whats your pc audio setup?

[dfsgsfa]

what is your bottom line?

do you like your regret your setup?

how much budget would you invest in ?

[mr cheese]

I've got a bluetooth 4.0 adapter with some Sony WH-1000XM4's. It's pretty good for listening (I don't have a good DAC so it's the best I can do) but not that great for gaming as it has very poor spatial audio and a little bit of latency that's noticable if you really focus on it but not bad enough to be unplayable. I'd probably be willing to drop like $2-300 for a good DAC since the XM4's have a 3.5mm option

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Either crappy audio from tv that im using as a minitor or crappy skull candy headphones. 

[Dedayog]

In my sig.  Love it. Works very well for my needs and preferences.

 

 

[AbydosOne]

Teac CR-H101 (optical from desktop, USB from work laptop, CD, FM, BT from tablet)

Micca MB42X speakers

Sennheiser HD598Cs

 

The CR-H101 was a bit of an impulse buy, but it does what I want it to do. I could probably put some components together and make a cheaper setup, but less integrated.

[TrainFan475]

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[pythonmegapixel]

Just my laptop speakers or my gaming headset, nothing fancy.

(The headset's a HyperX Cloud)

[dilpickle]

My Gaming PC is in my home theater. I'm currently setting up a new 9.4.6 Atmos speaker system. Budget? I don't think you wanna know...

[WkdPaul]

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[nox_]

As of lately it's this : Audioquest Beetle Dac, Denon PMA-520AE Amp and Q Acoustics 3030i speakers. I live alone so mostly use speakers and not my headphones or iem's.

[LstpersonalOF]

So now Im Using A Audio Capture Card Onyx Artist 1-2 From Mackie wich Inputs And Outputs Of The PC the left channel goes to the speaker that is acting as a sub wich is a ion sport go speaker it produces basically too much bass for what i need wich is what i like and then the right output goes to a yamaha mg06 mixer wich lets me connect and eq A Little and output to the amp wich handles the higs and mids And I Dont Remember Speaker Models And Name so i cannot tell  you right now and later when i can find out i post its name 

[The Torrent]

mine is mostly an audeze el-8 titanium with a cipher cable as dac and amp plugged in with an anker lightning to usb c audio adapter.

 

I spent £500. worth every penny.

[sub68]

a old pair of pc speakers (never use)

sennhiser hd 206 plugged into the front panel

edit forgot my mic

its a logitech usb with a woden mic stand

[geo3]

DAC: Schiit Modi 3

Headphone Amp: Schiit Magni Heresy

Speaker Amp: SMSL SA300

Speakers: Micca RB42

Headphones: AKG K712, Sony CD900st, Etymotic E4RP

[Derkoli]

Just CtrlC + CtrlV from the other thread about this:

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Headphones are usually Audeze LCD-24 + Sennheiser HDV820 Amplifier + Schiit Yggdrasil or Chord DAVE DAC.

 

Speakers are either JBL M2 or my home theater setup, which consists of:

 

PMC Fact Fenestria

2x McIntosh MC1.25kW monoblocks

2 Genelec 7380 SAM Subwoofer's

PMC Fact 10.C

4 PMC Twenty 5 22 height speakers

2 PMC Fact 8

4 PMC Fact 12
 

Bryston SP4 32 channel processor

 

2 Yamaha MX-A5200 11 channel power amplifier's

 

2 IsoTek EVO3 Super Titan Power Conditioners
 

 

It all depends on what I want. For something that isn't a simulator, I'll use the JBL M2's, for something that is a simulator, such as Assetto Corsa, I'll use the home theater.

 

However, Sometimes I will whip out my Adam Audio monitors for gaming. 7.1 with main monitors is fun.

 

Rarely I will use my line arrays. Martin Audio MLA Mini's.

 

^ Thats for gaming.

 

When I'm working (Corporate audio mastering stuff, plus doing some teaching for a university level course now) I'll use this:

 

Stereo setup:

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2x Crown I-Tech 5000HD

JBL M2 Loudspeakers

QED XT40i 4x 3M Speaker Cable

Matrix Audio X-SABRE Pro MQA DAC

Chord Shawline XLR's

IsoTek EVO3 Super Titan Power Conditioner

Audioquest NRG-Y3 power cables

 

Surround setup:

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7 Adam Audio S5H Monitors

Chord Shawline XLR interconnects

2 Genelec 7380SAM Subwoofers

Allen & Heath ZED436 Mixer

RME ADI-2 Pro FS USB Audio Interface

Drawmer MC7.1 Monitor Controller

IsoAcoustics ISO-Puck Monitor Isolation
 

Bryston SP4 16/32 channel processor

 

If you couldn't tell, I make a living off of this. Some audio gear is for work, some is for play.

Edited October 2, 2020 by Derkoli

[circeseye]

my comp audio

Denon AVR-X3700H 7.1.4 atmos

pioneer amp for fronts

front Yamaha NS-6490

center Yamaha NS-C210BL

surround and rears 4 Fluance SXBP2 bipolars

ceiling 4 Yamaha NS-IW280CWH

300 watt 12" pioneer sub

cant stand headphones lol

[The Flying Sloth]

My PC Audio setup - 

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UMC1820 Interfacenterface
Pyle Pro PLTTB3U Turntable

Outputs -
Tannoy Reveal 5A Studio Monitors
ATH M20x Headphones
Custom surround system (All speakers are custom designed and built with the exception of a modified Velodyne subwoofer)

Inputs - 
M Audio Oxygen 61 MIDI Keyboard
Behringer MDX2600 Compressor (Cheap, use it for spoken word, don't use it if you are seriously recording music)
BM800 Cheap Ebay Mic (Bad bad not good, electret design, very noisy)
Tbone MB75 (Dynamic mic, SM57 copy, does the 57 thing better than the original, for instruments, drums and vocal)
Behringer C2 Stereoset x2 (Small diaphragm pencil mics, very directional, use on discord and for guitar/percussion)
Superlux CM-H8C x4 (Large diaphragm multipattern mics, natural sound, use them as utility 'throw them on anything' mics)
ADK Vienna MK8 (Large diaphragm vocal microphone, brilliant sound, quite bright)
Groove Tubes GT67 (Large diaphragm multipattern tube microphone, beatiful warm sound, use on vocals)

Instruments I keep around my recording setup

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Guitars:
Custom Purple Burst flamed maple Les Paul
Maton CB70D/6
Kramer Vanguard (offset flying V) 440S
Alvarez AD60-12CE
Hijos De Vincent Tatay Valencia 13
Ibanez GSZ120
Sterling By Musicman SUB Ray5

Trumpets:
Getzen Severinsen Eterna (1976 limited edition)
King Classical
Livingstone 'Dizzy Gillespie' (Custom modified)
Encore Taiwan
Valve Trombone

Sure I've spent a bit on it but I bought everything well under market value and honestly, other than a few deals I missed that I wish I had snapped up I'm happy with what I have and the prices I got them for.


 

[rice guru]

I run everything soeaker and headphone wise to my topping d10 which feeds my speaker amp the topping pa3. My pa3 feeds my micca rb42s.

For headphones I have my liquid spark fed from the d10 which feeds my headphones. My main headphones PC wise is my he 4xx 58x or 990 what I use depends on the day really I plan an upgrade for everything pretty soon

[Donut417]

On 10/2/2020 at 10:45 AM, dfsgsfa said:

what is your bottom line?

do you like your regret your setup?

how much budget would you invest in ?

I use a pair of HD4.40 from Sennheiser, and that is it. No wires to worry about screwing up and they have great battery life. The only issues with the HD 4.40 is that if wired mode, the mic does not work. Though I dont use it in wired mode that often. As far as a budget goes, Id say $80-$120 would be my budget for a headset. I dont use traditional speakers because I live with my folks and they bitch if things get to loud.  

[jasonvp]

Sound Blaster AE-9: main PC input/output

- output: 2 x RCA-XLR that run to my Mackie DL32R mixer

- input: 2 x RCA-XLR that are fed from the DL32R

 

Schiit Modi: used for comms channel (eg: Discord, Teamspeak)

- output: 2 x RCA-XLR run to the DL32R

 

The Mackie sends sound output to either my Senn HDV820 amp (which go to my HD820 cans) or the five Mackie MR524 powered monitors around my room.  I use the cans when I'm gaming online, and the monitors when I'm gaming in single-player campaigns.

 

Regrets?  None at all.  Budget?  Um.  "Yes" is the correct answer. 

[Derkoli]

10 hours ago, jasonvp said:

Budget?  Um.  "Yes" is the correct answer.

Amen to that.

[Imannudein]

Nvidia HD Audio to monitor via DP. Then 3.5mm jack to a 2.0 edifier speakers. I disabled on board sound to avoid installing the myriad of software for it. 

[rice guru]

15 hours ago, jasonvp said:

Sound Blaster AE-9: main PC input/output

- output: 2 x RCA-XLR that run to my Mackie DL32R mixer

- input: 2 x RCA-XLR that are fed from the DL32R

 

Schiit Modi: used for comms channel (eg: Discord, Teamspeak)

- output: 2 x RCA-XLR run to the DL32R

 

The Mackie sends sound output to either my Senn HDV820 amp (which go to my HD820 cans) or the five Mackie MR524 powered monitors around my room.  I use the cans when I'm gaming online, and the monitors when I'm gaming in single-player campaigns.

 

Regrets?  None at all.  Budget?  Um.  "Yes" is the correct answer. 

Interesting choice on the 820 that's not a headphone I see too often

[jasonvp]

25 minutes ago, rice guru said:

Interesting choice on the 820 that's not a headphone I see too often

I'm a Senn fanboi, and the 820s are the best of the best of the best.

[it_dont_work]

Some realtek audio, edifier bookshelves and a pair of sen hd280pro. 

 

Back when I still used my personal computer for business i had a range of digidesign or m audio pci cards (yes pci), But that all got sold