The mixamp is essentially just a little receiver that does dolby headphone processing.  It takes RCA, Digital Coax, and Optical inputs if I remember correctly so, you can use it with any console or PC that utilizes one of those outputs.  Other than that, the only other thing it does is allow the...

Well, I've been using the DT990 Pro (250ohm) w/ Xonar DX and Fiio E9 for several months now and I've been quite happy with this setup.  The only real drawback I've found is that with the default settings on the Xonar software mixer, the mids are quite recessed and the treble was downright...

Going through the cemetary as soon as you hit firelink... dear god...   Yeah, Dark Souls and Demon Souls are the only games I've played where I can go into an area I beat with little issue when I was 10 levels lower and still get my ass handed to me if I make just one dumb mistake.  Love it.  ...

So, I ended up going with DT990 pros, fiio E9, and a xonar DX 7.1 .  Thanks to some ebay best offers and ~$30 of amazon credit, I managed to get everything for under $300 new so, definitely "mission accomplished" for me price-wise.  I'll update one last time with my impressions once everything...

I love my fighters.  I play on both PS3 and 360.  On 360 I play SC IV, SC V, BB:CS extend, MvC3/ultimate MvC3, and Battle Fantasia.  PM me your gamertag if you're interested in playing a few rounds sometime.

Sounds like the DT990 pros + E9 are probably going to be best "bang for the buck" for my purposes then.  Still debating on the sound card but, I've been doing most of my gaming on consoles the past few weeks so, I guess that part can wait a bit more.  Thanks for the help, everyone!

Just to respond to a couple of your questions:   I was looking at the 250ohm DT990 pro and actually will probably be doing more gaming than movie watching (about 60/40 gaming/movies - not sure if that changes your opinion at all). Definitely playing BF3 on the PC - Is there another way to...

I've been lurking around the head-fi forums doing some research (including a long read of Mad Lust Envy's gaming headphone thread) on my next pair of gaming headphones for a while now and have narrowed my search down to two candidates:  The beyerdynamic DT990 Pro and the AKG Q701.  Both seem...