Opinions on replacing 5.1 with Corsair SP2500 and soundcard needed!

[subbydew]

Hey, i was wondering what sound card would be good for my needs?

At the moment i have Logitech G51 5.1 surround sound and Roccat Kave REAL 5.1 headsets, BUT i was looking into replacing my older Logitech G51's with the newer Corsair SP2500 2.1 speakers.

First of all, what do you think of me replacing the G51's for the SP2500's?

Also what sound card would be good to work with the SP2500 which has a 3.5mm aux in but i would rather use the 2x RCA plugs on it for better quality and I would still want to use the Roccat Kave fully as well obviously which has 4x 3.5mm jacks including the mic.

I was looking at the Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD sound card but i dont think i would be able to use the Roccat Kave's with it, so what sound card would you guys recommend.

P.S. At the moment, with the Roccat Kave headsets i get interference noises from the motherboards onboard sounds. ie. When i move my mouse i get buzzing noises and when im connecting or loading a map in Minecraft i get loud buzzing noises. To stop this from really annoying me to much i turned down the eq volumes for front, back, etc. on the headset in-line control box but i can still hear it a bit if im not listening to music or something. So a sound card should stop that aswell. (I would have to have the control box eq volume down anyway otherwise because it would be too loud even on like 50% volume on the computer, They are REALLY loud headsets)


All opinions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks
-SuBByDew

 

[tinnitus]

may be this one is your solution:

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=8756

http://www.auzentech.com/site/products/x-fi_forte.php

Headphone Output

3.5mm(1/8 ”) stereo mini-phone jack: Includes an independent Headphone amp and can activate an impedance 16Ω ~ 600Ω headphone or earphone. Also, can be used, when configuring a Stereo system, not using the Analog I/O cable, as an Front Line Output.

dunno if you can set the output from the software driver

 

[gamerk316]

Wouldnt the SP2500's be using the onboard audio then or can you plug the front audio into the soundcard.

You can usually connect the soundcard to the front audio panel.

But as i said 2 posts ago, i could just use a 7.1 soundcard with TRS plugs, as i can plug my 5.1 Kave into that which would take up 4 plugs including the mic which would leave 1 or more spare plugs depending on the soundcard which i could change to a normal line out or front out for the SP2500 which means im not using the RCA obviously.
Wouldnt that work?

Nope. You can't just change what the jack does on a soundcard. That last output jack would be for the 7.1 output, and simply wouldn't be used.

 

[tinnitus]

that FP panel out uses souncard's dac, opamp & capacitors?

 

[tinnitus]

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=211&products_id=16247

this one sounds better than essence stx according to bit-tech

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/soundcards/2011/02/26/auzentech-x-meridian-7-1-2g-review/1

 

[subbydew]

I think the Forte is looking like the best option here

 

[gamerk316]

Forte is an older card though; the Auzentech Bravura fills the same market segment on the Auzentech side.

 

[MagicPants]

Just a thought on the speakers. You might try going home audio speakers and a mini-amp rather than powered computer speakers.

I recently dumped a set of Bose companion 2s, for a pair of Polk monitor 30 IIs and an Audio Source amp-50. I'm not running a sub, but with 5.25 inch drivers on the Polks, I don't really need to.

 

[subbydew]

I will be getting the SP2500, i like my bass and i dont really want two kinda big monitors on my bench.

And the Auzentech Bravura seems like a good choice, it has the plugs for my 5.1 headphones and then i can use the headphonr plug for the SP2500's. The soindcard says it comes with a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter and i have one anyway so ill use that since the SP2500 has a normal 1/8" plug.

 

[subbydew]

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