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What's the best internal sound card?

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What is your reasoning behind getting a sound card? they're not always the best option

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Motherboard? Headphones? Speakers? Place of purchase?

 

Place of purchase: United Kingdom.

Motherboard: Sabertooth 990fx R2.0.

No speakers.

TurtleBeach Headset.

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What is your reasoning behind getting a sound card? they're not always the best option

 

What is a better option then?

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What is a better option then?

An amp and dac would be better, something like an Objective 2 by epiphany acoustics (look on overclockers, they've got them there) or a fiio E10K for example.

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What is a better option then?

Place of purchase: United Kingdom.

Motherboard: Sabertooth 990fx R2.0.

No speakers.

TurtleBeach Headset.

Usually motherboard audio is good enough and what Turtle Beach headphones? Because many of them are USB

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That headset has a USB connection does it not?

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Usually motherboard audio is good enough and what Turtle Beach headphones? Because many of them are USB

 

 

That headset has a USB connection does it not?

 

It is not to plug a headset into. It is to plug a 6.3mm jack into from things such as guitars.

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It is not to plug a headset into. It is to plug a 6.3mm jack into from things such as guitars.

 

http://www.turtlebeach.com/product-detail/xbox-360-headsets/ear-force-x12/56

 

It says in the specs that it has an in-line amp.

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Place of purchase: United Kingdom.

Motherboard: Sabertooth 990fx R2.0.

No speakers.

TurtleBeach Headset.

It's Turtle Beach... you won't notice a difference by spending $100 on a sound card 

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the usb amp on my turtle beach x12 just hisses.... my $7 monoprice 9396 are better... I Personally still get a slight hiss, but that's my 6 year old motherboard (I can hear it load stuff...), so I would say upgrade your headphones then get a sound card or amp/dac.

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It is not to plug a headset into. It is to plug a 6.3mm jack into from things such as guitars.

 

You mean so that you can record audio from it? Anything else that you'll be using it for?

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What is a better option then?

a headphone amp would be better if you just want it to be louder, it's going to be cheaper and you can take it around with you for your phone etc.

 

If you move beyond a headset to headphones then I'd suggest and amp & DAC combo, as others have suggested but this would be somewhat expensive.

 

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I just saw it's not for headphones/headsets but instruments so take a look at this link http://amazon.co.uk/Alesis-Guitar-Link-Audio-GuitarLink/dp/B002IDTPB2

 

It's only £17 and I've known people to use it without complaint 

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