sound card

Hello! I've bought a new PC and I've tried to use an external sound card. I've decided to give SoundBlaster X3 a go and it's... not good. Not good at all... Ok, it's the worst sound card I've ever had. I have Xonar Essence ST lying around and I love this card. The only problem is that my mobo...

I own a Sound Blaster X3 and bought a new set of Logitech Z906 5.1 speakers to replace my blown Logitech Z607's during the post-Christmas sales. I want to use analog speakers for gaming and movies that use codecs other than Dolby Digital (Sound Blaster X3 only supports Dolby Digital Live for...

Hello. On my PC, my microphone volume is extremely low. Even in the test, SIRI (or whoever) says they could not hear me clearly. The little coloured bars hardly move when I speak. However, the speakers work fine. I have read up on this, and I have found and adjusted every possible sound...

Hi. Got a problem for a few days now. I'll try to be brief. I can watch youtube, movies, anything, until I start up a game. Usually then audio glitches and after few seconds it diappears whatsoever until I restart my PC. If I turn off the game while audio is glitching it comes back to normal. It...

I recently got a couple of old Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro Plus flight sticks that I'd like to use again but apparently those don't work with Gameport to USB adapters because the signals aren't supported or something like that. So I was wondering if there are any modern-ish sound cards that use...

Hello, Today out of nowhere my speakers stop working and from time to time a can hear a little sound as if trying to sound but not working. No ports working (I verified rear and front) and if I put a video on YouTube and go to sounds it shows the bars moving as if everything was okay but still...

Hello! Once i had a perfectly working setup: Microphone : Behringer XM8500 Cable: Stagg SMC3 Sound Card: Behringer U-Phoria UMC22 My brother has almost the same setup, except the microphone: He's using Yenkee YMC 1030, Which is much louder. He noticed some cracking and noise coming out of...

If I plug a PCIe 4x sound card (soundblaster AE-5 Plus) into a PCIe 4.0 1x slot, will the sound card's performance be severely downgraded?

I had to install a new CPU cooler and i when i took the pump off, the CPU came off with it. I accidently dropped the CPU and there might be thermal paste on a pin (not sure). Miraculously the CPU still works, however there is now no sign of audio output. The microphone still works but neither...

I have a Sound Blaster Rx/5 that runs my 5.1 surround sound home theater system and was wondering if the Creative ALchemy program that came with it does anything beneficial. I use Windows 10 64-bit Home and if there's any other info that would be helpful I could give let me know. Thanks for your...

I recently have bought a new V8 Sound Card. I connected it to my electric violin and to the laptop, also connect my headphones to the sound card. However, there is a buzzing sound in my headphones whenever I play the violin. I am not sure what could be the issue, my assumption is that the...

Hello, I am going to upgrade my very old PC to a renewed HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Tower PC. My main usages for the computer are gaming (COD, PUBG, BF) and programming (Python mainly). The specs for the renewed PC i found are as following: CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 (3.4GHz, 4 Cores) RAM: 16GB DDR4...

I'm trying to play Rome I Total War and Medieval 2 Total War and neither will let me use my Sound Blaster Audigy Rx/5's EAX features it says "The sound provider could not be contacted, this could be due to a lack of hardware support." However, I know for a fact my current Audigy at least...

TLDR at the end... ! I know how much some of you don't like to read essays :) Hello! First of all, many thanks for reading and any help in advance. Longer thorough explanations are welcome. As the title suggests, I am building myself (and my son) a Legacy WinXP Gaming PC. Sadly I didnt want to...

Currently moving into a small student room and looking to get a 27 inch (ish) monitor (or TV) as anything bigger wouldn't really fit in this area. My bookshelf size speakers are wharfedale diamond 220s, with a Cambridge audio a300 amp. What's my best option in regards to the sound card/aux...

I moved my Laptop's 120gb SSD which has a Windows install on it to a new PC just to work on things with a full desktop. I've bought a: USB mic, a gaming headset with a built in mic, an additional cheap clip on mic, and a USB sound card to connect to it. I've verified that all these devices...

Is the Audigy 2 ZS card worth using instead of onboard chip today for watching TV, music, and games on the newer boards and the ones made in the last 10 years? I was given two cards for free and thought of putting them in my two PC. One is from 2010 and one from 2016. Also, I have two sets of...

Due to a motherboard issue that may or may not be my fault, I have decided that I need to invest in a sound card. I don't need anything nice, but I literally have no idea where to even start looking. Do I get like an external USB situation? Do I fill up my second PCIE slot with something...

Years ago, while reinstalling parts on my Thermaltake Chaser A31 PC case, I broke the headphone/mic cable for the front face of the case so, at the front, only the USB ports work nowadays. Thanks to this I'm left with just the audio ports of the motherboard (a MSI Z270 SLI PLUS) at the back of...

Hi guys, I always used some cheap mic or my laptop's built-in one but lately had a lot of problem with the volume, background noises and stuff. I use my mic only for voice chat with friends, especially nowdays when everybody is home but i am always too quiet or have problem with the background...

My old restored PC integrated Sound Card suddenly stop working I already tried to update the driver and even format my PC still not working I have 1 slot of PCIE but I will use it for Sata Controller so that it can support Sata 3.0 for my SSD so my only option is either to spend money for repair...

Problem: When I plug in my headphones into the 3.5mm sound output jack in the front of the cabinet, nothing happens. Only the jack at the back of the cabinet works for sound output. Can someone guide me as to how to connect the front jack to the onboard sound card? Configuration: Cabinet...

Hi everyone! As the title of the thread says, I've got a problem with my Asus Xonar DG sound card. Line in and microphone recordings have a slight buzzing and crackling pattern ON THE LEFT CHANNEL based on the usage of the Pc. It goes like this: when i stress the CPU the overall noise of the...

I am currently using JBL LSR 308 directly plugged in to my pc and I'm trying to further improve the audio quality. I need a balanced audio interface which will output clear audio with minimal interference and use the speakers to there potential. Would a Scarlett solo be a good choice for me...

Like I said I am unable to install the drivers for my Strix Raid DLX sound card that I installed earlier today. Took me 7 hours just to get audio to come through the control box and then I lost it again. I have no actual control of the audio because the drivers from both the cd and website both...

Hello, I have a pretty weird question: Is there a way for me to test if the Asus Essence STX II is properly connected to my power supply? For some reason that 4-pin Molex slot is incredibly hard to connect with the female pin. I don't know why, but it seems to take unbelievable amounts of force...

I've been getting into music production and my dad gave me this old MIDI expansion card for my PC that he payed a forture for back in the early 2000s. This would be great, but at the moment I've got a B-350 motherboard which has no PCI 3 slots and this is a PCI 3 card. This is probably not...

Hi, I have a Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X motherboard with Intel i7-9700K I have the same issue described here: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/gigabyte-z390-gaming-x-making-an-electric-buzz-sound.3531617 As I don't wish to replace the motherboard, I'm thinking about getting the following...

Hello, I have KZ ZSN PRO earphones. I'm listening to music from Spotify on my Lenovo P2 Android phone. My ears are so sensitive that I can't stand the disturbing distortion. When it is too quiet and I lowered down the volume, it is more unbearable. The hissing is less when I plug it to my PC...

I have an older PC with a motherboard that still has an old PCI slot on it. I only occasionally use this PC these days but I was looking to give it a bit of an upgrade here and there. I was looking into a sound card for it since the motherboard audio isn't that great these days. However, it's a...

I recently purchased a pair of 250 ohm headphones, I currently have a reasonably old sound blaster z sound card, whilst this is working fine with my headphones I was thinking about buying a desktop amp just for convenience as well as the fact I am looking to build myself a new pc in the coming...

I have HyperX Cloud Stinger which I'm using since more than 2 years, and thinking about getting a new headphone. Sellers are offering Razer Tiamat 7.1 V2 for less than 100$, but I'm unsure about their performance compared to the compitition in same price range. P.S: I dont have a sound card...

I have a pair of V Moda LP 2's, i love bass and nice crisp rich audio. I had that with a Blue Snowball for audio in Discord and other games. I thought getting Steelseries Arctis Pro's + the DAC and built in Sabre soundcard would be better quality, which they are louder, the bass is much cleaner...

Hi all, I recently purchased the Phillips X2HRs from Amazon. They sound great and the experience is fine as is but for games, some music, and even discord is a lot quieter than it was on my Corsair Void headset. I've tried reinstalling the audio drivers, fussing with the audio enhancements...

Hi all, I do not know much about audio, do these sound cards both have DACs and AMPs that perform similarly aside from the features? Are there any better, or similar performing external sound cards for a lower price? (USD)

I have a wireless headphone (hyper x cloud flight). It uses usb. Does it use my on board sound card? Or i have to buy a DAC that has usb so i can plug my headphones usb dongle there. Im planning to buy a good motherboard x570 that has alc1220. I just want to know if my headphones will be using...

Hello! I have an M-Audio Delta 1010LT PCI sound card (Here's a review so you can see it - https://www.gearslutz.com/board/reviews/715065-m-audio-delta-1010lt.html) which is in my now very tired Dell T3400 workstation, which since the upgrade to Windows 10 can't really cope anymore. I'd like to...

Can all sound cards work in all PCs, so what's happened my front panel 3.5 mm jack is the only port that works my MIC, it's all sound PC integrated. l feel that the pins inside, have all lifted up because, when i put my MIC jack inside it's only comes out my right speaker. I have to hold...

Recently I've been looking into getting the creative soundblaster g6. However I'm wondering, if it is possible, to run it both optical and by USB because my motherboard has a optical output but no input. I am only wondering about this because I've heard that it improves quality greatly if you...

Hi, I currently have a Gaming PC with a dedicated sound card, the Sound BlasterX AE-5 and a pair of Edifier audiophile grade stereo speakers along with the Sennheiser HD 600 headphones. I was wondering if it'd be worth it to get a high quality DAC in order to get a superior sound quality vs...