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To enable the amp on the zx, you have to go to the speaker/ headphone tab and select headphones. Do that if you haven't already. I imagine they are going to sound really muddy if you haven't done that.

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I don't know if i'm just bad at tuning a sound card or need an actual amp, but i can't quite make my soundblaster zx not sound either flat or muddy with my Senheiser HD 558's.. am i just bad at tuning or do i need a dedicated amp?

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I know mobo audio is comparable to a soundcard rendering them useless but the cheap dac on my $60 ivy lake asus p8b75m sounded quiet, crunchy and depressing,the $20 used Sound Blaster zx isn't as bad so don't roast me, it was $20

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onboard sound is only at acceptable levels from like Z87 and up lol, everything older has been kind of trash from my experience(though the 775 board i used to have for the first LAN PC was actiually OK). im on a Soundblaster Z and have a pair of 558s, i just pluged them in and left everything defult and they sound pretty good to me, but i am by no means an audiophile.

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

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To enable the amp on the zx, you have to go to the speaker/ headphone tab and select headphones. Do that if you haven't already. I imagine they are going to sound really muddy if you haven't done that.

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Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

 i just plugged them in and left everything default and they sound pretty good to me, but i am by no means an audiophile.

They sound extremely tinny to me, almost painful to listen to for more than an hour.. i try to turn up bass and mids in eq but just make them sound worse.. i've heard my HD 558's on someone else's V20 at my school and know full well what they can do. it's sad that i can't get that effect again.

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It's just a bad sound card. If you want a good cheap DAC/Amp go with the Fulla 2 for $100. Or if you want to spend a little less ($65) the FX Audio DAC X6.

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Just now, Max_Settings said:

It's just a bad sound card. If you want a good cheap DAC/Amp go with the Fulla 2 for $100. Or if you want to spend a little less ($65) the FX Audio DAC X6.

Like i said, i only got this one because it was $20 at goodwill... 

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1 minute ago, FlpDaMattress said:

They sound extremely tinny to me, almost painful to listen to for more than an hour.. i try to turn up bass and mids in eq but just make them sound worse.. i've heard my HD 558's on someone else's V20 at my school and know full well what they can do. it's sad that i can't get that effect again.

oh, yah i do have the stuff in the SBX PRO STUDIO turned on, at what it recomended me exept for bass which i dropped to 30% because it was pretty over powering

2 minutes ago, Max_Settings said:

It's just a bad sound card. If you want a good cheap DAC/Amp go with the Fulla 2 for $100. Or if you want to spend a little less ($65) the FX Audio DAC X6.

the SBX cards are not bad... at least not when i got mine for €50

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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5 minutes ago, an actual squirrel said:

To enable the amp on the zx, you have to go to the speaker/ headphone tab and select headphones. Do that if you haven't already. I imagine they are going to sound really muddy if you haven't done that.

oh yah right, mine sounded like absolute fucking garbage before i did that as well! just forgot about it before i saw it mentioned, was a few months ago now xD yah you need to do that if you want any quality

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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5 minutes ago, an actual squirrel said:

To enable the amp on the zx, you have to go to the speaker/ headphone tab and select headphones. Do that if you haven't already. I imagine they are going to sound really muddy if you haven't done that.

I have absolutely no idea why i didn't mess with that before, 5.1 surround sounded like trash.

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