Hmm, well, I've got them running out of the DX, like I said, which appears to produce pretty clean sound, but I have a PA2V2 amp on the way! Just thought it was a bit odd that they were working through the volume module, didn't realise they were being amplified by the system itself

  I did expect that, but surprisingly, no! Could it be the fact that these headphones have such high impedance?

Well, I got them now, and it seems to drive them fine, surprisingly enough. Does the fact that I have them plugged into the volume module/interface thingy on my Z2300's make any difference? I mean they sound pretty good, will the amp be worth it? I already got it off ebay and its on the way, but...

Ok maybe I should take that back.. I tried it with the DT 990s and they sound great!! Maybe it was the V-modas after all (:   However, Dolby Digital Live dosent work at all..only PCM...will that be an issue?

Ok well I think I'm just going to return it. Obviously my computer has some issue with Xonar, is it worth getting creative? I've heard a lot of good things about them and a lot of bad things about them.. I dunno what to believe... Hell, is a sound card actually needed if I get an external DAC...

  Cheers mate, I'll have a look at it

So has no one got any solutions :/ ? I've tried everything that has been suggested, but to no avail. 

  It would be useful if I ever wanted portable amplification, yes.

you must have missed my other post, I am getting an amp :p And I think he/she is right, cause I was looking at a few creative cards and just about all of them had an amplifier

  Well, I was hoping that they'd still work so that I could have my speakers connected to the mobo ones and then I could use the sound card for my headphones. But since that didnt work, was there any chance you have any more suggestions? Is it possible that I just got a dud?

  Ok well I tried it and so far the good ol' stock standard one still seems to be coming out on top. 

  Oh ok, sure, I'll give that a go. But will that make the old audio ports on the motherboard useless? And yep, I know, which is why I took your suggestion from the last thread I posted and ordered the PA2V2 amp!

all good man, thanks anyway!

yup, that all got plugged in correctly, ortherwiseit wouldnt have even worked in the first place, right? I'm using foobar > DX > vmoda m100, no impedance issue there I'd say

oh...no, how do you do that? I'm currently using v-moda m100s and I havensome Beyerdynamic Dt990 pros coming on the way