Ah, I see where I've gone wrong then. Rather than thinking to look for the xonar folder I only looked for a sonic studio folder..... Thanks a lot for the help, made it sound a lot better now! 

I'm on windows 8.1 64 bit, oh and the driver version was 8.0.11.19

Hey can anyone help me with setting this up? Basically I spent some time trying to install the drivers because it kept coming up with an error message that I couldn't seem to find what exactly it was online. I eventually figured out I had to change the date on my PC to 2013 for some reason, then...

I'm looking to get some portable closed headphones but I'm not sure what to go for for my musical taste, most things I find are either out of my budget or designed for electronic music (whatever it is the kiddies listen to these days). I've looked at things like sennheiser HD228 and akg 451 but...

I think I'll be going for the AKG K612 pro's, I'll probably also get the FiiO E10 amp later.    Thanks for all your help guys, it's greatly appreciated!

Hmmmm, I think it's a bit of a two horse race between those and the beyerdynamics now, do you know how suitable the K612's are for metal/rock? As that's the main thing they'll be used for. 

Thanks for the help so far guys!   Anyone else got any useful advice?

First thanks for the quick reply!   I have a PC and I am using an internal sound blaster recon 3d sound card, if necessary I should be able to install a new one. 

Hi all!   I'm looking to get some good headphones around £100-£150 for using at home for mostly music and gaming. Besides a pair of Sennheiser HD 205's I've never had any headphones that weren't cheap ear buds so I don't have much knowledge on what sort of thing I should be getting.    My...