I want to take the digital output on my X-Fi to a digital input on a headphone amp. That means the headphone amp needs it's own DAC, right? Any good ones for about $300.00 - $400.00 CAD that have digital input? Have to be able to buy it in Canada too. Have had enough BS from customs before so don't need that headache again.
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Looking for headphone amp with digital input
- Thread starter Gatticus
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If you're running your XFI for games I'd stick with using it's analogue output. This lets you keep all the fancy surround + EAX effects for games since that stuff doesn't get applied to the digital output on creative cards.
XFI->Analog->Headphone Amp-Headphones is a great setup to use for gaming. Especially since the XFI does a far better job with headphones + positioning in games over how the Audigy 2 ZS did.
XFI->Analog->Headphone Amp-Headphones is a great setup to use for gaming. Especially since the XFI does a far better job with headphones + positioning in games over how the Audigy 2 ZS did.
Hmm, ok, maybe I should stick with analog then. But I look at the manual for the X-Fi and I don't see an analog line level out. It shows digital out which is also a mic input (using mic on it right now) and three analog outs (front/center/rear). All three are being used by my speakers. I don't want to have to go to the back of my computer everytime I want to switch between headphone amp and speakers. I guess the headphone amp would plug in to the front analog out. That really doesn't work for me. I need a line level out too so when using headphones I can mute the speakers and use the headphone amp. Do I need a different soundcard or is this doable on the X-Fi?
If you've got the platinum or higher xfi, you can set it so when you plug headphones into the front port it will automatically switch you to heaphone mode and mute your speakers. As far as a lineout from the back you'd be stuck sharing th eport with your front port. You could buy a switch for it to change back and forth, but you'll still be stuck having to change speaker config modes and such each time. Your best best would proabably be to go from the front headphone port->amp->headphones.
