Gaco
New Head-Fier
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I just spend five hours yesterday in my local hifi store listening to all kinds of highend headphones and I found the Sennheiser HD600 to be the absolut best. However just having my PC with an X-fi soundcard in it I figured it perhaps isn't quite enough to really unleash these babies. I'm looking for some real good headphone amplifier suited for a highend headphone like the HD600. Cost preferrably some 200-400$ or something like that.
I'm planning on using them primarily for my PC which is equippted with a Creative X-fi Xtreme Gamer soundcard. But I don't think I will be looking into specific stereo soundcards because I'd have to switch back and fourth for music and gaming because I need Creatives gaming-specific features like EAX for gaming. I have also heard that it's essential to use "ASIO" when listening to music from the PC and that the soundcard wouldn't matter THAT much when using it because the music would be "bitperfect" and thereby going through the PC unprocessed hopefully. Anyway I think I'll just do with my X-fi unless someone will try and convince me otherwise
Likewise I probably won't look into the more expensive cables at this point because I guess I probably won't hear the difference with the gear I'll be using it on.
Let me hear if you have any recommendations! =)
I'm planning on using them primarily for my PC which is equippted with a Creative X-fi Xtreme Gamer soundcard. But I don't think I will be looking into specific stereo soundcards because I'd have to switch back and fourth for music and gaming because I need Creatives gaming-specific features like EAX for gaming. I have also heard that it's essential to use "ASIO" when listening to music from the PC and that the soundcard wouldn't matter THAT much when using it because the music would be "bitperfect" and thereby going through the PC unprocessed hopefully. Anyway I think I'll just do with my X-fi unless someone will try and convince me otherwise
Likewise I probably won't look into the more expensive cables at this point because I guess I probably won't hear the difference with the gear I'll be using it on.
Let me hear if you have any recommendations! =)