**** Power Colour Devil HDX 7.1 Sound Card****

do it:)

it's the best sound card on the market for the price point if you're like me and don't use any "features". That said new win 10 Drivers will hopefully fix that problem as all of the features worked fine for me on win 7 but I suppose that they are at the mercy of C-Media for those fixes.
 
TwsT said:
do it:)

it's the best sound card on the market for the price point if you're like me and don't use any "features". That said new win 10 Drivers will hopefully fix that problem as all of the features worked fine for me on win 7 but I suppose that they are at the mercy of C-Media for those fixes.
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*cough* Linux user *cough*

:p

But I have to agree, it is looking the best regards price v perf/features.
 
For some reason, when Windows 10 updates the HDX seems to run for cover and not come back out to play until the coast is clear. :D

It happened again when the BIG Windows 10 update got installed a couple of days ago but it just popped up the next day. To be fair, a cold boot may well have had the same effect so I'm not wagging my finger too hard at the HDX, it's more likely a Windows 10 featurette.

Which brings me to the big news...

The card now works fully with Windows 10 :) :) :) :) :)

Yes, I can use the Xear features with high resolution sampling rates, the distortion has gone completely and I now have no reservations in recommending this card - STX performance at a much lower cost.

I guess this means I'd better get on with writing a review then :D
 
Sound quality is slightly better, not night and day (it rarely is) but subtle. Where you will see a difference is when you are driving heavy loads and the AKG K712 definitely qualifies. The SB ZX will start to run out of puff driving the K712s and they will sound a bit flat and lifeless, whereas the HDX has power to spare and will really get the most out of them.

You would see much less difference with the Microlabs for the simple reason that you are really only using the DAC and there is not as much noticeable difference between DACs as there is with Amps.
 
There doesn't seem to be a way to change the sound amplification e.g. to switch between low ohm and high ohm. It's ruddy loud when you switch to headphones and forget to turn the volume down (it doesn't change volume automatically to what you had set previously).
 
IIRC there was a low impedance high impedance option but i can't be sure and rids has the card i tested.

As for black friday i think i've reduced it for TWO but can't put it on a BF deal as it's not really a "crazy deal"
 
I hope they haven't gone and done what Creative did with the Z cards; forget to include a gain setting. How can a manufacturer not have done research into such a thing when designing a sound card with a headphone amp. They can't claim it's a cost thing, because the £20 Xonar DG/DGX has a gain setting.
 
savagesam117 said:
On the odd occasion with this, I turn on my PC and get a nasty high pitch noise from it. It stops as soon as I either select a different output or play music.

Any ideas?
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Well that's just magical. All the gremlins are revealed as soon as I buy one. One of the reasons I opted for this sound card is because the Xonar STX used to make high-pitch noises randomly in Windows.
 
Undesirable said:
There doesn't seem to be a way to change the sound amplification e.g. to switch between low ohm and high ohm. It's ruddy loud when you switch to headphones and forget to turn the volume down (it doesn't change volume automatically to what you had set previously).
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just turn your speaker volume up and the volume on the card down until it matches the volume you use for your headphones.
 
Marsman said:
I hope they haven't gone and done what Creative did with the Z cards; forget to include a gain setting. How can a manufacturer not have done research into such a thing when designing a sound card with a headphone amp. They can't claim it's a cost thing, because the £20 Xonar DG/DGX has a gain setting.
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There is no gain switch, however, I ran everything from 16 ohm IEMs to 300 ohm HD650s and it wasn't an issue. Because the volume control is digital there is no channel imbalance at low volumes, which is a common fault with analogue volume controls, so using it at 10% isn't an issue.
 
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