I'm thinking of buying a new headphone soon. want some suggestions from you guys if you got $200 to buy a headphone what would you buy? Consider the facts that: 1. you have no headphone amp (but may get one in 6 or 9 months time) 2. It does not have to be portable 3. 95% for listening...

i was watching video on my computer last night. I installed the WinDVD software that comes with my Optoplay soundcard and I turned on the virtual surround (dolby headphone support) and quite happy with it. Even though i don't really feel the "surround" effects (i can't feel any sound coming from...

Hi, i've just ordered the AudioTrak Optoplay to replace my onboard soundcard at work. http://audiotrak.net/optoplay.htm From the specs, it says: "Headphone Amp power: 50 mW Maximum " so do you think it's good enough to drive my MS-1? Or would i get a huge (or very noticable) improvement...

My 2nd thread here. I read that most (all?) of you guys say the Foobar is the best player. Is it because it bypass the Kmixer (or whatever it's called)? And does that mean i should choose kernal streaming as output even if i am only using the analog output from my Audigy sound card (well ok.. i...

Hi all, i'm new here and this is my first post. I want to buy a new headphone and use it at work and I know basically nothing about headphones. I only got the BeyerDynamics DT511 + some crappy cans before. So I searched the internet for some headphone reviews and found this awesome forum...