I probably made a mistake by giving the B's a listen first... I said I was going straight to the A's for the first week or two, but temptation called... I'm going through a similar experience. I prefer the B's for the moment, but am going to give the A's more time. It's definitely an upgrade...

Just got my 1990s. What do I do, continue to listen with the B pads, or struggle some more to change them so I can put on the A pads I know I'll like even more? :p So far, so good, but the best is yet to come, I think... Maybe I'll find out eventually. Edit: I'm probably the first person in...

I'm afraid of planars--I don't want to spoil myself. :( The 660S is definitely my backup purchase if I can't get into the 1990s.

Speaking of balance, I have a pair of these coming and might at some point feel compelled to replace the 3-pin mini-XLR jack with 4-pin (as I saw someone do with ease on reddit), and make an F mini-XLR to M 4.4 mm cable for it. I know it probably won't make a difference, but I just got a Fiio...

Thanks, that's exactly the kind of thing I hoped to hear. I just pulled the trigger on some DT 1990 Pros--I'm good with a solder iron and will have no issue changing out the 3-pin XLR for 4-pin if I feel compelled (and I probably will). The 660S will be my second (and final) stop if the 1990s...

Edit: I bet this happens a lot... I talked myself into ordering the DT 1990 Pros despite the 3-pin XLR connection. I can change it to 4-pin no problem. :) I recently got a Fiio M11. My HD598s are fine for what I got them for years ago (transcribing music) and I will likely keep them to that...

Thanks to all of you. The 660S are definitely still in contention, but I have some new things to consider, like keeping my 598s around for transcribing music, and getting something more decadent for dumb pleasure-listening, when my senses are often artificially enhanced anyway and I'm somewhere...

I bought a pair of HD598s several years ago. I wanted something comfortable, detailed, reasonably accurate to wear when transcribing music. They're great for that purpose, but they're not much fun. I'm not looking for something with a built-in bass-boost or anything--I'm in a Senn thread because...

What you describe as missing from solutions other than Spatial Sound Card are not attractive things for most gamers. Those are artifacts of an imperfect acoustic environment (the ideal home theater room has minimal reverb/reflection and near-perfect diffusion--the same goes for the micro-chamber...

You ignored my post, RPGWiZaRD, but unless Windows Sonic is enabling some kind of behind-the-scenes masquerading, I'm just not seeing how it's possibly giving you accurate positioning if it isn't taking data from more than two discrete channels so long as speaker settings are set to...

Done anymore testing, RPGWiZaRD? Everything illram said rings true to me, and I also have quite a bit of experience with this (enough to wish every game used OpenAL in order to support Rapture3D HRTF :p), but you were very specific and convinced regarding positioning versus SBX in the OP. Is it...

Thanks for the advice... Unfortunately, Realtek SPDIF In/Out are 'unavailable' in ASIO4ALL.  I sent the X-Fi back as I preferred Realtek's drivers anyway.   I haven't used ASIO since the last time I had my MIDI master controller hooked up to my Audigy 2zs.  This seems like a software routing...

Hello, new here... I originally posted this on the Creative forum, and it was suggested I ask here instead:   Let me start by briefly describing my current setup and the problem that ails me...   Right now, I'm using my onboard Realtek HD Audio chipset.  My setup begins with a digital...