Think there are only two-three for music, rest for other uses. New sound profiles are good and there is quite a few of those. SBx AE-5 has got around 20 in total, and those are very varied and working well. SB Z has only 5 sound profiles in total and those are nothing special. This would suggest this card is heavilly gaming oriented which would confirm interesting sound profiles included (won't work in direct modes of course). Soundstage to me is pretty much the same however HRTF audio test have potentially went quite a bit better for AE-5 with the up and down, especially up, positioning. Not sure about high ends, think those are simial to SB Z with the amp. Voice seems somewhat improved on SBx AE-5. Lows are not only less deep, those sound mushy (smoothed). So, deep bass is lacking in the SBx AE-5 headphones' amp. Results of those were pretty much as B, so the lack of the deep bass was not fixed. Test X - SBx AE-5 with the amp in Direct mode, front line out Overall, not as good as A!Ĭ) Sounds pretty good, nice low-end vibrations a bit later. Voice is really good.ī) Sounds pretty good thoroughly, nice(ish) low end vibrations. Bit muffled music?Ī) Sounds very good thoroughly, nice low end vibrations at some points. Center front not great unless really close, than sometimes quite good.ī) All pretty good, think up and down is better than on A. Test 4 – RealSpace 3d Audio Demo HRTF YouTube -Ī) Left, right really good. Quite wide stage however not much of that in the song to be 100% sure.Ĭ) A re-do after a swap back. Quite wide stage however not much of that.ī) Pretty good voice, very good actually. Test 3 – Congratulations – Post Malone - Spotify High quality streaming 320kbit/sĪ) Good voice, not great. Voice good, then amazing, way too good, deep bass, nice, deep. The bass crisp, strong(ish) and deep.Ĭ) A re-do after a swap back. Then bass, crisp, strong and deep.ī) First voice good+, not amazing. Test 2 – God’s Plan - Drake - Spotify High quality streaming 320kbit/sĪ) First voice good, not amazing. All like A, way better than B even with AMP as tested. A lot going is going at times but the cards manages it well.Ĭ) A re-do after a swap back. A lot is going on!ī) Bass – not fantastic but it is there, then somewhat better but mushy/soft, not too deep, meh-like. Main vocals are great here, triangle very nice. Test 1 - Cola – CamelPhat – Spotify High quality streaming 320kbit/sĪ) Bass – subdued, almost non-existent at first, then crisper, quite strong & deep. Sound Blaster Z, Sound BlasterX AE-5, Topping A30 headphones amp, Beyerdynamic DT990 600 Ohm (non-pro version)Ī) Stereo Direct, 24Bit 192 KhZ, 70 (system) / 75 (amp) volume – Hi – 9dB (any DSP soundcard processing is off in this mode)ī) Direct HP, 24Bit 192 KhZ, HIGH gain, 40 (system) volume (any DSP soundcard processing is off in this mode) I still like the deep bass, the rumble, but a gentle one is all I need now. Dre Mixr on a go all the time - those were probably the most bass heavy small-mid size headphones ever made by human) but I am not that much anymore. I have used to be a basshead (think listening to Beats by Dr. In A (and C), the amp is plugged to the front L+R line out (SB Z). Also this is the quickest test ever, all took me below 2h, so could be a bit inaccurate. Could not test the 5.1 speakers as my cables are still on order. Tests are ONLY for the headphones, the Beyerdynamic DT990 Studio (non-pro) 600 Ohm. I have also tested SBx with the amp in Direct mode even though I would not be able to use it that way going forward as card is missing multichannel digital output, so would not be able to have my 5.1 external speakers. So this is a fair comparison.Īs I was getting pretty tired when testing SBx AE-5 (I call it B), just to be sure, I have replaced the soundcard back and did the A again - desbribed here as C. We can say that SB Z with the amp is worth pretty much the same as the SBx AE-5 card alone. I have just tested B) SBx AE-5 comparing to my A) SB Z with an external desktop headphones amp (Topping A30).
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