Hey guys!
I'm Bolun but you can call me rice =)
Please take some time to read through and give me some advice/input and help me onto the path to learning more about all this stuff.
I've always been very sensitive about sound. My ears are sort of picky when it comes to music, and I'm glad I found other people like me haha.
I've played violin for 13 years and am a music major for performance.
So music-wise I will be listening to mostly classical with a little rock/alternative here and there too.
But I also play Counter-Strike competitively/professionally. So good directional sound is important too, but not the most important, and I have no idea what specs to even look for in this category.
Priority #1 is for listening to music.
Basically the most important qualities I prefer when listening to music are purity, spaciousness, color, and texture.
Long story short, I play this game called runescape and I've gotten really bored of it. Haven't touched it in half a year. So i'm selling all the cash I have on that account and I can get almost $2000 for it.
A little over a grand is going towards a new computer.
So I will have around 800-900 to spend on a good sound setup.
I would like to be able to plug my headphones into my computer somehow. I don't want an entirely separate setup from my PC.
I do not know if I should just get the Asus ST soundcard or maybe the asus essence one external amp thing.
That thing looks sweet, but its around $550.
Open to any suggestions.
Maybe a $200 sound card and $500 headphones. Or maybe the Essence One + a pair of $200-300 headphones.
Again, I know very little, so any input would be great.
I'm using a pair of HD 555's right now on an old $50 sound card(pretty much onboard sound), and at the beginning they were great, but now they are boring to me and i'm constantly wanting more color and texture out of them. (i have the 50 ohms version)
Sorry if this post is disorganized. I'm cramming for an Econ test right now and my head is scattered =P
Thanks everyone!
