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PC Build Audio Help Needed

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daibido1123

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Hi all, to start, I am going into this knowing this will not be cheap to do, but I finally have the means to do a PC build I want to do for a long time now. The PC it self is all spec'ed out already as well as the Display and other peripherals. The issue remaining is the Audio.

To begin, I suffer from 30% hearing loss in my right ear and 70% in the left due to a sever infection I had as a kid, and the loss is not something that a hearing aid can fix sadly. With that said I have very sensitive hearing when it comes to Very High pitches in the treble range and sounds in the deep bass range, its the mid to mid high and mid low I can't hear very well. So ya its weird how my hearing loss has messed with what I hear clearly.

This brings me to the issue at hand, I am looking to do the audio over the TOSLINK to an external amp, where I would output it to surround speakers and also headphones. I am a major music listener, to keep it short, I like all music, just not all songs and/or artist. So I listen to all types of music. I also Watch movies a lot, I have on my media server about 600+ last I checked. (All legally on there to add for anyone that takes issue. :p) I also Play a lot of Games on the computer, more than any sane man should.

So to sum it up, firstly what amp, or amp's should I go with for this that would drive a 5.1 Surround setup and also 250-600 ohm headphones, second what speakers would offer to most tune-able sound in that large sound stage with adjustable treble and bass, lastly which headphones out there would like the speakers offer the best sound stage with adjustable bass and treble in a closed back construction so as to minimize sound leakage and be between the 250 to 600 ohm impedance range?

I hope you all can help, thanks for your time.
 
  1. Considering surround, you should probably look at a receiver, not an amp.
  2. Why Toslink rather than HDMI? Toslink/SPDIF carry surround only when it's compressed; HDMI can move more data, so that's not needed. (Toslink's main advantage is not making an electrical connection between the PC & audio hardware.)
  3. Rough budget?
 
I'm not worried about budget. I'm going to do this in stages, I'm looking more to figure out the parts first. So to keep it simple budget is sky high, just please keep it realistic and best bang for the buck. Also I was looking at TOSLINK because of the no electrical noise, I can hear the noise easily due to the high pitch. Granted if HDMI is the better way to go. My question is then, how bad is the noise?
 
Ok, thanks, I figure digital or not there would be the electrical noise, and my research was turning up mixed results, so I was airing on the side of caution. I see I was in error on that now, thank you.

So back to the point, could anyone help me pick out the parts?
 
Still use Toslink to my Sony 7.2 AVR myself, using an older Auzen X-Fi Prelude card I even bought an adapter for that still will run DTS over it, just because I loved the card.

And a lot of old speakers in various places.

The whole sound system here has been evolving over 30 years at least with different things.
 
I even still have two old Kenwood KL-777z's I use on a separate receiver for subs myself.

It's a bit of an odd setup.
 
ashmelev75 said:
I have an old Dayton SUB-100, but my neighbors weren't happy about my Battlefield3 gaming sessions, so it not connected.
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I took precautions, closest neighbor lives quarter a mile away. They still sometimes complain about the bass.
 
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