Gaming/Music Setup help needed!

Axil · 12 Oct 2009 at 07:14

Post up how you get on

Arthalen · 12 Oct 2009 at 08:54

AND:

= WIN!

Music: Sound quality is superb. Beats sound full but not over the top, mid-range and high notes clear and defined. To be honest, this is possibly the best quality audio I've heard in my life.

Gaming: The quality so far in games is awesome. However, I've not tried anything with real Environmental or positional audio - I've been playing my latest MMO addiction 2moons far too much

For those on a minimal budget who want to game though, I couldn't recommend the above combination enough!

I will have to get some gaming going that has positional/environmental audio and report back more on this solution.

BeeP · 12 Oct 2009 at 23:48

I can't beleive how good the DR50's are for £9.99, listening to music on my pap onboard is still incredibly good.
Might get a DX next month now though

Arthalen · 13 Oct 2009 at 08:15

I bought my DR50s for £15 inc free delivery tbh, couldn't find that £9.99 offer anywhere.

Still, there worth every penny and I'm really REALLY glad I bought them.

alexx · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:22

can someone just clarify for me please, ive got a asus p5k deluxe board and have just bought the DX, I was under the impression it'd only work in the top little pci slot but am I now right in thinking it will work in ANY pci type slot on my mobo?

Arthalen · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:39

alexx said:
can someone just clarify for me please, ive got a asus p5k deluxe board and have just bought the DX, I was under the impression it'd only work in the top little pci slot but am I now right in thinking it will work in ANY pci type slot on my mobo?

The DX is a PCI-Express card, and will work in any PCI-Express slot available, wether it be 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, or 16x physically wide.

alexx · 13 Oct 2009 at 11:16

Thanks mate, I always forget pc stuff as I usually pop in and out once a year when I feel like an upgrade

much appreciated

BeeP · 14 Oct 2009 at 11:39

I got them on fleabay for 9.99 with free delivery, came fast & well packaged etc. Just search for DR50 & its the top one normally.

Still, for £15 they are a brilliant buy.

Guest2 · 14 Oct 2009 at 12:20

What does the Xonar Dx2 and Xonar Essense STX/ST offer over the Dx? I'm looking at getting an Essense STX or DAC.

Reviews say the STX gives pure quality but not much 'warmth' Especially when playing mp3s. Whereas certain DACs bring more life to music, even if in crud mp3 format.

spunj99 - 'just wanna listen to my entire music collection in improved quality' This would never happen. In fact, if your collection is in MP3 format it will probably sound worse as the bad recording quality will be noticed now.

(Unless you listen to FLAC/CDs on your computer that is)