Is there any way to lower the gain of the SBz? It makes my 30 ohm headphones loud as ****...

Actually before I pull the trigger, I needed to mention that the headphones I use are 32ohm. How will they behave with a 600ohm amp?

Ok then, I think I'll go with this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B009S1NTUU/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE I can get it for 48GBP shipped to my country.

which sound card will be optimal for both optical and analog? just incase optical won't work as I want it to.. the blaster z will do? what about second hand creative x-fi titanium?

Sweet, thanks. About the last part though, I thought there is no sound processing going on when using optical? It would be nice to have such option, but I think i'd rather my reciever to do the sound processing. And do creative cards have unified/optimized drivers like Asus?

I do want it for gaming, but most of the sound blasters are very expensive and go up to 300$ or more... do they have any decent model for a sane price?

I want a sound card that offers an optical output, I only want it to be used as a passthrough to my reciever. i have read that in that case, the type of sound card doesn't matter because the reciever will do the decoding and digital analog conversion. but is that really true? there is no...

Did anyone have imbalance issues with their X2s? I have mine for about a month and the right side is slightly louder, and alot more detailed than the left side which sounds very dull on almost every track and genre i listen to.. even after boosting the volume to the left side I can still feel a...