At the moment all of my audio is being routed through a DVDO Edge hub/scaler which can output audio through either hdmi or optical. The optical out sends either dolby digital 5.1, dts 5.1, standard stereo, or lcpm stereo. What I'm unclear on is whether a dac will handle the dolby digital or dts...

At the moment I have a pair of audio technica ath-a700s, being driven by a yamaha rx-v661 receiver which is receiving optical input from an x-fi xtreme audio notebook sound card. I find the sound I receive through this combo to be fairly 'nice', though obviously room for improvement. I'm looking...

Even when sitting perfectly still the A700 pads crinkle in a very distracting manner for me when listening to quiet sections in music or movies. I've heard the replacement earpads for the Audio Technica AD-1000 are a good option(and I assume are non-crinkly?) However, when looking for these...

Which one of these headphones would be best for listening to movies: Audio Technica A700 Audiot Technica A500 Beyer Dynamic DTX800 Beyer Dynamic DTX900 Keep in mind that I have a dolby headphone decoder so these headphones also have to reproduce surround sound effects.

I'm going to be getting a new headsave classic amplifier, would the Beyer Dynamic DT-770's,Senn HD600,or ATH A900 be the best overall headphones for: 40%:Games 40%:Movies 20%:Music

Hi, I'm wondering what headphones are going to give me the best bang for my buck unamped for $200 or less? At the moment I'm not interested in getting an amp but may get one down the line,nonetheless I want a headphone that will sound great unamped for the meanwhile. I've compiled a list of the...