Hello people, i just found this forum through watching some guy ramble for 50 minutes abouts gaming headphones here, very interesting but anyways:
i have this Denon PMA-480R and i’m putting together a new pc setup and i wanna use it, but i’m having some questions and i am having trouble finding answers so here goes:
Can this amp substitute a dac/amp thing, one like everyone praises?
if so how do connect this to the pc, how do i handle microphone input when needed?
i do have speakers, but assume they are vibrating tincans and i dont plan on upgrading them cause thats expensive thats something to do at a later date. i also wanna use my xbox with this, but xbox only supports mics through their controllers or an proprietery mixer made by astro, so i wouldnt be able to talk to my friends when using the amp for the headphones, this is actually the only problem where i dont even have an idea how to solve without buying that mixer or cableing up the controller again. one could just always talk through the xbox desktop app, but that lacks even basic microphone settings like push to talk.
now i just ordered this CoolerMaster MH752 Headset for 66€ before finding this forum, now i think i’m regretting that, what could i do better with a seperate mic / headphones? i had looked at these AKG K240 for a similar price than that cooler master headset, but the whole situation with mic in on xbox is horrible, also i think these dont have a standard 3.5mm input cable something like the v-moda
so this is what i researched up to now and i am honestly overwhelmed, i just dont want a shitty gaming headset again when i use it all day every day and i have that amp just sitting there basically collecting dust. also i really wanna stay under 100€ if thats even a possibility, but its not a hard limit here.
i hope this is the right category, even though theres a amp involed, but its still about headphones i think?