Sound Cards

**DJ Ms. White** · 03-21-11, 12:26 PM

I'm not sure we have a receiver. Another something to get at the station.

Looks like I have a lot of reading and listening to do tomorrow while I'm uh...working. I really need a pair of surround sound headphones with a high frequency range and large impedence.

**DJ Ms. White** · 03-21-11, 12:40 PM

Top 10 Best Headphones - 2010 Gear Guide | HeadRoom Audio
Look down at the bottom of the page...do want. Such sexy figures.
Sennheiser HD 800 - Headphones | HeadRoom Audio
And 1/4" analog connector...holy shit. 300ohm impedance. Double holy shit.

**Gumby** · 03-21-11, 04:11 PM

The Sennheiser PC150s are great for me, but headphones are extremely subjective.

**DJ Ms. White** · 03-31-11, 11:19 PM

I think I'm going to get the Sennheiser 360s. Frequency range of 15Hz-28kHz, which means I can get truer harmonics in.

**Phyrelight** · 04-01-11, 10:36 AM

+1 for G35 headset. I used to build all my systems with dedicated sound cards. I stopped about 4 years ago when the general trends was to move to headphones for gaming. Now I have a nice set of speakers for my PC but I use them maybe once a month, the rest of the time my headset is plugged in (I have a G35) because I share the computer room with my wife. If you have a decent motherboard it will have good on-board 5.1 or 7.1 audio built in, mine does. Toss in an i5 or i7 chip and you have more than enough processing power to run your audio from the PC. The G35s actually use software and USB to generate really nice surround sound on the gaming headset. Music sounds really good and I watch streaming movies through them. Short story, if you use external speakers in 5.1 or 7.1 configuration and you want the ability to push some power through them then use an dedicated sound card and power/equilizer equipment. If, like me, you switch between several PCs and maybe a laptop or two the USB headset route is fantastic as you can use them anywhere and they sound great.