has been good for some years. They get a bit tricky around some surround setups in terms of depth, but generally, as a built in commodity - they're good.
Gone are the years, imo, where a soundcard was around No.2/3 as a necessity of things to buy for a rig.
If you go for an extra soundcard these days, you're looking for professional, entertainment and added effects (Auzen ftw, imo). Even Realtek do some of this too.
