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

5 tao seconds

then plug it into usb and my headphones in

and i dont want to do that every few hours

that's

bizarre

kz zs5 is nice

well memed

i cum

windatica how much better than zst?

@Raggle Fraggle if you use a USB sound card like Podcastage is it gives good sound quality

good enough for casual gaming commentaries

i don't own zst, i have zs3, fonge s500, fonge t01, ate, eiaosi x6, monk and rock zirc0ns

@Goa do you have optical or coax out or usb only