The guy who sold me the MS-2i's almost had me taking the MS pros home... but I took one look at the price tag and died a little on the inside. Still I can hardly complain about the quality of the MS-2's and the Duet. after about 10ish hours of burn in I can already tell that these headphones are...

I just made the purchase yesterday, I also purchased a pair of MS-2i's *drool*   but my poor savings...

Theremin is a perfectly good MPD client, any others have either been phased out due to their PPC only support or were just crap. I use Theremin a lot on my Mac and the only thing that annoys me about it is the fact that it isn't quite as responsive as I would like sometimes.

Firewire being superior... HURRAH!   For my headphones, currently I only have Shure SE310's and Senn HD202's. I may replace the Senn's however because they are starting to show their age on my guitar amp especially, as for what they will be... lets get past the 1 grand I am already spending...

Firewire is only a con because people have been telling me to use the optical out on my iMac. I'm willing to splurge on the DAC as I figure it will be worth spending more here in the long run, particularly considering how many people say the Duet is good.   I will end up also getting...

OK guys, after having done some research I have come up with two possibilities (not exactly within budget, but who goes within budget here anyway?) that I can't choose between, INDECISIVE! So I was hoping considering my usage you may be able to make my decision a little easier. My choices are...

I have no real interest in surround sound simulation, I had a X-Fi Xtreme audio card in my previous computer, but never really liked the CMSS-3D stuff as it seemed like a waste of time... I was looking at that X-Fi USB card but thought there may be other possibilities my small knowledge of...

  Hey guys,   Recently purchased a 27" iMac and am now in the market for a USB (or otherwise) sound card that I can run from the machine to my headphones/speakers (group environment some of the time). Main usage is listening to music (WIDE variety of music but a focus on older classic...