Cpt.Hawkins

Hi, im looking to upgrade the sound quality of my system, I'm mainly interested in music playback but I also do alot of gaming so both of those need to be catered for. I only ever use headphones on my pc, because of this I was thinking of getting a high end soundcard- probably a Auzentech X-fi Prelude and then connecting that to a dedicated headphone amp-probably a Creek OBH 11, is this a good idea? or is it unnessercery to use a sound card AND headphone amp? also- How would the amp connect to the soundcard? would it use a normal stereo to line out cable?

Any help on these questions would be very much appreciated!

Thanks


P.S the headphones im using are Grado SR-325i's

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ok you would conect it with a 1/8th trs to rca interconect.

but i would recomend the little dot mk2 for the headphone amp. its cheaper and its a tube amp. so it will give more warmth to your music. the 325I are great music cans but i dont realy think they would work all that well for gameing. but if your just looking for an amp heres a good one for less than the creek

http://cgi.ebay.com/Little-Dot-MK-2-...3A1|240%3A1318

as for the soundcard + amp nessisary yes if you have headphones that are hard to drive. or you are looking to improve sound quality or add diferent colorations.

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I'd sugest going tube as well, the little dot is a fine choice, there is also the darkvoice... and I can personally say that the auzentech prelude is a great card

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