If I hook up my steelseries siberia v2 to this sound card, will give it that "7.1 surround sound" feel to it?
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Yes. I use Audio Technica M35. You will never get the full room surround sound of course, but the effects produced by the Xonar are very impressive and varied. You do get that 'feel'.
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Nope there's no point in paying 60 bucks on a 7.1 soundcard in tandem, unless you also want to have a surround speaker setup. You are correct John, all audio is processed by the G930's soundcard including the simulated 7.1. While using the headset all other audio hardware in your system will be ignored.
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I 100% always recommend a sound card. Some people do some people don't, it's becoming more popular to say the sound chip on mainboards are so good an add on sound card isn't necessary; I say sound cards are essential. To use this headset look for a sound card that has 5.1 surround 3.5 mm ports, it doesn't have stereo 3.5 mm jacks, or coax, or optical it's only compatible with 5.1 3.5 mm ports. Almost all late mainboards have that built into the mainboard to start.SignedCaleb Anderson
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That really depends. The newer Realtek chips are pretty good, the ALC1150 in particular. The ALC888 is also pretty decent. Virtually any other Realtek codec, on the other hand, won't sound as good as this.Bear in mind if you're using a surround headset that plugs in over USB, those decode audio in software on the PC, bypassing any sound card you may have connected. You'll only benefit from this card if you're plugging into the analog inputs on the card, as you would with something like Razer's Tiamat 7.1.
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Yes, this will work. It essentially becomes your new sound card. That said the sound quality out of this device isn't impressive but it's functional.
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Your board has Soundblaster cinema onboard. If you get the right software for that, it will be fine. It has a very decent onboard amp that is capable of driving headphones, and you won't find a significant difference in quality here. If you are getting any sort of hum, whine, static, or other noise when using the analog outs, you will probably get that with the Asus card also. In that case, you can use the optical digital out and use a decent DAC like the Fiio D3 or E3.
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Yes but only when plugged into your computer via USB. I don't think the Bluetooth 2.0 it come with supports the bandwidth necessary for a virtual 7.1 experience. It is primarily a gaming headset for PC / Mac
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I would say so. The surround sound is definitely not as good as a headphone or a system but it's decent. What you hear also depends on the quality of your music and I say I am enjoying mine so far.
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Use the optic cable and it will play what it says on the website! I just looked at my headsets to see if 7.1 was the max. Couldn't see it so research at www.turtlebeach.com/px5 I still use mine and it has been years!
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It does have 7.1 surround sound. For listening music I would get headphones without a microphone. This headset is more tuned for gaming it seems.
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Currently uses 5.1 but Sony is looking to enhancing to use the 7.1 capabilities in an update within the near future. Still an amazing sound once fine tuned for personal use between chat and game audio equality and the ever favorite no wires at all from the headset.
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Dear Customer, Thank you for your question regarding our HS420 HDMI Matrix. The matrix does support 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound through the optical output. Please contact us at support@kinivo.com if you have any additional questions or need assistance. Thank you, Kinivo Product Support Email : support@kinivo.com Live chat : http://support.kinivo.com | Mon-Fri: 9AM - 5PM PST
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The onboard sound will work with that headset yes, but in almost every situation I'd recommend using a third party PCI-E card for sound if quality is your concern.
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I have speakers attached to the motherboard and I really don't think you'll be able to tell any difference in the quality of the sound.
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You would hear sounds that you couldn't before I choose this based on what I do most of time on my computer I already have surround sound and I use my Turtle beach X42 on this both are on optical, I used to use onboard sound for years until a friend of mine bought a card similar to this and I was shocked at how much I was missing!. If you do a lot of gaming and or movies and the like have surround headphones or speakers or plan on in the future this would be a smart upgrade.
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I dont know. but this usually sounds better than the computer on board sound on old computers. But I am using the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI Express Sound Card and it is awesome sounding get that one like that if you want a good one.
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I've been using one for several months and really like it. I'm using Windows 7 x 64. My onboard audiocard seems a little weak on volume. This seems to improve it quite a bit.