i play guitar from time to time so i have plenty of 1/4 in adapters and ordered the few cables necessary to tie this thing together. thanks for your response. most headsets i get have 1/4 adapters anyways

i decided to go with the fiio d3 and the behringer amp (only $60 for the two fo them) as i've read enough times that the d3 is a very good dac and the amp is very good itself and has 4 outs each with their own controls which is perfect for my situation as i do have optical out on this pc. the d3...

what i had in mind was: dac option 1:http://www.amazon.com/D3-Digital-Converter-Optical-Toslink/dp/B005K2TXMO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401726275&sr=8-1&keywords=dac dac option...