I bought a Astro A40 headset and mix amp. Will I be able to plug the optic cable from my mix amp into this card?
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You wasted money buying this sound card if your using an Astro mixamp.... all a mixamp is, is a soundcard in a little box. Should just hook up a nice pair of headphones and a mic directly to the card and actually use the card... your not even using the card if u use optical.
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You should be able to plug into both without issue... unless your audio interface doesn't have XLR input output on it.
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Yes it will work, you are 'double-amping' however. A different option would be to get a DAC connected through USB or the optical out of the 3.5mm jack of the air and then into AMP.
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Not sure what an astro a40 is. I use them for the blue-tooth microphone that came with my Pioneer NEX 4000.
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Yes, I do. I actually use it with a Modi Optical. You will surprised at just how bad your onboard's analog sound output is when you use this.
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Cody, unfortunately I don't have any source with Optical output attached to these headsets, so I'm not 100% sure. The dock station has an optical input, so I assume it would work, but I haven't tried it yet.
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Joe:Should work fine. The plug is a standard mini plug and you can go from your Sennheiser mike to the adapter to the mixer with and XLR input with no problems. Mine works fine that way. Larry
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Unless you are getting noticeable electrical interference from a large graphics card I don't think the M50x will benefit from an amp/dac. I'd save your money for your next upgrade (because its an addiction).
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Yes It will. I had that setup first and then switched to the Mixamp pro. These headphones will make you so aware of your surroundings in game. Especially in Dom or TDM. It's harder in the big game types do to all the action going on but still a great step up from the A40's.
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The Stereo Audio Output Jack on the bottom can be used as an optical audio output jack also. You will need a Toslink to Optical Mini Plug Digital Cable or an optical cable with an Optical 3.5mm Mini Adapter. I've tried both ways and each way worked very well.
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No. That's what I was panning on doing but it's the wrong cable. The small ends fits into a headphone jack, but it is a 3.5mm optical connection.
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do you have an audio/video amp?you would plug into the HDMI port or optical port (output)
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I am unsure if that will work or not. I have used the optical cable aqnd have been very pleased.
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Yes you can connect this. It might be easier to simply plug the mixer directly into the speakers though, since the MG166CXUSB has line/speaker jacks.
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If you have the USB version technically you don't the card for anything if you have the analog one yes you can plug it using the 3-pin XLRM-type to standard 1/8" jack. Good Choice with the Audio-Tech, one of the best Mics in the market by the way.
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It won't work. You will need a mixamp for that. Best mixamp for consoles (so I've heard) would be the Astro one. the one that comes with the A40's to be exact.
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Not necessarily. Depends on your mother board. If you 4 outlets for sound on your motherboard that's all you need. The sound card is built into the actual volume unit with the head set.best head set I've ever had and plainly beat my turtle beach px5 s.