my pc is having a hard time driving these

my phone can do it fine

@Raggle Fraggle ask @Deleted User

@Raggle Fraggle anything with 15v-48v phantom power is fine

also behringer is a good brand

from tests we've seen that's all that's necessary to power it without quality drop off

like, it's not super extra pro tier but it's gonna be better than 99% of twitch streamers have as a given

I don't think you even need an audio interface personally if you're only using it for gaming, but that's just me and my experiences

i think it'd be worth it if you're trying to do twitch or youtube, but

honestly, it would mostly be used for chatting on Discord/in-game stuff, and *maybe* some amateur commentaries/goofing off; I just would rather have something of better quality than my HyperX Stinger's headset mic

how much of a maybe is this?

because yeah it's valuable for videos and streams

because you can adjust levels really easily with a spare hand

I figure it's better to be a bit overkill than going full cheapo

i get that

I wouldn't call a phantom power box cheapo, most people balk at that even

my next pc's gonna be a ridiculous quad xeon box with 128GB of ecc ram, because fuck it

aint no kill like overkill

even if i could get by fine on 64GB of ram and just a single higher-end xeon

https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-Micropower-Ultra-Compact-Phantom-Supply/dp/B000FG795I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499550076&sr=8-1&keywords=phantom+power+behringer this is fine for most people I imagine but yeah if you want to go to the next level get the audio interface

so @Kaytee lets say we found a good amp board for me, what should i look into for DAC

plus the Blue Yeti that I was also considering not only isn't /csg/ material, but would be a pain to deal with as far as accessories go since it's mostly proprietary shit

@Goa i'd stick with the ele dac personally

it's just a pcm2704 reference design in a box, perfectly fine for anything a human can hear

but i want something a bit better and with right chanel working

you're making an audio stack not some metrology rig

oh it's broken, uhm

@Raggle Fraggle there's a BM-USB that's okay

if you were considering a Yeti

tbh with the ele dac, if one channel is dead

yeah i lose right channel all the time. and while im at it why not upgrade

first thing i would do is take it apart and look at the trs jack's solder joints

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-8TJtZr2pU @Raggle Fraggle

everything looks good i already did all that

the jack isn't secured to anything but the board

this would be fine for basic gayman

and eventually the force of plugging and ubnplugging headphones can crack it

kaytee

only thing that brings it back

is me shorting the caps

and empty to 0