Orion1991
Head-Fier
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The HD558 have just enough bass to be called decent bass, also the 50-Ohm HD558s can be used with or without a headphone amplifier.
Amazon will sell used HD558s for under $100.
The Beyer DT770/DT880/DT990 need to be used with an amplifier.
The DT990s are full bass and full treble, which slightly over shadows the mids, but the mids are clear
DT880s are more well balanced, treble is a little on the bright side.
I would rather use open headphones like the DT880/DT990, but the DT770s are fairly good closed headphones.
Check out the Audio Technica ATH-AD900X open headphones, they are only 40-Ohms and will work plugged into anything.
Ah PurpleAngel, just the man I need, I listened to you before and the result was a major win
I do plan to get a sound card like the sound blaster Z which supposedly comes with an amp so I dont know if that works, or the Omni usb soundcard (I plan to use my 5.1 speakers too), I have the asus xonar DS and I dont like it tbh, so the sound card is also confusing me, because I was told in the creative Z thread that the xtremegamer sound card preforms a lot better because it uses CMSS3d rather than SBX which gives better gaming experience, I don't want to just get a gaming sound card only I also want my music to sound good too
hmm would you recommend the HD558 for for a good all rounder and its a lot cheaper than the other options, but Byer headphones look pretty tempting tbh haha, I just want something to be good for competitive gaming and fun sounding, a lot of people told me that the HD558 might be a bit dull, also I use the HTF-600 and I thought I make an upgrade.
Thanks for the help