Hello guys. Hope, I am on right forum section here. I want buy new speakers for my pc to get better quality while gaming and movie watching and sometimes music. Short question: Do I need a dedicated soundcard if I route the audio from onboard to speaker with optical cable? Will the quality be the same with onboard sound?
My speakers are connected with normal 3 analog cables for 5.1 sound (don't know whats called). Currently, I have coil whine on my graphics card. I can hear it through my speakers, if I use onboard sound (same on two different motherboards). With dedicated soundcard the coil whine disappears. I also can hear noise If I volume up and the scene in game or music is very quiet. And the volume control from speakers are not working perfectly anymore. Also in the past I wanted to connect a game console and my pc to the speakers, which can't be done at my current setup. Also, I hope the speakers will just sound better than my current one, which aren't bad. I am not audiophile and I also don't want volume up to the highest level (especially not with 500 W speaker setup).
My current equipment
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6
Speaker: Logitech X-540
What I want buy
Speaker: Logitech Z-906
> http/www.logitech.com/de-de/product/speaker-system-z906
What I like about the Z-906 and hope to get
What I want do with it
I would buy it through Mindfactory for € 273,46. I am living in Germany.
> http/geizhals.de/logitech-z906-980-000468-a621355.html
At the main webpage this is listed as € 399,00.
My speakers are connected with normal 3 analog cables for 5.1 sound (don't know whats called). Currently, I have coil whine on my graphics card. I can hear it through my speakers, if I use onboard sound (same on two different motherboards). With dedicated soundcard the coil whine disappears. I also can hear noise If I volume up and the scene in game or music is very quiet. And the volume control from speakers are not working perfectly anymore. Also in the past I wanted to connect a game console and my pc to the speakers, which can't be done at my current setup. Also, I hope the speakers will just sound better than my current one, which aren't bad. I am not audiophile and I also don't want volume up to the highest level (especially not with 500 W speaker setup).
My current equipment
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6
Speaker: Logitech X-540
What I want buy
Speaker: Logitech Z-906
> http/www.logitech.com/de-de/product/speaker-system-z906
What I like about the Z-906 and hope to get
■ better sound quality through digital input and better speakers
■ many possible sources as input (maybe if i put anything else to it)
■ control console and remote control
What I want do with it
■ playing games like Counter Strike and Witcher 3 and old school emulator games
■ watching movies on Netflix
■ music through Spotify and hard drive
■ maybe very seldom high quality FLAC sound from hard drive
I would buy it through Mindfactory for € 273,46. I am living in Germany.
> http/geizhals.de/logitech-z906-980-000468-a621355.html
At the main webpage this is listed as € 399,00.