Just a follow-up (and a question) after a couple of weeks with the M40x.   The headphones sound absolutely amazing, both when plugged directly into my laptop, but also when plugged into my Steinberg UR22 on my desktop. I don't hear any noise or anything, even with the gain turned almost all...

Thanks so much for the help, guys :)   I'm gonna hold off on getting any more equipment until I've received the headphones and tried them out with the onboard sound chip. I also have a Lexicon Omega and a (borrowed) Steinberg UR22 that I can try out, but I have no idea how good their internal...

  I've been reading a bit up on the DAC/amp stuff, but I'm still a bit confused about impedance and whether or not an amp is required or not. The M40x headphones have an impedance of 35 ohms, which seems to be in the high end of "very low impedance" from what I've gathered. Does that mean that...

Hello folks!   I recently went to a music store and tried the Beats Studio headphones, and while I didn't really like the excessive "booming", I was shocked at just how incredibly comfortable they were. So I set out to find some cheaper alternatives, and stumbled upon myriad posts suggesting...