Hello. I'd like to ask for help with sound card selection.
Recently I've been looking at some PCI-E cards (Sound blaster Z series and ASUS Essense STX or ASUS ROG Phoebus) for my Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (250ohm) cans.
I also tried one external DAC - Sound blaster Omni, which was pretty much the same as my mobo card (waste of 70 eur). As not experienced person in this field, I'm mostly clueless about proper USB DACs.
I'm looking for something within 130-150 euro/$ range. If it has 1/4" jacks it would be great.
Thanks.
Edit: By the way, my mobo audio chip is Realtek ALC892.
I also did some reading about external DAC + AMP and came across Schiit stack (modi 2 + magni 2). Even though the price with delivery is 200 eur, will it be better just to invest more into this rather than PCI-E card?
Recently I've been looking at some PCI-E cards (Sound blaster Z series and ASUS Essense STX or ASUS ROG Phoebus) for my Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (250ohm) cans.
I also tried one external DAC - Sound blaster Omni, which was pretty much the same as my mobo card (waste of 70 eur). As not experienced person in this field, I'm mostly clueless about proper USB DACs.
I'm looking for something within 130-150 euro/$ range. If it has 1/4" jacks it would be great.
Thanks.
Edit: By the way, my mobo audio chip is Realtek ALC892.
I also did some reading about external DAC + AMP and came across Schiit stack (modi 2 + magni 2). Even though the price with delivery is 200 eur, will it be better just to invest more into this rather than PCI-E card?
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