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Question

What headphon/stereo softwar is the most effective for music

Apr 11, 2015 3:38AM PDT

I do not have a sound card. I have Realtek High-Definition Audio
I'm contemplating getting Razer Surround (a piece of software designed to give 7.1 surround sound to normal stereo headphones), it says it is designed mainly for gaming, which is my third priority. My first priority is music and secondary is video. I have pretty good headphones already (Dr. Dre Studio Beats which are priced high for what they are but still quite nice imho.)

I am also looking for software that can improve my main stereo experience if that's possible (I am willing to pay for this as well) My stereo is a 5.1 stereo system 1 subwoofer 2 rear 2 front 1 center. Will any software be able to improve my audio experienve on the stereo or the headphones? Ive been told that getting a new sound card won't do anything because my stereo has no connections other than the old connections (don't rember what they're called) so that wouldn't be beneficial anyways.


- btw. (sorry for always coming here to ask questions from you guys but never answering any, it's just I don't have enough expertiece to be confedient enough to give information to others about their computer that might cause issues to happen)

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Toms did an article on this.
Apr 11, 2015 3:58AM PDT
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I understand that but...
Apr 11, 2015 6:12AM PDT

The realtek onboard audio had software that had usefull features that I really want but I don't know how to get the program back and the restore points don't bring it back and I cant find a way to download the program and downloading the latest driver didn't seem to work... I don't know what to do, my music doesn't sound good anymore Sad

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This the onboard is gone forever?
Apr 11, 2015 7:29AM PDT

I've lost track of how many folk get into such a situation. For me I'm hitting the motherboard maker's web pages. Here there is no detail to help you further. So why not get a sound card?

The Tom's article made it clear to me that it's not the card.
Bob

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*edit (sorry I left out alot I apologize)
Apr 11, 2015 6:07AM PDT

SORRY IN ADVANCE for the encylcopedia I've written here but this is importent to me if you think you know the answer to this question I would appreciate it if you would read it because this will really help me.
The reason I need new software is because the Realtek sound manager or whatever it was (the one ytou could access in the controll panel) ended up not being able to be used anymore and I cannot restore it and do not know how to download it. The music does play for some reason because i did get the driver for the realtek high defenition audio device that is on my motherboard. So I can no longer use any of the realteks actual features and it sounds like complete crap.
I don't have a sound card and (my stereo only has the old connectors anyways so I dont think a sound card would do anything anyways.)
I'm contemplating buying 'RAZER SURROUND pro' tech specs found @ http://www.razerzone.com/surround ) [a piece of software designed to give 7.1 surround sound to normal stereo headphones(I know this sounds unreal but I hear from audiophiles that it actually beats some actuall gaming headsets that are 7.1 surround without software)], it says it is designed mainly for gaming, which is my third priority. My first priority is music and secondary is video.
I have pretty good headphones already (Dr. Dre Studio Beats which are priced high for what they are but still quite nice imho.) However I only want software(preferably) or hardware that will improve my music experience.
I'm NOT looking for an improvement to my gaming experience as modern video are worse than watching paint dry.
I'm also looking for software that can improve my main stereo experience if that's possible (I'm willing to pay for this as well) My stereo is a 5.1 stereo system 1 subwoofer 2 rear 2 front 1 center, I't only has the old connectors though, so I don't think a better sound card will benefit it... and I can't buy a new stereo or new headphones.
RANKED A - L [A is the Highest]
A.] BASS BOOST
B.] BASS MANAGEMENT
C.] 7.1 SURROUND SOUND REPLIFICATION
D.] ROOM CORRECTION
E.] SWAP CENTER/SUBWOOFER SPEAKER
F.] 24 bit, 192,000 Hz (Studio Quality)
G.] LOUDNESS EQUALIZATION
H.] SPEAKER FILL
I.] VOICE CLARITY
J.] PITCH SHIFT
K.] EQUALIZER
L.] SIMULATES DIFFERENT PLAYBACK ENVIROMENTS
Then anything else you can think of (but bass most important by far.)
But anyways I would be VERY greatful if you can provide me with any info that can improve my experience. And even if none of you can I thank all of you anyways, you have helped me fix MANY stupid problems that I caused my computers over the years that would normally have cause me who knows how many hundreds to fix if I had to bring them in.