Reddit reviews Asus SOUNDCARD XONAR/DGX

I'm told Amazon UK will ship to Australia. Check out what it'll cost to ship to you.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B007RMMYFI/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1341672534&sr=8-1

Buy Superlux HD681 EVO -headphones and ModMic 4.0 -microphone.

• http://www.thomann.de/gb/superlux_hd_681_evo_wh.htm
  
• If you got more to spend, buy Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro 80 ohms or Sennheiser HD598 etc.
  
• http://www.modmic.com
  
  And with Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 (w/ these custom drivers http://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/), your mic's and headphone's quality will improve - especially microphone's
  
  
• http://www.amazon.co.uk/Express-Normalizer-Virtual-Speaker-Shifter/dp/B007RMMYFI
  
  And yeah, never buy 7.1/5.1/virtual surround headphones.

More like this + this for PCI or this for PCIe

You had picked the wrong soundcard, the DX would be for simulating surround sound on a stereo system. Confusing, I know. Asus is not making it easy for us.

Excellent mouse(I tried many this is my favorite) for a headset you can choose this aswell as picking up this and for a keybaord this is a nice one

DG (PCI)

DGX (PCIe)

I have a DG and it's great. Use the UniXonar drivers as they're more flexible and faster. The DG is all you need unless you want to spend $100+ on a USB DAC, which is only reasonable if you have $300+ headphones. The only issue I have with the DG is that Linux (ALSA) doesn't have great support for it.

If anybody knows a cheap PCIe sound card with decent quality that works well with Linux, please let me know.

Amazon have it for £25 NEW https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xonar-DGX-Express-Normalizer-Virtual/dp/B007RMMYFI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509924686&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+dgx

might wanna lower it.

Okay awesome, I'll grab a PCI sound card.

Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 Sound Card (PCI Express 1.0, Smart Volume Normalizer, Xear 3D Virtual Speaker Shifter, Magic Voice) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007RMMYFI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_FiNLxb41JNRWW

So I'll grab one of those receivers a set of bookshelf speakers and some cable and i should be good to go

I haven't looked at audio cards yet. but that will be what im getting when i look for one]

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Thanks for your help, I purchased the 250 ohms 880 from Amazon. I'm a total noob at the matter, I tried reading the wiki and the amplifiers recommended on a budget looked like regular sound cards from motherboard. This one, for example, would it really improve the quality over my motherboard(Asus Z87 Pro) integrated sound card?

Would you recommend any other amp? I have no idea what should I get, I just heard about amps today, and I would be willing to spend another 50€ if the performance is really improved.

Thanks in advance!!