I too would like to know whether the onboard sound card/amp is good enough to drive mid-market headphones. If not then what was the purpose of the whole branding thing?

Quote:   Yeah I did read that thread. He seems to review the PortaPro slightly higher but I dunno I've read conflicting things here on head-fi. Based on my musical preferences would you say higher treble would suit me or the other way round?    

What's the consensus? Do they both essentially sound the same? I keep reading that they both have similar drivers etc and I'm confused.   I'm having to choose between them for my first foray into good quality headphones and I can't decide. Keep in mind that I'll be using this pair for...

Sorry guys but 50 is my absolute limit because I'm a poor student right now. I'm getting 50 quid for participating in a focus group and thats all the money I'm willing to invest right now. The HD 448 seems to have suddenly shot up in price on Amazon, they were around 50 quid last week. I'm...

I'm not buying an amp right now so the source is gonna be directly from my laptop. I listen mainly to prog rock, Radiohead, Flaming Lips etc. What would be my best bet for a set of cans? HD 448? Or are there some other headphones I should be looking at? Any Black Friday deals coming up for...

Quote: Budget would be 50-100 pounds I guess for the amp and sound card. This is something I'm planning to do in a few months or so, and I'll probably get some better headphones then as well.    I have zero knowledge of audio systems so I need a lot of advice actually. The amp for...

On a separate note, I may be looking at building a system in the near future. Just to be sure, I don't need a DAC to have good sound as long as the sound card and amp are decent,right? If so recommendations on amp and sound card, on a pretty low budget again. Also anything else I should do for...

Quote: How would the Koss pair do with Radiohead? I think I've pretty much decided to order them. The Superlux pair seem good but tbh would look odd if I were to use them outside unlike the HD 201s.  

Quote: You mean the Koss right? Quote: Thanks for the input. Might I ask how good the isolating is on the HD201? I travel on airplanes quite a lot so it might come in handy if I have a noise isolating pair handy.    Going slightly off topic, but what are the some good...

Quote: I have ear wax problems and IEMs don't stay on for too long on my ears. I'm leaning towards the KSC too mostly because I know it sounds better but noise isolation is something I might need in the future...

Sorry for the double post, but I'd also like to say that I don't really listen to many bass heavy songs. I'm absolutely obsessed by Radiohead and Pink Floyd at the moment and I'd like some headphones that do justice to them.

An odd choice but honestly for me its about price more then anything else. I've just won an Amazon voucher for 10 pounds and these two seem the best things to spend the voucher on at around 15 quid each. I'd like a noise isolating pair but I wouldn't be willing to sacrifice a lot of sound...