Yeah, I need an audio card to buy a TV tuner anyways, so I was thinking of the $70/$80 Asus xonar.  :P  

@bleudeciel16 Wow xD  I didn't even notice, never had a pair of headphones designed with that.  Genius move on their part, terribly stupid on mine.  :P  Oh well, at least I have a spare adapter just in case.  :P   @ZeNmAc Yeah, I would get an extension cable, but sometimes the quality can...

Just got my headphones today, and I love them, but I HATE the cord.  I had to get an adapter for my computer and I almost broke the onboard audio port because the cord had too much resistance on the coil.  Had to pull some cord, then tape it onto the case lol.  It's comfy though.  :)

So then, if you had to replace the pads, how hard was that to do? Plus, yes, believe me I KNOW those HD 201's are complete ****.  My M50's should be arriving Friday so that will be great.  :D  Too bad my new keyboard with a volume control on it won't be getting here for almost two weeks.  :/ ...

I hadn't ordered yet, nowadays onboard audio is actually pretty damn good, so I was even thinking of just not getting one at all unless i have spare money to throw at it.    But I'm new to having badass audio, how does a dac/amp improve the audio or my listening experience?  :P

Ordered the ATH-M50, now time to order a new soundcard!  My onboard is actually pretty damn good for an onboard, but the new headphones demand it!   :P

I'd like them to be portable but I'd rather have a good pair over portability, but yes it does help.  :P -snip- (question was answered in previous post via edit)

So I've been doing nothing but researching headphones online for about a week.  I was initially looking into Bose 15's but then I did a u-turn when I saw the MDR-V6's for 1/3 the price and comparable quality etc.  Then, I did more research and found out about the ATH-M50's...from everything I've...