Decent sounds card?

Iceman

Iceman

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Right well just hooked my pc through my amp/receiver
I mus tsay the sound aint the best well its very good but i seem to have lost any bass
Think its due to the amp relyin on the pc to decode and i have no settings for bass and that on the sound

SO im looking at getting a pci sound card thats not too heavy on the pocket

nyone suggest anything decent??


Thanks
 
When you say digital do you mean Optical out??

If so then yes i do
Im connecting my pc up through the 6 channel on the amp
 
Yes, digital optical or digial coax (you obviously have optical)

In that case you wouldn't see much different in buying a new soundcard - the digital clock stability if going to be around the same.

I am a little confused as you say that your amp is relying on the PC to decode? On a digital connection your amp should be doing all the decoding.
 
Yeh sorry im running it out of the 5.1/6 channel from my pc (which i presume) decodes and the amp just plays whats input so im not really using digital am i??

So your saying i would be better using an optical cable for this??
 
the DACs in your amp are almost certainly going to be better than the ones in your PC, an optical cable won't cost much (certainly less than a new soundcard) so its worth giving a go, but you should see (hear(!)) an improvement.
 
Right ok well i was thinking about going that way anywayso i think you have made my mind up thanks

Also just a quick question im thinking of getting a new mobo soon soundwise what do i look for on it ?
 
What 'e said ^^

Coax or optical is fine - so long as your amp has connections - otherwise get the one your amp has! (it's not very easy to convert from coax to optical so make sure you get it right)
 
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