Will a new sound card possibly help with my problem?

enigma27 · 26 Nov 2012 at 12:47

Hi Guys.

I have currently an Asus d2X sound card.

The basic problem I have is that I use an Avermedia live gamer to stream online but when I use the output on the sound card using 3.5mm jack into the input audio on the liver gamer card I get interference through my headphones...

Now someone said that getting a DAC may help prevent some of the interference but have just noticed the new batch of creative cards in the link below have a headphone amp built in... with buying an external dac or do basically the same thing as the inbuilt amp on the new creative card?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ktdetailseite&emcs2=SC-088-CL&emcs3=SC-087-CL

Im hoping also the creative card does not need external power as I believe thats what is causing the interference on the asus card as its connected directly to the PSU also.

melmac · 26 Nov 2012 at 16:05

Not sure, any way you could test that out before buying anything? Have you onboard audio that you could do a test on first?

enigma27 · 26 Nov 2012 at 23:07

melmac said:
Not sure, any way you could test that out before buying anything? Have you onboard audio that you could do a test on first?

yep have on board audio and it does the same thing.. maybe an external dac would be better to try first.

melmac · 26 Nov 2012 at 23:35

Well, maybe there is another problem, you could get an external dac and have the same interference.

Did you try using a splitter at the output on your soundcard? Plug your headphones into the one side of the splitter, connect the input on your avermedia live gamer to the other side of the splitter.

It would be cheap to try and might solve your issue.

Something like this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-080-OK&groupid=1929&catid=1685&subcat=

enigma27 · 27 Nov 2012 at 12:40

Yeah i was thinking that but with prior experience dot he splitters not degrade quality doe to the signal being split?

Marsman · 27 Nov 2012 at 13:25

Are you getting interference when you don't use the Avermedia card at all, by connecting your headphones directly to the Xonar?

melmac · 27 Nov 2012 at 13:28

enigma27 said:
Yeah i was thinking that but with prior experience dot he splitters not degrade quality doe to the signal being split?

Yeah, a little, but it might get rid of the interference.

And for the couple of quid it costs to test it out at least you would know then what you need.

enigma27 · 27 Nov 2012 at 18:17

Marsman said:
Are you getting interference when you don't use the Avermedia card at all, by connecting your headphones directly to the Xonar?

no interference only starts when im passing the audio from my sound card through the avermedia card and then out to headphones

Marsman · 27 Nov 2012 at 22:54

My guess is, it's not the sound card that is the problem. If it were, I'm sure you'd hear it through headphones connected directly to it.

Possible that the Avermedia card is picking up interference and adding it to the sound. The fact that you also have this problem when using your onboard audio also suggests that it's the Avermedia card where the problem lies.

enigma27 · 28 Nov 2012 at 00:32

Marsman said:
My guess is, it's not the sound card that is the problem. If it were, I'm sure you'd hear it through headphones connected directly to it.

Possible that the Avermedia card is picking up interference and adding it to the sound. The fact that you also have this problem when using your onboard audio also suggests that it's the Avermedia card where the problem lies.

yeah you could well be right... might just wait and hope the xsplit guys sort their programme out so I can just use the card just to encode

thanks for your help guys