koushik
Well-Known Member
PMPO has no parents. It is anything more than 8 multiplied to the original output power and presented to the "mango" consumers.
Anyway the next thing i plan to upgrade is my sound card - sound blaster audigy 2 value ... i think right now its the weakest link and since its sending audio into an amplifier, i think its an importaint part. Are there any dedicated stereo sound cards out there for hi-fi ? I just dont think those 5.1/7.1 cards are designed for what i want from them ... what would be a good price/performance option for an upgrade ?
I am not really sure what the difference between sound card and DAC is ... as far as i was able to gather it was one or the other, or both of them. It is interesting that i might pay more money for audio card then i did for my amplifier. I hope i will be able to hear the difference as clearly as i heard it when i changed my amp. )
Sadly it isn't a new one, its [email protected] and IP35-E
Soo if i get this right, i have to change the signal from digital to analog, that in basicly all the sound card and dac will be doing ?
Would usb be a better option then PCI because of driver issues in future and PCI going away in a while ? I could use my optical output on the motherboard ..
But if soundcard and DAC are basicly doing the same thing, why are there both of them ? What is the difference between them ?
When you say sound card produces better sound then on-board sound device
... does this go for optical output also ? I am speculating ... if i connect optical output to DAC and that into amp ... how would you compare the quality of this signal to the already analog signal that comes out of quality sound card ?
I was also wondering ... with a quality sound card / DAC ... how much of a difference can i expect compared to my old sound blaster audigy 2 value ?
Did i get this right ?
Sound card it is !
What do you think, PCI or USB ? Some ppl warned me about driver support in win8 and also that PCI is slowly going away ... since i am buying this sound card for years to come, would it be better if i got an external USB one ? That is if the signal remains intact unlike on optical out ..