I need help from audio experts

[Milos Sladic]

My speakers:https://www.amazon.com/Genius-SP-HF1800A-Three-way-Hi-Fi-Speakers/dp/B0041Q9PZ0
My sound card:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2016-New-Breeze-Audio-ESS-ES9018K2M-AD823-SA9023-USB-DAC-Decoder-External-Sound-Card-Headphone-Amplifier/32762415473.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.6fb04c4d45C1dr

My cable:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ugreen-HIFI-RCA-Jack-Cables-3-5mm-to-2-RCA-Audio-Cable-Adapter-Male-to-Male/32716983153.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.6fb04c4dy5XjsR

My MoBo:https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z370-G-GAMING/

My OS: Windows 10 Home

 

Useful info:

• My headset is using the green slot on the motherboard, so that is why I have bought an external sound card.
• I put the left speaker on my right and the right speaker on my left, because the power cord could not reach the power outlet. Because of that I plugged the red RCA cable into white output on the sound card, and white RCA cable into red.

My questions:

1. Is there a particular driver that I need to install or the one windows 10 automatically installs is all I need?
2. Will there be or are there any problems because I plugged opposite colors into each other? Is there a better way to switch speaker position without moving them?
3. Should I buy RCA to RCA cable, instead of using this RCA to 3.5?
4. Is there anything that I need to do to make the maximum out of this setup? Like buy another cable, or install something, or whatever.
5. Is my sound card better than THIS soundcard? Because the sound I am getting is really similar.

Thank you in advance.

[akio123008]

1. Probably not, most of those interfaces use some generic driver

 

2. No, colours on cables don't matter. Your way of hooking it up makes sense and works fine.

 

3. Don't you need RCA to RCA because the output on the DAC is RCA and the input on the speaker too? Or are you able to use 3.5 mm on the DAC through that "phone" jack? In that case there's no reason to use RCA to RCA.

 

4. Not that I'm aware of.

 

5. I've never tested any of these DACs, they're both probably fine.

[EsaT]

Connecting RCA plugs to other channel's input is exactly the best way to get correct left and right direction in this situation.

Speaker's amplifier circuitry simply doesn't know the difference and wouldn't care.

And it doesn't need anything in PC.

Trying to swap channels in software without also doing same for headset might be hard.

 

While that K.GUSS advertises lots of hype components actual performance isn't likely anything that level.

So that C-Media sound chip based USB dongle might give pretty much same sound.

Though with that price it's certain to be very basic chip.

[Milos Sladic]

21 hours ago, akio123008 said:

3. Don't you need RCA to RCA because the output on the DAC is RCA and the input on the speaker too? Or are you able to use 3.5 mm on the DAC through that "phone" jack? In that case there's no reason to use RCA to RCA.

Inputs on DAC are RCA, but on speakers I have 2 choices. Input 1, which is single 3.5mm and input 2, which is red and white RCA.

20 hours ago, EsaT said:

Connecting RCA plugs to other channel's input is exactly the best way to get correct left and right direction in this situation.

Speaker's amplifier circuitry simply doesn't know the difference and wouldn't care.

And it doesn't need anything in PC.

Trying to swap channels in software without also doing same for headset might be hard.

 

While that K.GUSS advertises lots of hype components actual performance isn't likely anything that level.

So that C-Media sound chip based USB dongle might give pretty much same sound.

Though with that price it's certain to be very basic chip.

Thank you.