I would like a neutral signature or slightly u-shaped, and I'm willing to do a bit of EQ. Primary use is for music, mostly metal genre, but some gaming as well so a good soundstage and imaging is a plus. Comfort is very important as I will be wearing them many hours at a time, I have a large...

Preferably $20 or less, 1.5 feet (the shorter the better), available on Amazon or Newegg.  I see a lot of options, but I'm not sure what I should choose as far as quality is concerned.   Thank you to everyone willing to take the time.

After about 3 months of use, the headphone socket has become completely detached and has fallen inside of the unit itself.  It was pretty loose to begin with, but I didn't think anything of it because I had heard that it was of low quality and figured that it was simply a symptom.   Anyways...

After about 3 months of use, the headphone socket has become completely detached and has fallen inside of the unit itself.  It was pretty loose to begin with, but I didn't think anything of it because I had heard that it was of low quality and figured that it was simply a symptom.   Anyways...

If I plug my amp into my keyboard's USB port instead of plugging it directly into my desktop, is there any loss in sound quality?

I am basically just looking for an amp and a DAC (or a combined amp/dac) for $130 or less.  The SoundMAGIC is a "portable" 32 Ohm headphone, but it supposedly responds very well to amping.  I'd like the combo to be either neutral or slightly warm.  Soundstage and transparency should be...

I'd like to find one that is slightly easier to operate (one that you can flat out increase or reduce bass/treble, rather than tweak each individual frequency).   Of course, I will take what I can get.

I find the bass on the UE 6000 (active mode) to be a bit too much.  Also, the midrange sounds kind of recessed.  Does anyone have some good equalizer settings to bring the active mode closer to passive mode (or better in general)?  I would rather use the active mode, as it is easier to drive and...

Right now I am looking at the M50s with a FiiO E07K as an amp (maybe overkill on the amp).  I have looked at a lot of reviews, and I may have misinterpreted this, but there is not a HUGE difference in unamped quality in the $100-200 range, mostly coming down to personal preference.  For this...