Should I get a new set of speakers or a new sound card?

Question

Hi.
I've been thinking about getting a new sound card recently.
I have a Logitech Z-5300e + Turtle Beach Santa Cruz combo,
so please keep that in mind before you give me an advice. My speakers lack tweeters, and I've heard sound coming out of a klipsch pro-media speaker which sounded better than mine. Would my speakers sound much better if I get it plugged into a X-Fi sound card than its combination with a turtle beach Santa Cruz sound card, or would there not be much of a difference? I've read on internet sites how people wrote X-Fi is worth the money, but the fact that my speakers lack tweeters concerns me cuz its improvement may be limited due to the lack of tweeters. Santa Cruz doesn't sound all that bad with my speakers, and if X-Fi isn't that better than Santa Cruz, I may just stick with Santa Cruz. I don't play games, so EAX isn't all that important to me I guess. For those of you who have Z-680 or Z-5500 with a X-Fi card, your advice may be very helpful to me.

Answer 1

Buy new speakers and a sound card and send me your old ones!!

Seriously,

Can you borrow your friends speakers to test if they make a big difference on your computer?

What sound card is he using? Did you install all the latest drivers for your sound card?

If you want to buy a new sound card, buy only those that are rated 5 stars and have a lot of reviews.

Most 7.1 cards most are compatible with 5.1 speakers
Download the manual from mfr site to be sure it is compatible with 5.1. All the 5.1 cards at newegg.com are not rated that good.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000360057+1101108503&name=7.1

Answer 2

Dude ... you have an awesome combo ... what the F*#$ !!!!

It all depends on what you are listening to..... What I did was invest in a high end sound system rather than PC hardware & just connected the PC to my amp as an AUX input.

You must also take the source into consideration. I've learned that 128kbps is far from CD quality. Get a good amp & good low distortion speakers.....money will be much better spent.

My instinct, however, is that you are just getting too finicky about your PC sound