cool, thanks for the reply.  appreciate it.  I'll def be checkin out those portables you mentioned. that J3 looks to be pretty sweet, I've been readin up on it the last 2 days.  I'd like to keep jus the iphone n a good set of iem, but dont really want to invest in a good set if the iphone will...

  I'm lookin at gettin a good quality set of  IEMs for use with my iphone 3gs and needed some advice.  basically new to the whole audio world, and i appreciate any advice.  on the recommendations of head-fi'ers, I recently got myself some denon d2000s and they are perfect for my listening...

denon d2000s all the way man.  they're perfect for all types of music from and gaming has never sounded so great.  I'm usin mine plugged to a Xonar-STX and havent been one bit disappointed yet with whatever I've listened to.  check this  http://www.game-fi.com/2010/09/denon-ah-d2000/

denon d2000s all the way.  i recently bought a set and they're perfect for all kinds of music.  I listen to alot of those bands you named, plus some hip hop and the bass is thumpin for hiphop tunes and the GnR never sounded so perfect!  I've listened to GnR Lies "acoustic side" more now than I...

I got a set of d2000s back about 2 months ago (lovin em) which I'm primarily using plugged into my Xonar STX.   Considering the source, would it be worth it to do the mod/upgrade mentioned in the title?  Im not doubting the mod at all, I think it'd be sweeet to do, but I guess I am kinda...

a couple weeks back i bought myself a set of Denons D2000s and they are the best sounding headphones I've heard yet.  I'm using them hooked directly to my Essence STX soundcard, for gaming, music and movies and they're perfect for me.  There's enough bass when Im listening to hiphop that I can...

good stuff, thanks alot for the advice.  These are my first REAL set of headphones and I'm impressed with them right out of the box.  I was thinkin that normal volume would be best but its hard to keep it down when all the tunes sound so good, dam, there earlier I could feel the bass thumpin on...

simple question that no doubt has been answered on here before, but...   Just got my new Denon's and lovin them.  Hooked through to my STX, these things are better than I could have imagined.  Alot of peeps got different opinions on this "burn in" process, so I'm just wondering a couple...

@USF09  -> thats great to know, I've been thinking on a pair of Senns and I'll def be digging around a bit more for that thread.  When I threw out the question I was hoping for some straight up suggestions/answers just like what you posted.  Appreciate it! Thx for the input. 

So does anyone have any advice on what set of headphones would work the best with the STX and its dedicated headlhone amp? and wud be worth investing in to get the best possible sound? Anything under a grand wud be ideal. Thx

hehe yea the rest of my pc is fine, I built the machine so that I wasnt going to need something else for awhile.  I'm a former network admin so I do know all about computers, but to be honest, I never really heard the difference in audio quality from the newer onboard chips to a nice...

no unfortunately not.   I've been just researching online

well the budget is really wide open at this point, I would just like to get the best sounding headphones I can. Under a grand would be ideal.   thx

I recently put myself together a gaming rig and up until about a month ago, I had just been using the onboard audio on the Asus P6TDeluxV2 motherboard, with the Astro A40s & MixAmp, connectd via TOSLink. I was happy with that setup, until I actually heard the difference that a good sound...