These headphones are a perennial source of frustration for me. They sound fantastic for closed headphones at their price. I'm a big fan of neutral and detailed cans with a fairly flat sound signature, and these definitely deliver. Highs are crisp without being at all harsh, mids are clear and detailed, bass is well balanced and controlled. Sound wise, these are probably my favourite closed headphones of the ones I've owned/trailed (DT250, DT770, M50x). Build wise, these are my least favourite. They are made out of brittle plastic, which doesn't seem...

I've been using one of these in the office for a while now with various headphones and IEMs. It's kinda difficult to assess something like this because it costs under $100 and comparing it to other equipment I own, some of which is several times the price, seems unfair. First of all the build. It seems very well made for the price. Nice solid metal chassis. A good smooth volume knob and the jacks all seem secure. It's also very light and very small, which I like. Perfect for carrying around with a netbook or something. But the sound. This is the...

What they did with this card was get a lower quality, and poorly supported chip and stick the X-Fi label on it. It's not a good card. Drivers are dodgy and completely non existent for Linux. The sound is OK, but not noticeably better than what you would get from an Audigy SE or something. It certainly isn't 'X-Fi' standard. The only 'advantage' I can think of is that it is PCI-E. Not that it improves performance or anything, but if you only have a spare PCI-E slot and need a cheapish sound card this might be your only option. In all other...

This little amp has plenty of juice and is a good replacement for dodgy laptop sound. Just don't expect it to outperform more expensive DACs, soundcards and amps because it won't. The interface is a bit irritating and I find myself wishing it had a volume knob, not just buttons. I find it hard to figure out which button is which without looking at it. Generally though, it seems pretty solidly built, so no complaints there, although one of the jacks on mine has always been a bit iffy. Sound is reasonable, a little bit of extra bass and a lot more...