Soundcard advise please.

Hi all, sorry for the cross posting, but I want to cover as many bases
as possible.
I am after a new soundcard.
I NEED (read want very badly) to be able to run speakers 2.1 AND a
headset (cans with mic) at the same time. choosing which I want to
listen via (software I assume Vista)
Reason, I wanna be able to play games, watch movies etc late at night or
early in the morning while the Mrs is asleep.
So far the only one I can find that I am fairly sure does this are:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...atid=11&subcat
I don't want to spend a lot of money, and the headset I am looking at
does spatial effects itself (Senns PC 350) so the main function needs to
be similtanious connection. no messing around behind PC to change
connectors.
Thanks in advance.
sorry again for cross posting.
Regards
Lepak

In article <IL8ik.9366$8t7.158@newsfe10.ams2>, Lepak Nerat says...
> Hi all, sorry for the cross posting, but I want to cover as many bases
> as possible.
> I am after a new soundcard.
> I NEED (read want very badly) to be able to run speakers 2.1 AND a
> headset (cans with mic) at the same time. choosing which I want to
> listen via (software I assume Vista)
> Reason, I wanna be able to play games, watch movies etc late at night or
> early in the morning while the Mrs is asleep.
> So far the only one I can find that I am fairly sure does this are:
> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...atid=11&subcat
> I don't want to spend a lot of money, and the headset I am looking at
> does spatial effects itself (Senns PC 350) so the main function needs to
> be similtanious connection. no messing around behind PC to change
> connectors.

If you get a set of Creative 2.1 speakers, they have a remote volume
control. On that is a headphone socket. Sorts all your problems
regardless of soundcard.

--
Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams

Conor wrote:
> In article <IL8ik.9366$8t7.158@newsfe10.ams2>, Lepak Nerat says...
>> Hi all, sorry for the cross posting, but I want to cover as many bases
>> as possible.
>> I am after a new soundcard.
>> I NEED (read want very badly) to be able to run speakers 2.1 AND a
>> headset (cans with mic) at the same time. choosing which I want to
>> listen via (software I assume Vista)
>> Reason, I wanna be able to play games, watch movies etc late at night or
>> early in the morning while the Mrs is asleep.
>> So far the only one I can find that I am fairly sure does this are:
>> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...atid=11&subcat
>> I don't want to spend a lot of money, and the headset I am looking at
>> does spatial effects itself (Senns PC 350) so the main function needs to
>> be similtanious connection. no messing around behind PC to change
>> connectors.
>
> If you get a set of Creative 2.1 speakers, they have a remote volume
> control. On that is a headphone socket. Sorts all your problems
> regardless of soundcard.
>
good plan......however
currently using onboard sound which is not great and considering i am
gonna buy expensive cans i really do not fancy using lower quality
'onboard' sound.
thanks for the comment. anything else?

"Conor" <conor_turton@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6eu4g7F917oiU2@mid.individual.net...
> In article <IL8ik.9366$8t7.158@newsfe10.ams2>, Lepak Nerat says...
>> Hi all, sorry for the cross posting, but I want to cover as many bases
>> as possible.
>> I am after a new soundcard.
>> I NEED (read want very badly) to be able to run speakers 2.1 AND a
>> headset (cans with mic) at the same time. choosing which I want to
>> listen via (software I assume Vista)
>> Reason, I wanna be able to play games, watch movies etc late at night or
>> early in the morning while the Mrs is asleep.
>> So far the only one I can find that I am fairly sure does this are:
>> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...atid=11&subcat
>> I don't want to spend a lot of money, and the headset I am looking at
>> does spatial effects itself (Senns PC 350) so the main function needs to
>> be similtanious connection. no messing around behind PC to change
>> connectors.
>
> If you get a set of Creative 2.1 speakers, they have a remote volume
> control. On that is a headphone socket. Sorts all your problems
> regardless of soundcard.
>
> --
> Conor
>
> I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
> looking good either. - Scott Adams

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Thanks, Conor. That will help me too.

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On 2008-07-25, Lepak Nerat <why@why.com> wrote:
> Conor wrote:
>> In article <IL8ik.9366$8t7.158@newsfe10.ams2>, Lepak Nerat says...
>>> Hi all, sorry for the cross posting, but I want to cover as many bases
>>> as possible.
>>> I am after a new soundcard.
>>> I NEED (read want very badly) to be able to run speakers 2.1 AND a
>>> headset (cans with mic) at the same time. choosing which I want to
>>> listen via (software I assume Vista)
>>> Reason, I wanna be able to play games, watch movies etc late at night or
>>> early in the morning while the Mrs is asleep.
>>> So far the only one I can find that I am fairly sure does this are:
>>> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...atid=11&subcat
>>> I don't want to spend a lot of money, and the headset I am looking at
>>> does spatial effects itself (Senns PC 350) so the main function needs to
>>> be similtanious connection. no messing around behind PC to change
>>> connectors.
>>
>> If you get a set of Creative 2.1 speakers, they have a remote volume
>> control. On that is a headphone socket. Sorts all your problems
>> regardless of soundcard.
>>
> good plan......however
> currently using onboard sound which is not great and considering i am
> gonna buy expensive cans i really do not fancy using lower quality
> 'onboard' sound.
> thanks for the comment. anything else?

How expensive would the cans be? I'm using a Sennheiser 580 with a
HT Omega Claro plus soundcard; price of the HT Omega is about $180-$200
at NewEgg; the 580 was a discounted from Amazon when the newer 600 model
came out. Sounds wonderful for me & much better than the Creative
xfi audio for music.

Connected to my audio system via a 35 foot optical cable to hear music
from the web on stations that run at either 192 up to 320 kps (for the
music types I prefer). I do have old powered 2.1 speakers for the computer
which is use for the "sedate" games I play.