Awesome thanks! Got some on the way :]

I thinking of upgrading my op amps...but i use rca since i have a seperate headphone amp. All id have to do is just change the buffer one right? And the 6172 is your top choice? Thanks!

Ahhh ok ill connect it to RCA then :] the RCA cable from the littledot turns into a jack then I connect that to the splitter the STX came with the the RCA. Wouls it be better it I get a good quality RCA to RCA cable? Ohhhhh dont think so, would that benefit it? If so how? Thanks again, im...

So double amping is better? Sweet ill look into foobar2000 when i get home :] Yeah i don't use the motherboards audio drivers or anything, only the soundcard. Thanks!

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Ahhh ok good to know! I had it plugged into the headphone jack so the RCA one. Should I upgrade the rca cables it cane with?

So thats the setup Im using, just got the little dot last night and im having trouble getting it set right. I hear a low hiss when i have my littledot in the setup, if its my sound card powering my akgs no hiss. Maybe I have the gain wrong my the little dot? Im using the the stock tubes so maybe...

I just got my akg 702 headphones paired with my essence stx sound card. I want to make sure im getting the full potential from the headphones though... Should I buy a headphone amp? I dont care how much ( at least $1000 or less) I just want to get the max experience! Also would I pair my sound...

Haha I am going crazy trying to pick the right ones. I know there are better ones but I'm trying to stick below the $600 range. I'm sure you're right about being blown away with any of those headphones! I was using my x12 turtle beach headset last night ( I know.....it's not great ) and I was...

Ahhhhh! I have the stx card!!! I was looking up some videos and I think ima go with the hd 600s! If you or anyone else have any other headphones in mind lemme know! :] i got the astro a40s when i got my card and well was disappointed, guess they were all hype haha. Glad i looked into it! Soooo...

Im looking for headphones that I can use for both music/gaming, mainly gaming. Ive been looking at the sennheiser 363d and the beyerdynamic mmx 300 Im leaning towards the mmx 300 based on reviews and research. My question is I dont care for the mic (headset) im looking for headphones that are...

So I just bought my asus essence stx card and astro a40 + amp. I was getting an odd echo/sewer effect when I had them using DD live setting ( with anyheadphones using spdif) so I connected the headphones to the analog instead. Any idea why? isnt DD live recommended for gaming instead of analog...