Totally confused about pc audio

Posted by Frank25 (A) on July 29, 2006 at 16:45:04

Ok I have been reading all the posts and info I can on the net and im still a bit confused about getting high end sound from my pc. I recently built myself a new computer and Id like to use it to replace my cd player, but only if I can at least get it sounding as good or better than my modded Marantz cd67. Heres the specs of the computer, Coolermaster Centurion case, Silverstone Zues 650w psu, DFI Lanpart mobo, AMD 4200x2, 2gigs OCZ Gold DDR500, 74gig WD Raptor, 300gig WD Caviar se16, ATI AIW800xl, Creative Xfi. Right now I have my stereo hooked up to the analog outputs of the XFi which I have modded with AD8260 opamps and Elna Silmic output caps. I rip my music to my hard drive as .wav files using using EAC and playback with win media player.

OK so I am planning on building a diy dac, and im not sure how to hook up and setup everything for best sound quality. How do I go about getting a bit perfect digital signal out to the dac without any extra stuff like the windows mixer, volume control...etc getting in the way??? This part really confuses me. Also do I use the digital output on my motherboard or my XFI or do I want to use the usb output?? Ive read all the stuff online and I still havent really found a clear answer. Please help me

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Topic - Totally confused about pc audio - Frank25 16:45:04 07/29/06 (22)

CD drive is still better.... - juanitox 07:46:52 07/30/06 (9)

Re: CD drive is still better.... - audioengr 10:39:35 07/30/06 (6)

CD Drive Better? - Thomas James 19:43:48 07/30/06 (5)

How is Audiophile tweaked? - mattcecil 12:13:41 08/11/06 (0)

Re: CD Drive Better?-Other Issues? - fmak 08:18:24 07/31/06 (1)

Sure. - Thomas James 10:02:57 07/31/06 (0)

Re: CD Drive Better? - juanitox 01:22:31 07/31/06 (1)

Silly me ... - Thomas James 07:39:05 07/31/06 (0)

LOL - Jon L 08:38:01 07/30/06 (1)

Re: LOL - juanitox 10:23:35 07/30/06 (0)

Re: Totally confused about pc audio - Mercman 06:35:57 07/30/06 (1)

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Re: Totally confused about pc audio-Quite Right - fmak 05:58:31 07/30/06 (5)

Re: Totally confused about pc audio-Quite Right - Dawnrazor 19:45:37 07/30/06 (1)

Re: Totally confused about pc audio-Quite Right - fmak 00:20:30 07/31/06 (0)

Laptop vs tower computer - SeVeReD 12:50:11 07/30/06 (0)

Re: Totally confused about pc audio-Quite Right - artcheng@netvigator.com 08:29:27 07/30/06 (1)

Re: Totally confused about pc audio-Quite Right - fmak 09:21:56 07/30/06 (0)

Re: Totally confused about pc audio - bobp 18:46:42 07/29/06 (3)

Re: Totally confused about pc audio - Frank25 11:21:41 07/30/06 (1)

Powered usb - SeVeReD 12:56:50 07/30/06 (0)

Re: Totally confused about pc audio - Frank25 11:15:30 07/30/06 (0)

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