Headset + Sound Card (Less than $200AUD)

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Hydrah.

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Hey,

I need a headset and soundcard for less than 200. Any recommendations?

Ta,

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Quote from Hydrah. on the 29th of August 2011:

Any recommendations?

Yeah, increase your budget.

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Quote from reLapse on the 29th of August 2011:

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Any recommendations?

Yeah, increase your budget.

Quoted for the mother******* truth.

Either get just headphones, or ad to your limit.

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$149 + $39 = $188 + shipping = $200.

Good headphones + sound card with headphone amp.

AD700s + Xonar DG

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maybe for 50 more dollars you can get the ath-ad700's with an asus xonar DX

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Xonar DG sucks massive testicles though. It's no better than on board.

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The soundcard can be upgraded later.

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Quote from l_w_88 on the 29th of August 2011:

Xonar DG sucks massive testicles though. It's no better than on board.

TBH, I can't confirm. But from the reviews I've gotten from this card ... it rapes onboard.

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for $38?? you sure?

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Quote from l_w_88 on the 29th of August 2011:

Xonar DG sucks massive testicles though. It's no better than on board.

Everything is better than on board.

24/192khz.... yer not good.... :/ (same as ST/ STX)

Its using a cirrus logic DAC there quite good chips, apposed to the BURR BROWN on the ST/STX.

The SNR is not as good as the ST/STX , but for $40 it will run the AD700's and sound 10x better than on-board.

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I got one and had to replace it with a D1 instead. It's not worth it, because they'll make the ad700s sound kinda bad.

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Quote from eFia on the 29th of August 2011:

asus xonar DX

This, but that still means...

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increase your budget.

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Quote from l_w_88 on the 29th of August 2011:

I got one and had to replace it with a D1 instead. It's not worth it, because they'll make the ad700s sound kinda bad.

Explain.... Looking at the tech sheet it looks like a good cheap soundcard..

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@grumpy. Do PCCG post to NZ xD.

The only place in NZ that I know of do AD700's for $300 NZ (i.e $238 AUD)

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Quote from ska' on the 29th of August 2011:

Explain.... Looking at the tech sheet it looks like a good cheap soundcard..

The card is engineered to have high bass, and no amount of EQ tweaking makes it sound right. Lower the bass and the thing just sounds flat, using the same headphones on a D1 and there's no comparison. Maybe it's placebo, and it does beat on board by a little, but it's still not a very good sounding card.

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