After recently purchasing some SE215s and being sorely disappointed with them (great mids and bass, but horribly crushed treble that doesn't deal well with rock), I'm in the market for a new pair of reasonably priced IEMs.   The headphones I currently listen to most are the ATH-M50 and AKG...

I'm currently thinking of building a gaming HTPC since I no longer have ready access to my gaming PC at home. My gaming PC uses an X-Fi Titanium HD > Fiio E10 USB DAC/Amp > AKG K601 for surround gaming on headphones using the "What U Hear" listen hack described on the first post, and it works...

In iTunes 11.0.2 it looks like it now has its own audio settings separate to QuickTime:

I'm posting this in the full-size headphones section as well, since it kind of applies to both.   I'm a drummer and a sound guy at my church. We're not too big (nor are we the best musicians either, but we get by), and have a pretty modest set up with one mixing desk, some crusty old FOH...

I'm posting this in the portable headphones section as well, since it kind of applies to both.   I'm a drummer and a sound guy at my church. We're not too big (nor are we the best musicians either, but we get by), and have a pretty modest set up with one mixing desk, some crusty old FOH...

After only recently realizing that any stereo headphone can be used for virtual surround when gaming, I've been thinking of ditching my Logitech surround gaming headset and getting some decent open headphones.   But I've been wondering...does virtual surround actually do a better job of...

I currently have some ATH-M50's and a Logitech G35 headset, for music and gaming on my PC respectively, and I am looking to replace both of these with a pair of decent open cans. They will be used for music(mainly alt rock plus a bit of everything else), and gaming with virtual surround. I have...

Hi all, first time poster here, I've found this place very useful lately but I have a few specific questions I couldn't find answers to, so I figured I should just ask:   Firstly, my current setup:   PC with Windows 7 Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI-E soundcard Logitech X-540 5.1...