Which Op-Amps would you definitely recommend for any of the XONAR sound cards for accurate warm music playback, if any?
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I have been searching for op amps myself. Do you have any information on who supplies op amps for this sound card.
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I would recommend the Lind 6 Spider IV 75. I haven't tried the Orange Crush but from what I can get out to the Line 6 it's more adequate for my use. It's a great little amp with plenty of power. I would definitely recommend it for purchase. If you like to hear what it sounds like please check out my soundcloud page at https://soundcloud.com/search?q=romano%20apologeticum look for the songs Full of Grace and Six Tones of Creation. All the tones recorded were generated by this little amp. Enjoy!
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I have mine hooked up to 1 SA4 12 by sundown tuned to. 35h in a 2 cubic foot box an it BEATS!!!!!!!!!! I think as far as watts go they may b a little over rated, but the quality of the BRX series I'm very happy with ther a great amp for the money I even have the 640 as well. I'm pushing 4 6.5 alpines an 2 tweets with it an have n no trouble what's so ever with over heating are anything like that. I will tell u this if money is the issue u can go with a crunch amp they are made by the same company
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There are a lot of options, and it depends on what you'll be using them for. I just listen to music most of the time, so I use a Yamaha A-S500 integrated amplifier. It has worked great for me.
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remember noise from amp. buy the best you can afford and be rewarded. Filo7\V good combination
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There are literally a ton of options, but I can't recommend the FiiO E10K highly enough. It runs around 75 bucks and gives you a very clinical sound. There's others like the Bravo Ocean that are excellent, but they're tube amps, which will alter the sound a bit to prefer warmth. While I personally like a warm sound signature, I'd rather get that out of my headphones, not the amplifier. Amps shouldn't color the sound, it should only make it louder to power higher impedance headphones. Now, if you want something that you'll plug both the headphones and microphone into (most onboard sound cards don't do so well with the microphone input), I'd look into the Omni by Creative, which hovers at the same 75 bucks as the FiiO. That's my two cents, hope it helps!
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Much better, there is no comparison between the two, the Asus Xonar is better even than a Sound Blaster
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But either way going with any hifonics amp is the right choice, for spl and sql. I've hit 147.2 at 28hz on 1 AQ HDC3 18" and a brutus 2000. And 152.4 on 2 MTX 9500 15"s on 2 2000 brutuses.
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I use the soundblaster ZxR sound card and I use the noise cancellation feature that is built into the sound card. I run an extremely loud fan right next to my computer and I have been told that my mic sounds better than everybody else's. The mic is very good quality.
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Yea I have the asus xonar Dx it's great once you get a sound card there's no going back. Unless you get a rog board those have great sound cards on board the mobo
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Not necessarily. A decent MOBO will have the channels to make it work but I use a Asus Xonar DGX with mine. Unless you are an audiophile any 5.1 sound card will be fine.
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If you like warm sound and don't care of it's flac or mp3 file format, go with this amp. If you value overall naturality of sound more than its color, go with DAC and use loseless file format more if you can.
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This sound card is an overkill for you Astro A40 headphone. However, if you like this setup, you can go either with or without the mixamp. I personally would not get the mixamp since the sound card comes with comprehensive software for all your adjustment needs.
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The quality of a sound card you may want will depend on the quality of the onboard sound your computer has. Recent and/or high end MOBOs have pretty decent onboard sound now and you would have to spend at least $150-$200 on a sound card to see any improvement. I got an ASUS Xonar Essence STX to power my SP2500 and the improvement over the onboard sound on my P9X79 WS MOBO, which had pretty good sound already, while nothing to sneeze at, still wasn't huge.
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I have had excellent results with the Bottlehead Crack and Beta22. For the latter, I wanted a very transparent amp to match the headphones.
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I have the hifonic 1000w amp, and you cant do 2 so I got stuck with the 4. Ive had them for a while now and they still wang!!! Best bang for your buck, I got them for $32 each so I cant complain but now I want something more.
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Have a listen to the Arcam amps. They are a good match. The Nad line is also a good fit. I am using two nuforce mono blocks and have no complaints. It's worth getting a quality DAC.