Yes, in my first post I said that I've tried it on my spare computer and iPod and there's no crackle.

I've used 4 different USBs on this computer and it's all the same. As for grounding, I honestly don't know what that means. It's a laptop, so I usually keep it on my lap or on my bed. It's not on a desk or anything. The D10 is also on my bed.

What's wrong with my computer? I've been trying to use my ibasso d10 amp with my sennheiser hd650 headphones and whenever I do it always has a crackling noise. It'll be fine for about 20 seconds, and then it'll crackle for 1-2 seconds and then go back to normal for a bit and randomly crackle...

Â*2010 Matrix mini-i 24/192 Balanced DAC Headphone AMP - eBay (item 160425040678 end time May-18-10 08:32:35 PDT) Do you think it's powerful enough to drive the AKG K701s? I'm thinking about buying those once I get a little extra money.

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Um, I have no idea... smooth, maybe? I don't really know what all I can choose from. EDIT: If it's any help, I have a $500-600 budget. The only reason I want to buy the best I can afford is because I rarely get extra money to spend on stuff like this. Maybe once every 2 years. I have a job...

Literally everything. If I had a favorite, I'd have to say Techno and Rock... But I like everything pretty much equally.

I'm not sure about the SR225's. I've read that they have a bad soundstage(or base? not sure which one it is.) compared to the sennheisers and akg. To be honest, I'm not sure what it means, but I've seen a lot of people complaining about it/marking it as a con.

It's my laptop, which is why I need the Dac in the iBasso. I'll sometimes use it with my iPod. I don't care if it sounds bad on my iPod, though.

For my first headphones, what do you think of this? Amazon.com: AKG K 701 WHITE HEADPHONES: Electronics I'd rather not buy the cheaper ones first, since I'd be throwing $100+ away if I decide to buy the better ones. Also, for an amp/dac, how about this? iBasso I read that it takes A LOT...

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Not sure, Audio Jester. I'm not really into cars. EternalEmpire, as I said before, I'm interested and would like to know more about them. Also, there's a pair of headphones that I'd like to buy in the future and I just thought I'd get some opinions and see how great the difference is before I...

That doesn't answer my question at all. ._.

I promise you that I'm not trolling. This is a serious question, and I apologize if I offend any of you. What's so special about them? I've seen people spend thousands of dollars on headphones and headphone equipment. Is the sound quality really worth it? I mean, I'm perfectly fine with my $5...

about 20% better