Hi,
I have recently purchased a Skylake Core i7 pc, running Windoes 10, and with an Asus Xonar DX soundcard.
I specifically chose the sound card expecting to get half decent sound from it. A couple of pc's ago I had a Creative Soundblaster X-fi, which I was perfectly happy with, so I thought an up to date Asus Xonar would be fine.
However, having connected the sound card 3.5 jack out, to the Aux phono in, on my Technics amp, and playing a CD on the PC, I find myself completely underwhelmed. I thought, as the sound is going through my Technics amp, the sound would be at least as good as a CD played on my CD player, but it is not. It is completely lacking in bass and depth, by comparison.
I have browsed some threads on this forum and found the "sound card v DAC" debate. Have I got this completely wrong, and am I not going to get a decent sound from this setup? I can't use digital out, as I don't have a digital input on my amp, which is about ten years old!
The reason I want to play the sound through my PC, is because I intended to RIP all my CD's to WAV, and use the PC as a juke box, insted of having to hunt around for long forgotten CD's
Would appreciate any help here, as audio is not my strong point.
I have recently purchased a Skylake Core i7 pc, running Windoes 10, and with an Asus Xonar DX soundcard.
I specifically chose the sound card expecting to get half decent sound from it. A couple of pc's ago I had a Creative Soundblaster X-fi, which I was perfectly happy with, so I thought an up to date Asus Xonar would be fine.
However, having connected the sound card 3.5 jack out, to the Aux phono in, on my Technics amp, and playing a CD on the PC, I find myself completely underwhelmed. I thought, as the sound is going through my Technics amp, the sound would be at least as good as a CD played on my CD player, but it is not. It is completely lacking in bass and depth, by comparison.
I have browsed some threads on this forum and found the "sound card v DAC" debate. Have I got this completely wrong, and am I not going to get a decent sound from this setup? I can't use digital out, as I don't have a digital input on my amp, which is about ten years old!
The reason I want to play the sound through my PC, is because I intended to RIP all my CD's to WAV, and use the PC as a juke box, insted of having to hunt around for long forgotten CD's
Would appreciate any help here, as audio is not my strong point.