you mean virtual surround?

yes

thats just software or a different proccesor all together

but what I meant is do the DACs just throw away the extra channels or is it all muxed into stereo

channel mixing is handled by your OS

sound drivers specifically

i need a new cheap amp/dac

mine broke

lol

FX-DAC6 is probably the cheapest you could go

E10k is also pretty cheap now

esp if you buy second hand

ty

dam n55$

lol

cheap PCM2704 dacs work but dont have volume knobs

so you have to control via windows sound

and can have issues for high impedance headphones, or headphones with weird impedance swings

>mfw this whole thing is just above my head

since most operate as true DACs

I like the DAC-X6

yea i might get tha

it has quality control issues tho

so unless you know how to solder you might want to stay away

or dont mind dealing with sellers trying to fuck with you

any other recomendations?

used E10k

they go for around $60-70 on head-fi trade/sales

or you can just get one of these and control volume digitally

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5V-USB-Powered-PCM2704-MINI-USB-Sound-Card-DAC-decoder-board-for-PC-Computer/32665768364.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Frss-Shipping-ZHILAI-H1-HiFi-computer-digital-sound-external-sound-card-USB-input-DAC-3-5/32589666753.html if you want a case

appears that i cant hear anything

hm

there we go

who buys external sound cards wtf

me]

but

the pci e slot is right there

internal soundcards are shit

only reason to use one is for HTPC

🤔