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Do You Really Need a Discrete Sound Card?
crookedvulture writes "Integrated audio has become a common freebie on motherboards, causing many to question whether there's any need to have a sound card. Tech Report took a closer look at the issue by testing the latest integrated Realtek codec against a couple of sound cards: Asus' $30 Xonar DG and its considerably more expensive $280 Xense cousin. Everything from gaming performance to signal quality is explored, and it's the blind listening tests that prove most revealing. The integrated solution is obviously flawed, and in a bit of a surprise, the cheaper Xonar is the one most preferred. Discrete sound cards certainly have their benefits, and you don't need to spend a lot to get something that sounds a lot better than the average motherboard."
and what was the latency on the signal? all that local re-regulation doesn't come free.
I don't.
But I don't do anything that revolves around audio.
Of course 99.5% of the people who claim to be audiophiles and claim they can 'tell the difference' don't need one either. Its just a different type of epenis.
What's it called when you belittle a group of enthusiasts who are interested in something that you admit to knowing almost absolutely nothing about? Still epenis or is that something different entirely?
I'm not an audiophile, but I don't have to be to find your telling people what they can or cannot "tell" to be pretty damn ignorant. You either seem to think that A) They cannot tell the difference and are lying/tricking themselves or B) There is a difference but it is so minute that it is not worth fussing over. If A, then who are you to tell someone what they can or cannot hear? If you're seriously trying to claim that you know better than they do what they are hearing, you're an idiot. If B, then who are you to tell someone what is important and what is not? Just because their priorities are different than yours doesn't make you right.
The fact that you got modded to 5:Insightful is what really irks me. It's that "I haven't put any effort into learning about this topic, but I'm going to belittle it from the sidelines" attitude, followed by the rest of the community nodding with conviction right along side you that pisses me off.