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Help me choose sound card for my new headphones.

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  • 30-12-2012 3:56pm
    #1
    numbskull20
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭


    I just bought myself the Audio-Technica ATH-M50 headphones.

    I'm still waiting for them to arrive but I was wondering what my next step should be to get the most out of them with my PC.

    I'm looking for a good internal or external sound card with a headphone amp that isn't too expensive. €60 is about as high as I'd like to go.

    I'm currently using the onboard audio with my PC so I definitely need an upgrade.

    I realise that this is probably more of a PC Building & Upgrading question but the people in that forum tend to be more into gaming than music.

    OK, thanks for your help.


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    #2
    The Master
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Master


    Hiya,

    Is this just for listening to music generally or will you using it to record music etc..?

    Most of the sound cards people in here would be using would more than likely be audio interfaces rather than sound cards
    ie: they would be used for recording and playback of audio/instruments rather than general use.

    There's internal and external audio interfaces listed here that would be in your budget


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    madtheory
    Registered Users Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    You won't improve on the built in output for €60. Modern PC audio i/o is actually very good. Apple are especially good in this regard. What's yours? If it's a good DA chip and the grounding is done properly, you're grand.


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    i57dwun4yb1pt8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭i57dwun4yb1pt8


    note that the headphones take about 20 - 30 hours to sound right - they loosen up after a while .


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