help me choose a soundcard

[dreamcast4599]

im not happy with the onboard audio on my CH7 hero seems like every time i play a youtube video or watch a movie or listen to music or even play a game the audio is either too loud or too quiet. what sound card do you recommend also if it matters my mobo has no loudness equilization, please dont tell me to mess with the settings i just want a good pcie sound card

[Eighjan]

How'd you get on with the fans...? 

[Tigerleon]

Sound blaster AE-9. The one I have but it is a little bit expensive coming around 300 euros. Another one is the ae-7 which is also great but a little cheaper at like 200+ euros

[Tigerleon]

With the sound blaster ae-7 or ae-9 you really need the software so don't forget to download it if you get one

[dreamcast4599]

2 minutes ago, Tigerleon said:

With the sound blaster ae-7 or ae-9 you really need the software so don't forget to download it if you get one

to expensive for me lol

[dreamcast4599]

3 minutes ago, Eighjan said:

How'd you get on with the fans...? 

@Eighjan i got it all sorted out managed to find some splitters for my fan headers

[Tigerleon]

2 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

@Eighjan i got it all sorted out managed to find some splitters for my fan headers

Maybe the soundblaster Z?

[Eighjan]

2 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

to expensive for me lol

SoundBlaster Z or Zx may be more affordable...

[dreamcast4599]

15 minutes ago, Eighjan said:

SoundBlaster Z or Zx may be more affordable...

@Eighjan is this one any good? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Creative-Sound-Blaster-SB1350-3D-THX-5-1-Channel-PCIe-Sound-Card-J75NW/193514233919?hash=item2d0e58e03f%3Ag%3AY0QAAOSwY4NejNkj&LH_ItemCondition=2500|1500|1000|3000

[The Flying Sloth]

47 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

im not happy with the onboard audio on my CH7 hero seems like every time i play a youtube video or watch a movie or listen to music or even play a game the audio is either too loud or too quiet. what sound card do you recommend also if it matters my mobo has no loudness equilization, please dont tell me to mess with the settings i just want a good pcie sound card

Things being too loud or quiet is not a reason to get a sound card. Use the inbuilt mixer in windows to set your programs so they play at roughly the same volume (if audio controls aren't available in the program itself. Different Youtubers upload their videos at differing loudnesses and unfortunately compression in YT can't always fix it so there's not much you can to to solve that, for me the best thing I found was a physical volume control, as in, I have a knob I use to control volume to my speakers and I find that it's just second nature to be using it when I find something too loud or quiet.

Again, while the other responses on here are indeed suggesting sound cards, getting one won't solve anything for you.

[dreamcast4599]

1 minute ago, The Flying Sloth said:

Things being too loud or quiet is not a reason to get a sound card. Use the inbuilt mixer in windows to set your programs so they play at roughly the same volume (if audio controls aren't available in the program itself. Different Youtubers upload their videos at differing loudnesses and unfortunately compression in YT can't always fix it so there's not much you can to to solve that, for me the best thing I found was a physical volume control, as in, I have a knob I use to control volume to my speakers and I find that it's just second nature to be using it when I find something too loud or quiet.

Again, while the other responses on here are indeed suggesting sound cards, getting one won't solve anything for you.

what mixer

[The Flying Sloth]

6 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

what mixer

Right click the speaker icon on your taskbar (next to the time and date indicator)

Open Volume Mixer

You can control the volume of each program separately, every game, every program that produces audio at all will appear here when you open it and the level you choose is where it stays until you decide to change it again.

[weez]

What's your current speakers/headphones?

[dreamcast4599]

On 7/1/2020 at 8:00 PM, weez said:

What's your current speakers/headphones?

generic 20$ sound bar from biglots

 

[weez]

24 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

generic 20$ sound bar from biglots

 

I would say the problem is either a setting in the software or maybe the volume setting on the soundbar. I would definitely recommend looking into settings in software and on the soundbar before buying a new sound card. I'm almost certain your current onboard audio isn't the problem. It could also be the volume of the different videos is just mastered differently. Some youtube videos are just loud or just quiet