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Upgrade from 331 to 831?

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have sent my DT331 to peak fusion for repairation, and, considering upgrade to 831 now wub.gif

 

831 is a good, closed one, but I don't know whether it'll be too harsh on my sound card, a cheap creative. I spend about 9 hours in front of my computer everyday headphone.gif so good and comfort sound is very important to me.

 

Need advice on this and also on good sound card available in Sim Lim. Really thx!

 

Regards,

Voxel

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How bout trying some pro sound cards.......think they should easily > 400 bucks.....( something like the one ablaze has). Tthey should have analogue and digital out making it good for an amp or even with a DAC in future.... biggrin.gif .Thus doing justice to your 831....

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Thanks.

Compared to pro cards, I prefer to spent a little more on headphones rolleyes.gif

 

These are sound cards under (around) S$100 on hardwarezone:

CREATIVE SoundBlaster Audigy (24-bit) DE - S$116

HERCULES (GUILLEMOT) Gamesurround Fortissimo III (7.1pt) - S$88

LEADTEK WinFast 6Xsound 6.1ch -w/Digital SPDIF - S$45

PHILIPS Seimic Edge Edge (5.1pt) Digital - S$118

QUAD X-treme Theater 3D 5.1 ch - S$68

 

I have experience on none of them. Any suggestions for them to drive dt831? innocent.gif

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Philips seismic edge is quite a nice sounding card.

Some people said they sound slightly better than audigy, personally I have not heard them

It'a a bet between the creative and philips.

The fortissimo isn't as good sounding as the 2, from what I've read.

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grphon1972: I downgraded from the "pro" cards already. one simple reason: all the Pro cards like the RME Digi96, DAL Carddeluxe, Echo cards, Lynx cards, I think virtually all the pro-level cards use their own internal volume control ie. you can't use the default windows volume control (yknow that lil icon that sits in the system tray to adjust volume)

and despite them having much cleaner sound, for me having that volume control disabled totally destroys the convenience I have in my PC setup. right now, I can sit back on my bed a few metres away, and operate the comp with a remote control eg. skip tracks, play/pause, and of course adjust volume! so in the end..best bang-for-buck sound card thats almost there with the pros, but doesn't disable the windows volume control..the Revo! sleep.gif

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thanks evil-zen. 4 slots left yet for the M-audio Revolution 7.1 tongue.gif I am waiting for newer price to consider whether to buy... coz I don't care about the volume control biggrin.gif

 

ablaze, are there any pro cards available in Singapore?

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thanks evil-zen. 4 slots left yet for the M-audio Revolution 7.1 tongue.gif I am waiting for newer price to consider whether to buy... coz I don't care about the volume control biggrin.gif

 

ablaze, are there any pro cards available in Singapore?

hey if you don't care about the volume control and want pure sound quality. there're two main choices: the DAL carddeluxe and the RME Digi96 PST/PAD/PRO (different models)

you can get the RME from singapore (I think the distributor is team108 or something like that)

but its $750 wink.gif

if not, musicians-gear have the RME for 262USD or something like that. excluding shipping though.

if not, there're the M-audio cards available at Parklane. I think the audiophile 2496 is ~$300.

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wub.gifw00t.gifblush.gifno.gif I won't spent $750 on a sound card to drive $200 headphones, or anything else. I am sure blink.gif

 

Even $300 is too luxurious for me. BTW, is audiophile 2496 an higher level card than the Revolution 7.1? ( $90 .VS. 3-week time + local warranty......)

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the DACs on the audiophile are different from the Revo's. but subjectively, most prefer the Revo's.

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ablaze: hmmm.....I dont remember adjusting windows controls...but all I remembered was that it comes with a audio software and that software has the ability to adjust more than just the volume.......the eq.....the reverb.....and eq adjustment can be chosen at any frequency that you wanted......

 

Hmm....that could be very useful if you have a less than perfect headphones or if you want to boost the deep bass without affecting any other frequency headphone.gif

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