Basically I’ve been using my Astro A40 headset for gaming for many years and recently had to get new headphones. I decided to go for the DT 900 Pro X, however I have a question about the setup.
The Astro A40 came with their “mixamp pro”. As far as I know this is basically just like the name implies, an amp, but has some features like different sound settings and a knob to alter the balance between game sound and voice chat.
Basically the main thing I’m wondering is if plugging the DT 900 into the mixamp could somehow worsen the sound quality? I have a pretty good motherboard (Asus Rog Crosshair VIII Hero) and from what I understood from doing some research is it has a built in amp/dac combo that apparently is pretty high quality. When it comes to the Astro mixamp, I can’t imagine it would be high quality as well.
So basically, if I just want the best audio quality, could the Astro mixamp somehow decrease the audio quality or does it not make a difference? Despite doing research I’m still not sure how this works. Does the mixamp replace the amp in the motherboard? Does it just add to the motherboard and increase “power”? The features on the mixamp are pretty nice so if it’s just the same quality I’ll just plug them in the mixamp.
Any help is highly appreciated :)
Try it and see what happens. If you don't hear the difference, that's all that matters.