Hey all, just doing some research for when i build my pc, i am looking to buy a very good soundcard, i have probably a budget of about £150, maybe as much as £200 and want the best i can get with that. I will be listening to pretty much music only and i will be outputting to a decent amp Any recommendations? Thanks Rowan
Unfortunately, the 150-200 region is rather barren with regards to soundcards... There is some nice kit at around 120 quid and some fantastic kit at around 230 quid up. To clarify more, will you be listening to music or making music? *n
Listening to music only, that site is great, i saw this one, what do you think? http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/d2/pa.../category_id/b007153c5c7176f09b16180db6148194 Thanks Rowan
would you use the digital outs? if not get an all analogue output card for better sound. but im an analogue junky
Im not sure, would an amplifier take digi outs? or a good pair of headphones? Sorry for all the q's this is my first time building a pc so i dont know much about what im doing, but i am learning a lot
if your outputting to an amp, analogue will sound better in my opinion. unless you want 5.1 or 7.1 but for music im guessing not.
this one is the best value for money one tbh. I'd get it if i wasnt poorer than a pikey after a day down ladbrokes
for music there is no point getting one with digital connection, unless you like having a lot of DAC's and/or ADC's. if you have that much money to spend rather then just getting a decent soundcard and then playing it through some crappy pc speakers, why not buy an amp and some nice speakers to go with it?
Im not using pc speakers, already have amp and good speakers, Rowan Original post edited to reflect the q's asked here.
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/d2/pa.../category_id/b007153c5c7176f09b16180db6148194 A lot of people like this card, it has somewhat of a cult following. Certainly a good card for the money, probably the best under USD $400 card.
Hey, thanks for all the ideas, this thread will be very interesting for me soon when i actually start building my pc, that last link looks very interesting especially. Thanks again Rowan
Amp - Cambridge Audio A1MK3 Speakers - Eltax (cant remember model but they were around £100) and havent got a set of good cans yet, will ask about those when i have enough money to purchase with. Cheers Rowan
EMU 1212M and Grado SR-60 would come out to under 200 pounds total, by my crude conversions of dollars to pounds.
Ahh cool those cans look nice, deffo a pair to look at when i ahev any money, id seen that emu, which im deffo thinking about because it seems reasonable price for good quality, cheers for the headphones idea though Thanks Rowan
For that price, that is an EXCELLENT card iirc. Highly reccomended as the best entry level computer musicians card, mostly due to its excellent sound quality. Don't know anything about the EMU really; but seems kinda like overkill for what you want.
