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Best headphones set for electronic music through PC?

post #1 of 9
2/12/12 at 8:17am
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So yeah, I'd like to plan a high-quality headphones set for next summer or early fall, but I'm new when it comes to this, so I'm looking for suggestions.

 

I'm looking for headphones, a PC sound card and, if necessary, an amplifier. I'm planning to use them mainly to listen to FLAC electronic music files (UK Hardcore, Dubstep, Electro, Hardstyle, Drum & Bass, House, Trance and Hard Dance) on my PC while doing other stuff. I want to get the most out of my music,

 

I've been thinking of the Sennheiser HD 800 with the ASUS Xonar Essence STX. I wasn't decided on the amp. But after some research, I feel on another there here that told me that it wasn't the best combo for electronic music.

 

What equipment should I get? Am I too early to ask this since I'm planning to get it during summer or early fall? I set no price range limit, since I want to get an idea on how much it will cost.


Edited by Mister Epic - 2/12/12 at 9:28am
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post #2 of 9
2/12/12 at 9:15am

Best headphone for electronica? The Audeze LCD 2. (http://audeze.com/audeze-lcd-2)I've also heard good things about using them with the Woo Audio WA6 (http://www.wooaudio.com/products/wa6.html)

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post #3 of 9
2/12/12 at 11:41am

No spedning limit? Oh good. very_evil_smiley.gif

 

LCD 2, Cavalli LF, W4S DAC 2. Boom 7 grand(ish).

 

Realisticly though...How about running a D7000 straight out of the sound card? Excellent headphone and it's easy to power. They can be had open box for under $600.

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post #4 of 9
2/12/12 at 12:30pm
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Originally Posted by MorbidToaster View Post

No spedning limit? Oh good. very_evil_smiley.gif

 

LCD 2, Cavalli LF, W4S DAC 2. Boom 7 grand(ish).

 

Realisticly though...How about running a D7000 straight out of the sound card? Excellent headphone and it's easy to power. They can be had open box for under $600.


 

Because my sound card sucks at sound quality. It sucks enough so I'd rather listen to my USB Logitech G35 gaming headset. It's my motherboard's sound chip.

 

That's why I was considering another sound card as a source. But I just learned more about DACs. The Maverick Audio TubeMagic D1 looks interesting, as it's USB compatible. In that case, I would probably take this instead of of a sound card. I heard the USB input doesn't support 24-bit and 96khz thought, but still, all of my songs are 16-bit and 44,1 Khz.

 

Is getting such a DAC a good idea?

 

Also, I'm keeping the LCD 2 and the D7000 in mind. Thanks.

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post #5 of 9
2/12/12 at 12:52pm

Depedning on how much money you want to spend take a look at the Yulong D100. It pairs very wel with the D7000 and has a ton of options for future upgrades.

 

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Because my sound card sucks at sound quality. It sucks enough so I'd rather listen to my USB Logitech G35 gaming headset. It's my motherboard's sound chip.

 

That's why I was considering another sound card as a source. But I just learned more about DACs. The Maverick Audio TubeMagic D1 looks interesting, as it's USB compatible. In that case, I would probably take this instead of of a sound card. I heard the USB input doesn't support 24-bit and 96khz thought, but still, all of my songs are 16-bit and 44,1 Khz.

 

Is getting such a DAC a good idea?

 

Also, I'm keeping the LCD 2 and the D7000 in mind. Thanks.



 

 

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post #6 of 9
2/12/12 at 1:24pm
if your looking for good dac/converter and have firewire ports echo stuff is good place to look. balanced outputs and inputs,high voltage +4dbu gain, very low latency,good software support and drivers,good price. if your wondering the well known apogee duet that is pretty popular around here uses the same texas instrument chips the echos uses but due to the ''apogee'' name it's far more expensive than echo equipment. if you don't need preamps and tons of outputs and inputs for recording the echo audiofire 2 is something to look at. good price for them. i would not recommend tube dacs if all your looking for is to color the signal. tube preamps and tube equipment should only be used for music instruments to add a special tone to it but it's up to you.
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post #7 of 9
2/12/12 at 1:58pm
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Well so far I'm keeping the LCD2/D7000 and the Yulong D100 in mind. I'll hope there's nothing better that gets released through the year because I'm waiting until summer/fall.
 

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if your looking for good dac/converter and have firewire ports echo stuff is good place to look. balanced outputs and inputs,high voltage +4dbu gain, very low latency,good software support and drivers,good price. if your wondering the well known apogee duet that is pretty popular around here uses the same texas instrument chips the echos uses but due to the ''apogee'' name it's far more expensive than echo equipment. if you don't need preamps and tons of outputs and inputs for recording the echo audiofire 2 is something to look at. good price for them. i would not recommend tube dacs if all your looking for is to color the signal. tube preamps and tube equipment should only be used for music instruments to add a special tone to it but it's up to you.


I'm not sure if my PC has a firewire port. That's something I'll check when I'll get back home.

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post #8 of 9
2/12/12 at 3:28pm
if it's a recent motherboard it should defiantly have them. firewire is just apples' marketing term for the connector. for pc it's known as IEEE. can look at online info of your mobo or mobo's manual if you still own it.
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post #9 of 9
2/12/12 at 6:17pm
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Yeah I have Firewire. My mobo's an ASUS Rampage III Extreme from 2011.

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