Recent content by May90

I see. Thank you for your insight, I will consider testing it.

Alright, suppose I do want to manipulate sound to get the virtual surround emulation. Do I understand it right that a dedicated sound card would work for that?

I am aware of that. So do you think a dedicated sound card's emulation would not be much better than a "purely software" emulation, such as Razer Surround?

That's what I thought, I didn't really expect any quality difference. However, all the enhancements, such as Dolby Headphones and Volume Normalization settings, would work, right? The problem with enabling these enhancements through third party software is that... well, they do not work that...

But I thought that it was the sound card that "prepared" the initial digital signal, and DAC only converted it into analog. Otherwise, how does DAC "know" what signal to process? It doesn't have any direct interface to interact with Windows...

I have a slick sound setup: Sennheiser HD 600 headphones + Schiit Stack (AMP Magni + DAC Modi). However, I connect my DAC with SPDIF to my on-board audio (motherboard ASUS Z97 PRO), and as such I am using Realtek drivers in Windows. The customization of sound with these drivers is basically...

UPDATE I probably was a bit too rash; the TV I linked before doesn't seem to be able to push full color at 4K@60Hz via HDMI 2.0. Looks like it is one more thing to check when choosing a TV. This one has confirmed full color at 4K@60Hz, and I've always been happy with LG production: LG 55UB8500...

Hi everyone, I am upgrading my 50" 1080p TV. I need a gaming monitor below $1,300, and I want to get the most for the money. My specs are as follows: Core i7 4790k GeForce 980 GTX 16Gb 2400MHz RAM 256Gb SSD Right now I game at 4K downscaled to 1080p via DSR, and all games I play run quite...