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Author:  milliganp [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:29 am ]
Post subject:  Hi-Fi sound card
This tends to be a perennial question but could anyone recommend a high quality soundcard, internal or USB, to connect a PC to a decent hi-fi system? Although my onboard sound is 24 bit, the quality is not as good as a decent but not exotic CD player.
Author:  saspro [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hi-Fi sound card
ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe Sound card

Expensive but good
Author:  dogbert10 [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hi-Fi sound card
Budget - the Xonar or X-Fi. E-Mu 1212M if you want a professional sound card.
Author:  snowyweston [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hi-Fi sound card
saspro wrote:
ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe Sound card

Expensive but good

I've read it has awful driver support and is dogged by compatability issues for the upper-end tech..
Author:  vdbswong [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hi-Fi sound card
snowyweston wrote:
saspro wrote:
ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe Sound card

Expensive but good

I've read it has awful driver support and is dogged by compatability issues for the upper-end tech..


Same here... there's a whole thread of issues with it on AVForums :?

Anyhow, depending on budget, i would probably say the Auzentech X-Fi Prelude or i believe Auzentech are releasing a new high end card that's supposed to be better than the Xonar HDAV thingy.
Author:  soddit112 [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:14 pm ]
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this may be of interest
Author:  snowyweston [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hi-Fi sound card
My main beef with the the Xonar, perhaps inappropriately so, is it's attempt to do all - if I want EAX and all that jazz then sell me a multimedia-gaming card, but if I want as close to hifi quality, do a dedicated card.

It's one of the reasons why I've yet to build a dedicated media htpc (foregoing the financing issue) - I want a card with (at least) 5.1 high-quality analogue RCA-outputs that can decode Dolby TrueHD AND DTS-HD Master Audio. I do not need HDMI. I do not need video-passthrough. I just want that hardware/support and powerful, adjustable software.
Author:  Angelic [ Sat May 02, 2009 5:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hi-Fi sound card
X-fi Titanium has transformed my PC's sound capabilities.

However I don't use 5.1 on my PC (space issues) so I can't testify to the effectiveness of it in that situation.

Currently got it connected to a Cambridge A1 amp and sounds awesome - bass is more than I could dream of!
Author:  okenobi [ Sat May 02, 2009 9:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hi-Fi sound card
snowyweston wrote:
My main beef with the the Xonar, perhaps inappropriately so, is it's attempt to do all - if I want EAX and all that jazz then sell me a multimedia-gaming card, but if I want as close to hifi quality, do a dedicated card.

It's one of the reasons why I've yet to build a dedicated media htpc (foregoing the financing issue) - I want a card with (at least) 5.1 high-quality analogue RCA-outputs that can decode Dolby TrueHD AND DTS-HD Master Audio. I do not need HDMI. I do not need video-passthrough. I just want that hardware/support and powerful, adjustable software.


What do you run then? I'm still using onboard shash with my hi-fi and although my CD sounds noticeably better than a FLAC or 320k mp3, it's not a gaping hole of a difference and I can't be assed to put CDs in the tray anymore!
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