I am looking for something better than my pc soundcard to listen to all the re-mastered great music being released now. WHAT DO I NEED?
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The E09K is just an amplifier. If you're unhappy with what your soundcard outputs you need a DAC to better massage the sound file into sweet, sweet analog sound. The E09K is an amplifier, so it takes analog sound and basically makes it louder. This model can be coupled with the E17 which acts as both a pre-amplifier and a DAC and produces some really nice sound. The E17 takes a digital input from USB or Optical and outputs it through a headphone jack. That's the setup I use and I love it.
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Just my opinion, there is likely not to be any big difference, assuming you have a recent/decent mob. The sound card will give you more bells and whistles to play with - echoes, equalizer, etc. However, quality of sound is not likely to be noticeable. Hope this helps.
1146602
Much better. You won't be disappointed. There are tons of sound presets to suit your tastes, plus 4 presets that you can fully customize. Even without any enabled the sound quality is still better thanks to the Wolfson DAC in the device.
1242076
Agree with other folks who posted; get a headphone amp or maybe a USB DAC to take on the work of sound processing from the integrated sound card. Though they have gotten better integrated sound cards suck compared to a dedicated card or device. I was looking at picking up Audioengine D1 24-bit Digital-to-Analog Converter for my PC; so that I can connect my monitors and also use the head phone jack for these PC350 or my HD 600s.
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That sounds good. I am in the process of reripping the CDs that are WMA's - I knew the Ipod wouldn't play them, and I was worried about the sound quality with converted files. Thanks for the reply!
1105516
I bought the Yamaha CD-S300 "Natural Sound" player, and it sounds great with it's "pure direct" (analog) output. It's a little pricey (~ $400) considering its a single disc, CD only player; but it delivers a precise, warm and spacious sound.
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It depends how ambitious you are. To get the best sound quality you need good speakers or a good heaphone of course. Although the built in sound circuitry of most newer computers will probably work, you may want to get a better soundcard, or sound module with USB connection to your computer (such as Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6). It makes sense to first see how well the built in sound circuitry works and be sure to use an ASIO driver (ASIO4All is free) to decrease the latency (time delay between playing a note and actually hearing it, otherwise you may experience some annoying delays.
1676593
This works with build in soundcards, but if you want better quality a dedicated sound card will make it better.
2151143
It depends of the source. If you want to Digital to Analog from a USB or a toslink connection I would recommend Audioengine D1. I have several of their products and I really like the quality. I have an ARCAM rPac but the out put is RCA. If your headphones are Bluethoot the ARCAM rBlink seems to be a possible solution. All depends from your equipment (source and headphones).
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Rekordbox is only for Pioneer CDJs I have the Numark Mixdeck Express it's an amazing tool for beginners DJs you can use Virtual DJ 8 with it, also the box includes a serato DJ software that you can use with it
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I don't know. It's been working for me. What program are you using to copy music onto them?
2005571
About this comment; "CD's sound decent but near as good as a system meant to play them"...is there a device I might purchase to play CDs on this system so that they sound great...not just decent?
1996294
If you have a bunch of old records that you can't get on Cd or MP3, and you just want to listen to them, get the model with the built in pre-amp. You will also then be able to put them on your computer. But if you are looking for a vinyl based system that beats cds, mp3s etc, then you'll need a higher end turntable, cartridge etc. Otherwise you're better off plugging your Ipod straight into your amp!
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You can import and export sounds or loops into it by connecting it to a computer. .flac files, i have not connected mine to see what the files are saved as.
2168587
This is old tech. Unless u got this unit free check out appleTV. It does superior job of playing your music from yr PC
516953
This product does not come with a user guide and the Numark website does not support it. I have found the Creative Labs SoundBlaster X-fi HD Model SB1240 to be a better quality external soundcard, and it is well supported. It costs just a little bit more and is well worth it. If you're going to DJ with a laptop, look into software that can use two soundcards, an external for output, and your internal soundcard for monitoring/cueing.
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I advise Scarlett 2i4 if you need 2 separate outputs for DJing, NI does the same but I had glitches on this soundcard.Roland is decent choice for sure, had good experience with M-Audio too.