My desktop's gotten old and I've decided to upgrade to a laptop for mobility purposes, meaning I can no longer use my internal sound-card, an Asus Xonar DX. I've always enjoyed the Dolby Headphone effect, and I would prefer to keep it. But I can't seem to find any USB substitutes for this card...

So my headphones took a bit of a short fall, I can't imagine the driver would've broken in some way, same goes for the wires, but something's wrong with them.   I dismantled them to some extent, and I cannot determine what the problem might be. I can only assume something happened to the...

I recently just purchased an Astro Mixamp to go with my Sennheiser HD 598, as I am a pretty avid gamer and enjoy the surround effect that Dolby Digital provides very much.   However, I digress. I'd like to know what's better:   I understand that the Mixamp provides the user with the...