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Has good built in amplifiers and has headphone surround sound and can power 600-Ohm headphones.įull Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master audio The RX-671 can be connected to the Internet so you can listen toĪny radio station that transmits over the Internet. The Yamaha RX-V671 A/V receiver is selling for around $360 shipped (Electronics Expo), The Beyerdynamic DT880 Premium 600-Ohm headphones sell for $240. Their best gaming card is still the T-HD (Titanium HD, but will not drive 600-Ohm headphones).Īsus is just launching their new Phoebus gaming card, so maybe wait on it.Īnyway the current Asus Xonar Essence STX will drive 600-Ohm headphones. The Creative Recon3D cards are a backstep for Creative Labs. If it's worth the price, it's up to you, for me, I would even considerer, given the money, of going higher, but aparently this is your first step in hi-fi audio, this would going to be a HUGE leap from where you are now.Īsus STX, Beyerdynamic DT880, RX-V671, Klipsch 5.1 the 5.3 above mentioned) require a headphone amp. IF, IF and only IF(which I don't, at least not now) I had US$ 2k to spend, to assemble a PC sound system, I would probably do something like this:ġ) Asus Xonar STX(this one I already have )ģ) they need a XLR preamp, but i'm not sure what to chooseĤ) IF exclusively for gamming, either an ATH-A700/AD700 as headphone, but I wouldn't use a headphone solely for gamming.ĥ) You will still have about US$ 800 - 900 floating around so you can try to afford something like those as music heaphones:Ħ) probably a headphone amp, since many higher-end headphones(e.g. I don't think very highly about 5.1 or 7.1, so bear in my all my recomendations lean toward stereo systems. Click to expand.First of all, consult this site: