Siberia 800s upgrade?

rawuk · 19 Dec 2017 at 10:34

I've now got the DT 770s - I won't be looking to upgrade from them for some time I don't think.

I still keep reading a lot of disagreement on whether Soundcards are worth it the moment. I can distinguish directions on my cans easily on PUBG.

Just not convinced it's worth it when I've got a more than powerful enough DAC.

rawuk · 19 Dec 2017 at 11:06

Mercutio said:
PUBG, for the moment, doesn't have a good positional audio setup. The devs have basically said that the sound engine is... pretty crap at the minute. Good stereo and solid headphones will beat any 5.1/7.1 setup by a country mile for now.

Ah that's cool. Other games I play are predominately MMO or RPG in nature so positioning audio isn't needed.

Loud and clear audio is and I've definitely achieved that! With the DTs and FiiO.

rawuk · 19 Dec 2017 at 11:27

Mercutio said:
May all change tomorrow ofc. PUBG gets it's full PC V1.x release 20/12/17.

I play on the test server the moment anyway (new map / vaulting is too good to not have) and the audio is cleaner to be fair.

I could probably convince myself to spend £60 on a new card like the Soundblaster Z - £120 on one though for basically a slight UI overhaul or RGB on a soundcard? No thanks.

rawuk · 19 Dec 2017 at 11:46

Mercutio said:
My solution on this was the most dirt cheap SB-Z I could find (with the EM shield for what it was worth). I think I paid £40 for mine. You could go much more mental with better soundcard but for a decent enough DAC and one of the better considered positional audio setups... it's not bad for it's money.
I think your post count gets you MM access now

MM Access? Is that the mini market on the forum? I think that's a 1,000 posts! I do have free next working day delivery by going over 250 though. Haha.

I may cave and get one after Christmas who knows. With just PUBG, WoW and games like Divinity or The Long Dark being played 5.1 just can't quite convince me!