Help me choose a good sound card

[arijspieter]

im planning to buy the audioengine a5+ speakers
those are really good speakers so it would be a waste using onboard audio with them
my main goal is good quality audio for music so asus' cards are def better for me than creative's
now, i thought of the essense stx but it's kinda expensive...

anyone here another idea which doesn't cost as much as the essence stx??

 

[thrakazog]

I'f you spent the bucks on the a5's, spend the bucks for the STX.

I'm running the essence STX with a pair of audioengine 2's, and the results are spectacular.

Also, be sure to use a good ASIO player for listening to your music on PC. There are some great paid and free ones out there. I personally use AIMP. But look at all of them and decide which is best for you.

 

[arijspieter]

ok thanks!

btw: the mediaplayer i use is PotPlayer (x64 edition). it's really the best thing i've ever used!!!

 

[arijspieter]

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