Sennheiser PC 360 and sound card?

madindehead · 26 May 2011 at 03:21

Hey guys,

I am looking at purchasing the Sennheiser PC 360 heaset for gaming.

Now, I require a good sound card to go with it. I only have built in sound currently, and that has lasted me for a while now.

What can you recommend to go with the PC 360s, without breaking the bank

If I had all the money in the world, I would go for a D2X, but sadly I don't think my cash will even reach that far.

Any advice would be great. Just to add, I would like to still keep my speakers plugged into my PC (I have Creative Gigawork T20 speakers, the original ones which are ace, and I want to use them for movies) so the headset and speakers need to be swapped out pretty quickly, or even use the headset in the front panel of the PC.

Thanks guys

AshenShugar1873 · 26 May 2011 at 10:35

I have an x-fi gamer with my sennheiser headphones, I like the creative cmss3d which delivers surround sound to your headphones very well. I'm not sure if the x-fi is getting a bit dated though, I've had mine for a couple of years now.

sHo0sH · 26 May 2011 at 10:36

Have a look at the Xonar DS, its about £40 and should fit your bill. It has a replaceable OPAMP for the headphones, does Dolby Headphone. Its a cracking budget card.

Marsman · 26 May 2011 at 10:59

DS doesn't have any Dolby features, just DTS.

madindehead · 27 May 2011 at 16:43

What's the DG like with the Sennheiser 360s? Is that decent card too with them?

The problem I have, is that I want to use my speakers for things, and then the headset for other things. But surely the headset works best with the headphone pre-amp.

So overall, I am a bit stumped

Darkman · 27 May 2011 at 16:54

madindehead said:
What's the DG like with the Sennheiser 360s? Is that decent card too with them?

That's the combination I have at the moment and considering the low cost of the DG it works surprisingly well. I thought I might need to buy an amplifier before i tried it but I haven't needed to.

madindehead · 27 May 2011 at 17:06

Darkman said:
That's the combination I have at the moment and considering the low cost of the DG it works surprisingly well. I thought I might need to buy an amplifier before i tried it but I haven't needed to.

Ok, interesting. I guess though, you can the headset plugged directly into the soundcard though yes? If I had my speakers plugged in, I would want to use the front panel on my case, but then surely that negates the headphone pre-amp?

Lunch_box · 27 May 2011 at 21:28

I am looking at getting the Xonar D2X, how would this pair up with the Senn PC360's??
sorry to hijack

madindehead · 28 May 2011 at 20:50

Anyone else got any ideas?

Marsman · 29 May 2011 at 00:13

Headphone amp of the DG applies to the front panel too.

madindehead · 29 May 2011 at 00:49

Marsman said:
Headphone amp of the DG applies to the front panel too.

Ah, now that's what I wanted to hear! If that's the case, then that's DEFINITELY worth it!

Where did you find this out, out of interest?

Marsman · 29 May 2011 at 00:59

I have one.

madindehead · 29 May 2011 at 01:12

Marsman said:
I have one.

Ah sweet. Right, that will be on the purchase list for the next month or so

Thanks mate. What headset do you use with the DG out of interest?

Marsman · 29 May 2011 at 13:00

I have Goldring DR150, Sennheiser PX100 headphones, and a separate mic.