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AlienALX
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It's not just me, Ask anyone who cares about quality audio, None will touch Creative.
As an example of lackluster just look at the PCB of a ZX card, A lot of the PCB is empty, Fresh air -
And then look at the offering from Asus -
I'm not an audiophile by any stretch of the imagination but even I took the ZX back for a refund the day after buying it, Awful awful piece of tech that should only see the bottom of a garbage can.
As I said, whatever you say dude.
I was a sound engineer for many years working for Rogers who made speakers for the BBC. And during all of that time the one thing I learned was every one hears things differently and thus, we all have totally different taste in audio.
IE - what sounds good to some one may not sound so good to some one else. And it's entirely subjective and as thus it's not even worth arguing over.
So I won't. Personally I thought the XFI Titanium was cack, hated the Asus D2X (And yes I had one) hated the later one I had, loved the Z.
And no arguing or you posting pics is going to change that dude so save the argument for some one else.
During my time at the BBC (well, their sole audio contractor) I really liked the LS59. Others preferred the LS35A, others the larger driver in the Studio 3.
So sometimes it's better to agree to disagree and leave it there. I also like Bose, something I was heavily criticized for, but what? how can I argue with what I like to hear?
So yeah man, save it for some one who wants to argue with you because I like what I like and I don't really care what others think.
Doomslayer
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IMO When i was using a DAC but i had to go back to onboard/soundcard everything just sounds really hollow that is why i would rather use a DAC over onboard/soundcard.
But everyone hearing is different.
But everyone hearing is different.
AlienALX
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From what I have read all sound cards are a waste of time because a DAC is what you want.
But I'm more than satisfied. My audiophile gear is my valve amps and Scandynas (trust me, it's amazing) and on the PC I just settled with this Recon as it's pretty much the same as the Z and I was more than happy with that.
Audio is very personal. I like to listen to a lot of heavy beat driven music (crap, basically) so I have a lot of fake Beats headphones for the thumping bass. Crap? certainly, bags of fun? definitely.
Then I listen to classical and for that I have my B&Os. But yeah, I don't own a true set of audiophile headphones I CBA. I also have a Razer Carcharias? is it? and I use that too, as well as a Steelseries neckband set I use for my phone 'cause it works beautifully in Skype
I'm a bass junkie. Always was, always will be. Used to build enormous competition systems ICE in the 90s and got hooked on it then
Edit. Here is my audiophile/cinema rig.
Front amp is a Koda. Russian valve amp based on a design from 1920.
For the rear I have a Fatman Blu.
Front speakers, Scandyna Minipods.
Rears, Scandyna Micropods.
And one of my most prized possessions, my Scandyna Bass Station.
We have a 65" TV. Please excuse the Jamo center speaker, I am building one this summer. I did really well too. The Koda was £90 from Greece (boy has their recession screwed them !) the Fatman was £200. The front speakers were £240 reduced from £600 and the rears were blue tooth so I took them apart and bypassed the amp. The sub I got broken for £120 and fixed it in about ten minutes flat. They're over £700.
And it sounds bloody incredible. I truly love the warm sound you get from a valve amp !
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Doomslayer
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From what I have read all sound cards are a waste of time because a DAC is what you want.
But I'm more than satisfied. My audiophile gear is my valve amps and Scandynas (trust me, it's amazing) and on the PC I just settled with this Recon as it's pretty much the same as the Z and I was more than happy with that.
Audio is very personal. I like to listen to a lot of heavy beat driven music (crap, basically) so I have a lot of fake Beats headphones for the thumping bass. Crap? certainly, bags of fun? definitely.
Then I listen to classical and for that I have my B&Os. But yeah, I don't own a true set of audiophile headphones I CBA. I also have a Razer Carcharias? is it? and I use that too, as well as a Steelseries neckband set I use for my phone 'cause it works beautifully in Skype
I'm a bass junkie. Always was, always will be. Used to build enormous competition systems ICE in the 90s and got hooked on it then
The strange thing is the sound sounds normal with everything else but the sound in CSGO is very hollow and i don't understand why i would only sound hollow in one game.
AlienALX
Well-known member
My last Asus did that. Sounded really weird so I thought it was buggered but it works fine in my lady's new rig.
Doomslayer
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I don't know maybe there is a setting i need to enable to something.
I should really buy another DAC one day :lol:
AlienALX
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I tried everything dude. It was really weird, almost like it was coming from another room :S
I tried ripping out the drivers etc but nothing worked :S
Doomslayer
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I'm just using the normal windows sound driver not the Asus ones
AlienALX
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Tried that too. Just installing it raw like.. I think it must have been something that installed on there. Some sound thing. God knows !
Works perfectly now, hopefully it won't do it again. Front audio on them is a pain though because you have to switch it manually :S
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
my new dell u2515h
How you like that monitor? Been looking into it lately
I still think the best sound cards that Creative ever did were the Audigy 2 platinum cards. There was a stupidly low latency for guitars so I heard everything perfect. And it allowed multiple ASIO sources, so I could have the guitar playing with youtube videos if I wanted. Very few cards can do that these days.
Anyway my desk I built. I abandoned my desk pc as I could never get satisfied with the layout or final design.
Motor driven legs of awesomeness
Anyway my desk I built. I abandoned my desk pc as I could never get satisfied with the layout or final design.
Motor driven legs of awesomeness
SuB
The Webmaster
double check your snd_digital_surround setting and try flipping it from whatever it is, to it's opposite (options are 1 or 0)
I think that's the command in console
Excalabur50
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Due to my Z5500's being damaged in the storms I bought a set of these Boston Acoustics in white today
Powered by one of these Onkyo TX-NR636 Atmos receivers
And with a set of these Onkyo Atmos speakers
So yeah gonna be rocking this with my pc, should be good for my small room
Powered by one of these Onkyo TX-NR636 Atmos receivers
And with a set of these Onkyo Atmos speakers
So yeah gonna be rocking this with my pc, should be good for my small room
shambles1980
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stole this from google because the card is in my pc now.
i also bought one of these EK-FC780 which is on the way
also a couple of barbs for hooking it up..
I wont bother adding a pic for those lol.
Now i just need to decide if 2x 240 rads is enough for me or if i should try and mount a 120 rad at the rear outside my case.
i also bought one of these EK-FC780 which is on the way
also a couple of barbs for hooking it up..
I wont bother adding a pic for those lol.
Now i just need to decide if 2x 240 rads is enough for me or if i should try and mount a 120 rad at the rear outside my case.
It was that Samsung or the 65" Hisense. I picked the Hisense, mainly because the wall it went on is big and any smaller would have looked small.
Nice though, let us know how you like it
It came and I haves it !
Damn I don't know how I feel about that Alienware. I can't make my mind up!
With a nice PSU, decent motherboard and a full rework of the interior it could be as nice as any of our rigs! It's just hard to engage with as an enthusiast when filled with such average yet still quite high end hardware. The case itself is a nice thing, the orientation is very interesting and it least its mostly black.
JR
barnsley
born in a.....
The PSU is a decent OEM, its just silver :mellow:
Not nice then is it
the cables are pretty rank for 2015 as well, probably the ugliest modular PSU i've seen. (apart from superflowers with 9-pin blocks)JR
