When listening with a decent headphone like the hd555s should I have my Creative A2 ZS set on 2.0 or headphones for the listening method? I know the sound card alters the volume slightly but I haven't been able to pinpoint what else. Anyone know from experience what is best?

I just received my first pair of decent headphones, the hd555s. I'm wondering, with headphones like these what is a safe (for the headphones) listening level? So far I've been using them at about half volume which seems good but there may be the rare occasion I want to crank them up a bit. How...

I know this is kinda idiotic but there doesn't seem to be any indication of which line out is used for headphones. Right now my Audigy 2 ZS is connected to my 5.1 Logitechs but I'm trying to figure out which lineout to remove to plug in my new hd555s.

I was all ready to order my hd555s from amazon but for some reason I keep thinking back to a thread I made where a few people recommended the ad700s. How do these headphones compare? They will be used for gaming/dvds and a little music if any. I know they are both open and they are going for the...

these will be for gaming but I don't plan on going to any LANs so would open be the better choice? i am probably getting the hd555s.

Hi, Someone from nvnews.net recommended I come here and ask this question so here goes. I am looking for a relatively cheap ($50-100) headphone for pc gaming. A lot of people have been saying I should get the Sennheiser HD555 but they are a little out of my price range. I am currently using a...