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So I just finished building my new computer and decided to test out the on-board audio on the asus hero board. To my surprise compared to my steelseries USB soundcard, the sound of the on-board is significantly less crisp, more muddy, and generally an overall bad experience at the same volume level. Plugging it back into the soundcard, the quality of the sound blows the on-board out of the water. I am using the DT880s, maybe the onboard cannot power it or is something else going on here?

CPU: Intel i5 4670k @ 4.4Ghz | Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Black | GPU: Asus Strix 1080 Ti | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro | Storage: 2x 500GB Samsung 850 EVO | PSU: Seasonic 80+ Platinum 1000W | Display: ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q Cooling: Corsair H100i GT | Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Red | Mouse: Logitech G502 | Audio: Beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium with O2 DAC/AMP

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I guess the chip sucks. no surprise.

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It's very possible there isn't enough power coming out of the i/o. Wouldn't be surprising at all.

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Offtopic: Oh God...your profile pic.

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Offtopic: Oh God...your profile pic.

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CPU: Intel i5 4670k @ 4.4Ghz | Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Black | GPU: Asus Strix 1080 Ti | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro | Storage: 2x 500GB Samsung 850 EVO | PSU: Seasonic 80+ Platinum 1000W | Display: ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q Cooling: Corsair H100i GT | Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Red | Mouse: Logitech G502 | Audio: Beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium with O2 DAC/AMP

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you cannot power 880s off onboard amp

you either need a poweful sound card or external amp

 

how many Ohms ?

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you cannot power 880s off onboard amp

you either need a poweful sound card or external amp

 

how many Ohms ?

250ohms. I would like to add that on my gf's cheap $100 mobo, the on-board sound is fine. Compared to my hero board, it is so much worse than her mobo.

CPU: Intel i5 4670k @ 4.4Ghz | Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Black | GPU: Asus Strix 1080 Ti | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro | Storage: 2x 500GB Samsung 850 EVO | PSU: Seasonic 80+ Platinum 1000W | Display: ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q Cooling: Corsair H100i GT | Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Red | Mouse: Logitech G502 | Audio: Beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium with O2 DAC/AMP

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you cannot power 880s off onboard amp

you either need a poweful sound card or external amp

 

It's very possible there isn't enough power coming out of the i/o.

 

I guess the chip sucks. 

 

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