Are sound cards a meme? Is it actually worth to replace realtec

>>62171918
Yes.

>>62171918
Plug in your headphones/speakers. Do you hear humming? If yes, get a usb card. Otherwise, no.

>>62171959
No humming but audio always sounded a bit distorted in compare to using the same headphones in a phone.

>>62172029
maybe your computer is playing it correctly and your phone is distorting it

>>62172029
What headphones?

>>62172121
Tried it on diffirent devices as well. Only the PC plays it shitty
>>62172164
Creative Aurvana Live

>>62172029
Now that i checked, there's some noise when any sound is player but its only noticeable on full volume.

I upgraded from integrated Realtec to Xonar D1.
The difference in sound quality is nigh and day.

>>62172636
I upgraded to a Xonar too but when I did I was getting lots of noise that I didn't have with the integrated... What do

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>>62172664
I never had this problem.

I got a SoundBlaster Z, but my integrated sound chip wasn't good... they probably make better chips now.

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>>62171918
From my personal experience Anon
I own an H97N from gigabyte.
Always found the audio really average.
Did some researches all channels told me to go with dac/amp bullshit
Purchased a Z200 speaker box because I live in an 3x3 square foot bedroom
The quality of the audio from my shp9500 has increased considerably

So I presume that a dedicated soundcard will also increase by a ton the quality of your Integrated audio. Speaking from simple motherboards

If you own the expensive shit "gayming" ones idk how much it would change but my friend owns an Maximus 5 whatever expensive motherboard

He bought an PCI soundcard from creative sb 1500 he told me that the audio quality is much better than the onboard audio

So I guess that there will be an improvement for sure. The thing that you gotta lookup is if the price is worth it

Pic related is my bst the pic is outdated I own an shp 9500 now

>>62172740
Not really, these days they slap any chip they can find on shenzhen thay fits the specs they put out.

>>62172761

Nice setup.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/high-end-pc-audio,3733.html
this blind test says they're a meme, what do you think?

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>>62172799
Thanks attached the headphone for proof

>>62171918
>Audigy 2
Yes! Audigy is 10x less noisier than MoBo shit.

I'd say that its not a big diffirence but you have a fucking ALC887.
Literally anything will be better.

>>62171918
Upgrade headphones first, then a sound card. Then fall down the meme slope: replace op amps, buy a dedicated amplifier, and so on and so on.

>>62172838

Heh, you even attached a white stand to the case. Attention to detail.

>>62172903
One more thing to add, unlike fleeting CPUs and GPUs, audio is here to stay with you.

>>62171918

Unless you do recording or have a cinema surround set up, both scenarios that require more physical plugs then yeah they're worth it. Otherwise you're wasting money

>>62172910
Is much better this way than on the table desu
It kept falling Everytime I was reaching the headphone.

Driver support for sound cards is shit

>>62172689
LOL I fixed it