I hate to do it, but check out the thread over on headphones.com forum ;)

I wear glasses with them and cannot hear any sound difference with vs without glasses.

I have not heard the Brooklyn Dac+ for comparison, but got my Arche delivered on Monday and could not be happier with the combo with Clears. I do not feel the need to search for anything else, I have arrived at my final headphone rig setup. This thread has some more experiences with Arche from...

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/3/9663230/sennheisers-new-orpheus-headphones-will-cost-you-55000

Hey all,   I have had the HD650 for a month now (what an upgrade from my Beyers DT990! - much more to my sonic preferences) and while amazed by the sound - amped by Schiit Magni, something was not quite right to my ears. I have therefore spent some $ and got a nice hybrid amp from Slovakia -...

I have Soundblaster Z connected via headphone out (through a 3.5mm->RCA cable) to a Schiit Magni to my Sennheiser HD650 and all works well. When I was trying to connect the Magni and headphones to a line out from the Z, but the surround was unusable (the soundcard defaults to speakers and it is...

I haven't heard it either (the guy I can buy it from had HD650 paired with it and sings praises about it) but it's got excellent...

Guys, I have a question.  I have bought my HD650 two weeks ago. I'm currently running them on my Creative SoundBlaster Z sound card (DAC) and Schiit Magni amp. I have an option to buy a much better amp Canor TP10 (http://www.canor-audio.com/?page_id=77) for good money.  My question is. Is it...

I wanted to use the line out to get unamped sound to my Schiit Magni (headphone amp) as I was worried double amping would cause sound distortion and/or high level of noise. I had to scratch the idea as the virtual surround via line out sounds really bad when using headphones.  However, right...

Yes, on line out the Windows settings default at 2.0 stereo. But when using the headphone out it automatically always reverts to 5.1 surround after reboot.

But since you game, listen to music and watch movies equally, doesn't that mean you'll be forced to go into that setting and change it all the time anyway? For movies and gaming the 5.1 speaker setup is better than plain stereo, especially if you enable the virtual surround in the Soundblaster...

I believe that if you want to use the card for listening to music only, you should hook it up to the line out and use a dedicated headphone amp. The line out has superior s/n ratio and you can switch to Stereo Direct and have best possible sound for music out of the Soundblaster Z.  For...

Ok, so after thoroughly testing the headphone out and line out on my Soundblaster Z, I can safely say, that the virtual surround via headphone out is clearly superior to the one from line out. When using the line out virtual surround I'm unable to distinguish between front and back sound and the...

Actually it looks like you still have the option to use virtual surround after switching to speakers and connecting the headphones via line out. My Schiit Magni is coming on Monday, so I will test it then. You can test it yourself though simply by connecting your headphones via line out and...

Quote: Ha, did not see that. Will  have to check out when I'm home. Thanks for the info.