Do sound cards make a difference?

[Worth]

So, given the Tek Syndicate video saying audio cards don't do anything, I was wondering whether they actually do make a difference?

 

EDIT: Because people apparently make an inference that difference means better, it does mean better.

[Sors]

I think the answer you will get is yes, they do make a difference.  They make the sound worse.  :lol:

[helping]

So, given the Tek Syndicate video saying audio cards don't do anything, I was wondering whether they actually do make a difference?

What do you define as 'different'?

 

A blue lollipop and a green lollipop are different

A blue lollipop and a chocolate bar are the same, in that they're both candy

 

There are too many variables and no information given to give an actual answer

Bringing up Tek Syndicate's video alone is grounds for starting a battle on here. 

(note different =/= better)

 

 

inb4 Sound card bandwagon to say "yes always because everything else and Logan is especially wrong"

[Bluejay0]

Yes and no. It depends on the card you would implement and the sound processor on the board.

[zxcvbnmmssdh]

And where would you fit a sound card, mhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhm. Also you don't have high enough quality earphones for a soundcard to potentially be necessary. Yours are low impedance and soundcards, imo, are only needed on like $300+ MAYBE. I am looking at over $500 more 

[MayflowerElectronics]

[zxcvbnmmssdh]

This is so true

[Worth]

And where would you fit a sound card, mhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhm. Also you don't have high enough quality earphones for a soundcard to potentially be necessary. Yours are low impedance and soundcards, imo, are only needed on like $300+ MAYBE. I am looking at over $500 more 

Did I say it was for myself? Also, this is irrelevant

[helping]

And where would you fit a sound card, mhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhm. Also you don't have high enough quality earphones for a soundcard to potentially be necessary. Yours are low impedance and soundcards, imo, are only needed on like $300+ MAYBE. I am looking at over $500 more

no, that's where sound cards aren't (should not be used) needed. You skip straight to external. 

[zxcvbnmmssdh]

no, that's where sound cards aren't (should not be used) needed. You skip straight to external. 

true

[Worth]

no, that's where sound cards aren't (should not be used) needed. You skip straight to external. 

It would be going into a $1000+ setup including speakers and receiver. 

[ShearMe]

It would be going into a $1000+ setup including speakers and receiver. 

 

The receiver makes the soundcard pointless (assuming it's got digital inputs, of course).

 

Also, this poll's been done before so I have to ask - really?

[mr moose]

Yes generally speaking they make a difference, they take up a slot in your pc and cost money.  Everything difference else is either use case specific or in your head.

[nosirrah123]

I don't think Tek Syndicate knows what a soundcard is, in the video they made it sound like it was a saltine that you stick in a PCI-E slot. It has an amp and dac built in, and in a large portion of people's opinions that makes it sound better.

[NannerBeans]

I don't think Tek Syndicate knows what a soundcard is, in the video they made it sound like it was a saltine that you stick in a PCI-E slot. It has an amp and dac built in, and in a large portion of people's opinions that makes it sound better.

Placebo

[atrash]

nosirrah123, on 02 Apr 2014 - 11:19 AM, said:

I don't think Tek Syndicate knows what a soundcard is, in the video they made it sound like it was a saltine that you stick in a PCI-E slot. It has an amp and dac built in, and in a large portion of people's opinions that makes it sound better.

 

LOL. So does the onboard sound (it too has dac+amp).. Louder =/= better. Also,'opinions'.... Read up the FAQ.

[ShearMe]

I don't think Tek Syndicate knows what a soundcard is, in the video they made it sound like it was a saltine that you stick in a PCI-E slot. It has an amp and dac built in, and in a large portion of people's opinions that makes it sound better.

 

Nice thread necro.  :mellow:

[mr moose]

DId we find a roman bath when we dug this one up?

[Worth]

Nice thread necro.  :mellow:

Ik lol

[iceballfunela]

Its not about if they make a difference... its about what the difference is.