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eli

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I was just wondering how good of an AMP/Sound card the bithead from headroom makes. If someone were to get one of these for a setup rather then a high end sound card an an amp, what results should they expect?
 
its a USB DAC

as for it replacing your soundcard, i think a high end card (like the EMU stuff) would sound better, but if you are on a laptop and need an amp/DAC for your headphones that would be a good investment
 
I just listened to one for the first time at a HeadRoom tour that was coming through Portland and I have to say I really enjoyed it. It's also just so handy to not have to deal with the soundcard and just go straight out to a DAC/Amp. Also it's nice to have a built in amp for your headphones.
 
I know a DAC is a Digital to Analog Converter, and it converts digits into sound, but isn't that basically what a whole sound card is?
 
eli said:
I know a DAC is a Digital to Analog Converter, and it converts digits into sound, but isn't that basically what a whole sound card is?
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Right, the theory is just that the DAC in the BitHead is a bit better than what's in your computer. Also, the sound card in your computer has an amplifier section as well. The BitHead (i'm guessing) has a better amplifier section than what's in your computer.

If you were to just go with an ordinary headphone amplifier, you'd be sending the audio signal through your computer's DAC and amplifier section, and then through an external amplifier (which would be the headphone amp your suggesting would be paired with a sound card) then you loose out on audio quality: if you're using the BitHead, the sound only has to go through the BitHead's DAC and amp section.

But, if you're gonna get a BitHead and you can spare the extra cash, i'd go for the Total BitHead. Better components in that one.
 
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