I'm either going to get the Modi and magni or just get an Asgard 2 and run it off my sound card, which will I have decided will be a creative titanium HD rather than the ASUS. These will be on the upper limit of my budget but I think it will all be worth it. Now I just need some cables and I'll...

      Thank you for your help, my ventures in to virtual surround have only been with a cheap Turtle Beach headset so I am wanting to try with a sound card and some decent headphones. I'm going to buy a Xonar soundcard as well as Schiit DAC and AMP, I'll try both the soundcard and the...

There are so many mixed opinions out there on both the Audio-GD NFB-15.32 and the Beyerdynamic DT990. On the surface there are a lot of positive reviews but when you did a little deeper people are saying that the NFB-15.32 has some distortion and the DT990s have a tendency to be painfully bright...

      Ok so I am leaning towards the DT990, from what I have read it is a bit unbalanced at first but improves a lot once it is burnt in and the NFB-15.32 should drive them well. Some people have compared them to the fidelio X1 which appears to be balanced despite the bass but it just...

I listen to a lot of trip-hop, rock, alternative, electro and occasionally classical and pop. I have been underwhelmed by a lot of virtual surround headphones in the past and think it would be more satisfying and immersive if I focus on sound quality.

  I really like the look of that DAC/AMP, what headphones are you using with it? Any suggestions if I go up to my $700 limit? Thanks for your input.

Hi, I've come to the recent realisation that the audio quality that comes from on-board audio and cheap headphones is extremely lackluster and as a music and general entertainment lover this simply will not do. I would like a setup that provides the best possible audio quality for my price...