My computer was made to measure for me this year. The music was transferred to a 2tb ssd and fed through the above via MediaMonkey. The cable between the soundcard and amp and between the amp to the speakers are very expensive connections to get the best sound. Yet somehow I had a better sound from my 7 year old Creative soundcard fed through a Teufel amp and speaker system than this new one. No matter what the settings in the Asus soundcard or MediaMonkey are, it sounds flat as though most of the treble and high end frequencies have simply gone and that the speakers cannot cope with high end crisp treble. I'm at a loss to know how to get back the sounds produced by my Teufel amp and speakers via the then Creative soundcard. All suggestions and recommendations and ideas most welcomed please as to how to solve the problems. Thank you.