I know there are plenty of threads here for suggestions on gaming headsets, but I'm looking specifically for Sennheisers (this is all that is available here).   - Mic is not a necessity - Open back is okay with me - My Gigabyte H97 Gaming 3 motherboards claims to have a headphone amp...

I'm in the process of purchasing a new sound card to go along with my Yamaha 5.1 speakers and its AVR. The thing is, video games require either DTS Connect or Dolby Digital Live encoding on the sound card, and a decoder on the other end for true surround sound via optical out. I've heard on...

Hello all. I need a bit of guidance in deciding my very first 'relatively' high end IEM to use with my iPhone 5 (without any external amp). My previous experience with good headphones has only been limited to over the ear models which include Bose AE2, Sony MDR-V6 and Sennheiser HD448.  ...

I need help in sound card selection. I've been searching non-stop for 2 days now and for the life of me cannot find a suitable card. Every Creative sound card I've searched for (Titanium, Recon etc etc) have issues with digital audio. They either don't support DTS out of the box or some other...

Firstly, this is the motherboard I have: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1156/P7H55V/ It has SPDIF and HDMI. Currently I'm using a Z5500 attached to Creative Soundblaster Xtreme Music through 3 pin analog connection for 5.1. The sound card doesnt have SPDIF.   Now I'm...

I'm looking to buy the IE8 to pair it with an iPod Touch and my cellphone (Nokia N9). I'll also use it with my macbook. What I want to know is whether I need an amp to drive these or will without amp do just fine. I know an amp will obviously help but is IE8 the kind of IEM that 'needs' an amp...

So I have lots of HD movies on my PC and I want to watch them on my big screen LCD (1080p). There are two way to do it. Either connect a PC with X-Fi titanium soundcard and HDMI output and connect the sound card through 3 pin analog to my Z5500 and the HDMI to the LCD. The second way is to get...

That's basically my question. I'm looking to buy something for music and movies. Music on my cellphone with a FiiO E5 and movies on my PC with a X-Fi sound card. I already have Sony MDR-V6 and they're fantastic. My only problem is that they're not really that portable and I cant wear them to...

Hello all. I'm looking to buy headphones or earphones and my range is ~200$. The make and model will be decided later. What I want to first decide is whether an earphone or headphone is the way to go. I am perfectly comfortable with either or them. Here's my usage pattern:   I listen to...