sound cards??? and m-audio av30s

[mev]

hi, my motherboard has onboard audio,,,now the thing is i just got av30s but the quality of the sound is umm well disapointing will the purchase of an ASUS Xonar ds sound card for 35 quid make that much of a difference..i use a pc with win7 64bit...
thx mev

 

[TeyshaBlue]

hi, my motherboard has onboard audio,,,now the thing is i just got av30s but the quality of the sound is umm well disapointing will the purchase of an ASUS Xonar ds sound card for 35 quid make that much of a difference..i use a pc with win7 64bit...
thx mev

What are you trying to accomplish? Just listening or will you be trying to make critical decisions based upon what you are hearing? Will you be mixing?

 

[mev]

well umm..

im trying to accomplish a quality sound comming from my speakers... i use live8 and a few NI plug ins to mess about with my own noises:::
thx

 

[TimOBrien]

Still using a built-in soundcard?? Unfortunately, those are made with less than $1 worth of chips for beeps, boops and light gaming (not to mention cheapness for the manufacturer) and NOT quality music production.

#1 Rule of Recording: You MUST replace the built-in soundcard.

Here's a good guide and tested suggestions that WORK: http://www.tweakheadz.com/soundcards_for_the_home_studio.htm
(you'll want to bookmark and read through all of Tweak's Guide while you're there...)