Xonar DG - ultimate budget headphone card?

Superted854 said:
I just changed to the DG from my D2X and to be honest I can't really tell the difference on my Sennheiser PC 350's, they are louder but other than that the sound quality is the same, I'm happy with that as I have sold my D2X for £50 so quids in :D
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That has pretty much sold it to me. :cool:

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Damn card declined for no good reason I have plenty of funds. :(
 
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I'm sold, always wanted to have a quality soundcard, I can't really stretch my speakers because of other humans in the area so a good pair of headphones works a treat. I'm gonna buy this DG this week, I have a feeling they'll go up in price as soon as their more known about. Hunting for quality headphones now :p
 
Mr Krugga said:
I'm sold, always wanted to have a quality soundcard, I can't really stretch my speakers because of other humans in the area so a good pair of headphones works a treat. I'm gonna buy this DG this week, I have a feeling they'll go up in price as soon as their more known about. Hunting for quality headphones now :p
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How much u got to spend? By the look of this the NS1000's should be a god match and only £50 via a google search, they are a steal apparently.

I have the DR50's and sound great with my Xonar D1 - plus they are only £20 :) ...I am considering getting the NS1000's atm tho....
 
I'm probably looking to spend £50 ish. Depends on the bang for buck :) You know what, I'll seriously consider this. How long do you think they'll last on this offer?
 
Angel_Rex said:
How much u got to spend? By the look of this the NS1000's should be a god match and only £50 via a google search, they are a steal apparently.

I have the DR50's and sound great with my Xonar D1 - plus they are only £20 :) ...I am considering getting the NS1000's atm tho....
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Just got a set of NS1000's, used in conjunction with an Asus xonar DX, very good headphones and certainly a bargain at £50.00.
 
Tbh, for £50.00 the NS 1000's are hard to beat, they actually retail a lot higher in certain places.
 
To be honest I've had my NS1000s a long time now. Been bitten by the upgraditis bug a few times now and tried to 'upgrade' a few times every time deciding to keep them. IMO it would take about £100 to match them and £140 to clearly beat them, notwithstanding other occasional discounts.

They have a few flaws but that just makes them flawed gems really. I'd be really interested to hear how they do with the amp on the DG as I've heard several amps that don't drive them well in passive mode.
 
Speaking of amps uriel, im gonna get an e5. But ive heard a few rumours of fakes floating about, any substance to this?
 
Just sold my iPod Touch 3G 32GB, still wondering why anybody would buy this crap :p

So I'm thinking to purchase the following:

Goldring NS1000 - £50
Asus Xonar GD - £25
Sansa Clip+ 8GB - £40
FIIO E5 - £20

What do you guys think? £135 in total, got £155 for my iPod.
 
If the GD does a good job of driving the NS1000s, you may not need the E5 for PC use. If you do get both, I'd be interested to hear about the performance of the DG's headphone amp vs the E5.

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Right - just listening to Combinations of FiiO e5, Sansa Clip (non +) 4GB and NS1000s now.

As PMPs go, my Sansa Clip doesn't do a horrendous job with the NS1000s in passive mode - much better than most soundcard headphone outs I've heard at driving the them. The FiiO e5 notably improves things though. It tightens up the detail across the frequency range - particularly in the bass department - and adds a hint of space to the soundstage compared to the Sansa alone.

With the NS1000s in active noise cancelling mode the difference between just the clip and adding the E5 is much more subtle. There's still just a perceptible improvement in detail and soundstage with the FiiO though.

With the E5 and the clip, there is perhaps a touch more 'sizzle' to the treble with ANR on rather than off. Sound signature is very slightly warmer with the ANR off. Detail and soundstage improves very slightly with ANR on.

As ever, there's a very slight hiss from the ANR when it's turned on. If you want to listen hiss free to the headphones potential, you'll want to use the E5 with the clip.

Edit: N/B The above testing was conducted with a variety of music in 320 kb/s mp3 format pre-encoded with Dolby Headphone (using Foobar2000 with .dll from PowerDVD Ultra 9). A few non - Dolby Headphone tracks were also tested for comparison.
 
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~Divine~Wind~ said:
Mines arrived :)

Having a play around with my fave tracks, sounds V nice so far.
Can't get auto jack sensing working tho :(
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Mini review please :) Also, how long is the card?

Loving my new DR50s (steal at £19.99) on a bog standard Realtech chipset, hoping the DG is the nuts :D

Any in depth reviews yet? Still, only £25 :)
 
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