SoundBlaster z to x AE-5

Jonnygrunge · 28 Jan 2019 at 11:06

Hi All,

At the moment I have the Z coupled with a aptX BT transceiver connecting to my Y50bt AKG cans.

Is it worth upgrading to the AE-5 as I am not connecting the headphones up "directly"

Audio is very good with no lag whatsoever at the moment, I have been reading good things about the X AE-5.

Failing that, any other options you would recommend. PC used for primarily gaming, and listening to music.

Marsman · 28 Jan 2019 at 14:24

No point as the headphones are Bluetooth. Anything Bluetooth has it's own electronics which processes the sound.

Going from a SB Z to an AE-5 would only make sense with wired headphones; K702 for example.

Jonnygrunge · 13 Feb 2019 at 11:00

I have the HyperX Cloud II worth pairing them with the new card?

PapaLazaru · 13 Feb 2019 at 11:51

Jonnygrunge said:
I have the HyperX Cloud II worth pairing them with the new card?

You would find more improvement by sticking with the. Z and spending money on a better headset.

EsaT · 13 Feb 2019 at 12:33

PapaLazaru said:
You would find more improvement by sticking with the. Z and spending money on a better head~~set~~phone.

Now it's correct considering overall market situation.
There just aren't much of headsets which wouldn't be trinkets.
After all HyperX Cloud is as good as it is mostly because Takstar copied lot from Beyerdynamic.

Jonnygrunge · 4 Mar 2019 at 16:38

Jonnygrunge said:
Hi All,

At the moment I have the Z coupled with a aptX BT transceiver connecting to my Y50bt AKG cans.

Is it worth upgrading to the AE-5 as I am not connecting the headphones up "directly"

Audio is very good with no lag whatsoever at the moment, I have been reading good things about the X AE-5.

Failing that, any other options you would recommend. PC used for primarily gaming, and listening to music.

Hi All, took the plunge with the AE-5 and managed to get a set of mint K550's second hand - good choice in the end?

EsaT · 4 Mar 2019 at 19:20

Jonnygrunge said:
Hi All, took the plunge with the AE-5 and managed to get a set of mint K550's second hand - good choice in the end?

For closed headphone K550 is likely quite good for gaming.
And AE-5 scertainly drives it well, along with most headphones you could find from shops.

Just make sure to stay in low gain.
55mV for 90dB means wax getting cleared from ear canals if you had high volume setting at high gain.
https://www.innerfidelity.com/images/AKGK550.pdf