Remember that this card uses a PCI Express x1 Interface, so you should have an empty slot for that on your motherboard. So, I bought the Xonar DX (in all fairness, my wife bought it for my birthday). My motherboard has a Realtek chip and, while that’s ok for daily use, I felt that something was seriously lacking in terms of sound ever since I hooked up my amp and speakers. I went with an Asus Xonar DX, a model that many say offers pretty good bang for the buck (after trying it, I tend to share that opinion). So, I would use the green port on my motherboard (ignoring the sub out port), -> sub input -> sub output -> speakers.Depending on your budget, you can buy a quality sound card for the discerning audiophile and gamer. If you go to speakers first then speakers to sub the sub will work with all audio sources. If you go through the sub first then the sub will only work with your pc only.

I don't know what type of speakers you have but mine have bluetooth and aux input x2. Its better to pass audio through speakers first though. I connect my edifier speaker like this but i use fiber toslink to speakers then speaker sub output to sub with 3.5mm to rca. Or if your speakers have sub or rca output.ģ.5mm - > power speakers - > speaker output -> sub input. You have to pass the audio to your speakers through the sub or if your speakers have rca out you use that to your sub.ģ.5mm - > sub input - > sub output - > power speaker. So that might mean that I don't really need to change the master volume. The other thing that contradicts this, is that when I play the test tones, then the subwoofer sounds loud. However, I can't realistically do that, because a 10/100 or 12/100 is too loud, from my Airmotiv 6s. Maybe if I were to increase that volume, then I'd also hear more sub. I do think the fact that my Airmotiv 6s volume is set at 6/100 or 8/100, through my device speakers in windows settings, and yet that is still loud enough to fill the room, might have something to do with it. I can verify that I am playing the 5.1 content correctly, because if I change my audio output device to my receiver (and connect the subwoofer to my receiver, instead of my PC), then the subwoofer sounds like it should. I still barely hear my subwoofer when its connected to my PC.Īlso, to clarify, whether I'm playing 5.1 content or regular music, I do feel my subwoofer moving when it's connected to my PC.

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