I just bought a pair of shure 840 and was wondering if a sound card would drive the headphones better that the original on motherboards(mine is asus v formula), if so which one?   IF not a sound card for my stationary pc can drive it then what DAC/AMP will do the trick? (portable ? ) I...

Yes, I suppose that's true. Altough I won't be using them that often in public.  

Hi all, Im new in here and I need some help figuring out what headphones i should buy..       Here it goes..   I mainly listen to prog rock, metal, some classic, and a little bit of everything.  My favourite bands: Ayreon, Tool, Porcupine tree, opeth, SOAD, Nirvana, alice in chains...