new desktop pc good sound for music?

philng

Existing desktop pc 8 yrs old maybe on last legs. Looking for new one but must have good sound for ipod playback via itunes quick and good storage. Screen maybe 22 or 24 in. Any recommmended manufacturers and sites and any to avoid? All in budget 500 to 800 but dont want an all in one pc.

grizzly1911

philng wrote: »

Existing desktop pc 8 yrs old maybe on last legs. Looking for new one but must have good sound for ipod playback via itunes quick and good storage. Screen maybe 22 or 24 in. Any recommmended manufacturers and sites and any to avoid? All in budget 500 to 800 but dont want an all in one pc.

Won't the sound quality be more dependant on the active speakers. Would expect most modern PCs to be capable of handling itunes.

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for the old one https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849

anything should do, just get good speakers

-TangleFoot-

grizzly1911 wrote: »

...more dependant on the active speakers.

I've heard good things about the ASUS Xonar series of sound cards... though I'd suggest getting better 'phones for the 'pod* first. The little white things you get in the box are apparently terrible.

*You do have an iPod, don't you?

grizzly1911

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

I've heard good things about the ASUS Xonar series of sound cards... though I'd suggest getting better 'phones for the 'pod* first. The little white things you get in the box are apparently terrible.

*You do have an iPod, don't you?

Nope and no intention of getteing one. I have a smartphone with 32Gb miroSDHc card does me just fine. I use Senheisser CX300 or Denon over ear.

The OP does though;)

-TangleFoot-

grizzly1911 wrote: »

The OP does though;)

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The Xonar cards are very good if they actually works on your system, fantastic hardware, nice headphone amp etc. Unfortunately the drivers are very picky about what computers they will work with*. Buy it from somewhere with a good return policy, even if that means going to bloody PC World.

I ended up getting a Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio. I always swore I'd never buy another Creative Labs product, but it actually works fine.

*They are incredibly sensitive to DPC latency, so if you have one other piece of hardware in your system with a poorly written driver you risk getting pops and jumps in your sound.

googler

Make sure you get a decent sound card, and if you want the 'best sound for music', feed it to a proper HiFi system, not a pair of 'computer speakers'....