My brother was wondering would you need a headphone amp for good headphones (600ohn) if you have them directly plugged into a soundcard (Creative X-Fatality Gaming Soundcard)?
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My brother was wondering would you need a headphone amp for good headphones (600ohn) if you have them directly plugged into a soundcard (Creative X-Fatality Gaming Soundcard)?
Yes, you will need a dedicated amp. Most sound cards can really only run headphones up to ~32 ohms. Even with my relatively low impedance HD595 headphones (50ohm) I noticed quite an improvement adding a FiiO E9 to the system while running on my Xonar D2X (which is a superior card to that Fatality card you have there).