My dad's old (20-30~ year old) Luxman stuff (Receiver/CD player/Phono/Cassette) looks like it's starting to conk out after all this time! :( His Luxman D113 CD player won't play CDs anymore, just makes a whirring noise.   One of his two floorstanding speakers is dying, suspects it may be the...

I listen to mostly hip hop, podcasts, watch shows and youtube etc. So good mids/natural voice sounding buds are so important.   Currently my go to favorite IEM is the Zero Audio Tenore, but I've been using it while running and it's wearing out (pretty sure the drivers have been submerged in...

Forgot to mention needs to be USB based!  No PCIe slots to spare haha

So I have a SoundBlaster Omni surround headphone amp thing, but recently I've turned off the surround processing on it as I realized it made everything sound kind of muddy, especially music and voices in podcasts/youtube videos. I don't really seem to be missing it ingame either, which is odd...

These have become my favorite earbuds over the last four months, they go well with everything and the vocals of everyone sound eerily natural to me. Way more natural voice reproduction than my desktop Sennheisers, though those are cold/analytical for gaming purposes haha, these are warm and cozy...

Holy **** I just disabled it and music sounds insanely different, much more forward O.O and more bass? like I feel more physical **** going on near my ears on my Sennheiser G4ME ZEROs Music does sound "cleaner/smoother" with it on 67% though, sounds like it pulls back the music a tad and cleans...

What's an upgrade from a SoundBlaster Omni, using Sennheiser G4ME ZEROs and I love the combination but I'm curious. Has to be through USB, most played game nowadays is BF4.

How does the SoundBlaster Omni hold up today? Any similarly priced options that are newer/better?

I have a SoundBlaster Omni with the Sennheiser G4ME ZEROs Really no complaints beside not one button switch to speakers that I plan on buying soon.   How does this compare? I game a lot, and also listen to a lot of music, cap out at FLAC though, don't dabble in "high res" audio.

Original jambox I got in 2011 is on its last legs, looking at the creative roar, bose soundlink mini, some sony ones. Idk really. Help :D

  xD same, I need USB dac or some other stuff to justify it over my Clip+

Would be very appreciative if someone could tell me how the Vmoda M100 pairs with the X1, how it differs from the Clip+ :)

Definitely the first part (I did mention my playback sources after all), and yeah reasonably portable would be nice. Which is why I'm considering on ears as well as over ears. :)

Earbuds feeling uncomfortable more and more, maybe just need better ear tips though... (JVC FXD80, Zero Audio Tenore) I run a clip+ rockboxed or listen from my surface pro 3 when I'm not at my desktop. Might get a Fiio X1, not sure though.   I listen to a mix of music and I'm not a basshead...

I got the tenores, running off a rockboxed clip+ Vocals are really damn good, I mean damn the Tenore part really holds true. Really nice for hip hop, doesn't sound tiring though this is still early impressions. Everything else sounds fine too, not as much analytical crispness or treble like my...