Need Headphone Amp Suggestions for...

[BoredSysAdmin]

One of the last Sound Blasters with a decent headphone amp maybe. Look at some of the offerings from HT Omega.

Thanks, will do, however digital a/v ports slowly but surely hammering last nails in PC analog audio coffin

 

[sholling]

Thanks, will do, however digital a/v ports slowly but surely hammering last nails in PC analog audio coffin

I run my computer audio out over optical to an old receiver but it's not something most people have the will to do. Heck most people still rip to lossy formats.

 

[Knucklehead90]

One of the last Sound Blasters or one of the last cheap cards with a decent headphone amp maybe. Look at some of the offerings from HT Omega.

+1
The HT Omega card is the best one I've owned and I've owned many cards in the past 15 years. My last card was a Creative (Crapative???) Audigy Pro 4 with the small console - supposed to be 'dead silent' according to Creative - but when I emailed support they said 'some' hiss is normal with any card. I guess they've never heard an HT Omega card. Great sounding card and it IS dead silent when nothing is playing. Creative blamed the hiss on my computer - the same one that the HT Omega card is dead silent on.
I'd have kept my Turtle Beach card but they didn't support XP 64 bit with the one I had.