I am now using SilverStone EB01 DAC --> Headamp Gilmore Lite --> HD650 do I need a pair of expensive RCA cable from AudioQuest or Meier-Audio for $100 -OR- the $9.99 gold series RCA from radio shack works just fine? what are the difference between the 2 cable above? big difference?

which one is better used as DAC ? headphone amp is gilmore lite thanks

what is a good (cheap) external DAC to get? would the cheap Chaintech AV-710 sound card good enough? i use gilmore lite headphone amp HD650 headphone source are 192kps mp3s is the source a bottleneck ? -OR- it's more than enough? thanks

how about the Xitel Pro HiFi-Link External Sound System is this a good DAC?? http://www.shopping.com/xPC-DPI_Pro_Hi_Fi_Pc

then what kind of sound card / DAC / amp i need to get full potential of HD650??

but on ebay there is alot of amp called Custom cmoy sold for around $50 http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-Cmoy-headp...QQcmdZViewItem what are the quality different between the expensive ones and cheap cmoy ones??????

i get some suggestion of expensive amps like 1) Meier HA1 MKII ($299) 2) Gilmore Lite ($299) 3) Creek OBH-21 ($250) but on ebay there is alot of amp called Custom cmoy sold for around $50 http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-Cmoy-headp...QQcmdZViewItem what are the quality different between...

i get some suggestion of expensive amps like 1) Meier HA1 MKII ($299) 2) Gilmore Lite ($299) 3) Creek OBH-21 ($250) but on ebay there is alot of amp called Custom cmoy sold for around $50 http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-Cmoy-headp...QQcmdZViewItem what are the quality different between...

i am thinking of connect my HD650 to a headphone amp and i am planning to use the line out of the cheap Chaintech AV-710 i get some suggestion of expensive amps like 1) Meier HA1 MKII ($299) 2) Gilmore Lite ($299) 3) Creek OBH-21 ($250) but on ebay there is alot of amp called...

so for AV-710 what kind of cable i need to use? and I have to use the "line out" jack right? the one everybody saying has high quality sound?? thanks

by RCAs you mean those A/V cable in red / white color? do u have a picture of it thanks again

I am confused on how to connect DAC (Digial-Analog-converter) to headphone amp. i read ppl in the forum said Chaintech AV-710 has an excellent DAC output. where is that DAC plug on the AV-710? (optical out??) What kind of cable i use to connect AV-710 DAC and external headphone amp...

if i use revolution 5.1, will an external amp make a big difference on sound quality on the HD650 ($305) thanks

what's the cheapest setup 1) sound card, 2) headphone amp i need to take full advantage of HD650 ($305) ? thanks

regarding to the above user's advice which one are the best to use with HD650 headphone? m-audio revolution 5.1 ($67) Chaintech AV-710 ($23) X-Fi ($199) If I use Chaintech AV-710 (which has a very good DAC) do i still need a extra headphone amp? since from my understand what inside...

regarding to the cheap Chaintech AV-710 ($23) & New Creative X-Fi Platinum($199), which one is better sound quality when pluging my HD650 headphone into headphone slot of the sound card? Any way I can make HD650 sounds better beyond just using a sound card? thanks

would a Yamaha 770W 7.1-Ch. Quad-Field Cinema DSP; Dolby Digital EX, Pro Logic II/IIx, DTS 96/24; DVD-Audio/SACD support; Pure Direct sounds much better than a headphone amp - HeadRoom Micro DAC which one sounds better when plug into computer for mp3 ? 1) HeadRoom Micro DAC 2) Yamaha 770W...

even a $39 headphone amp would sound much better than headphone output of X-Fi ($199) ? $30 ART HeadTap Headphone Amp http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...Fencoding=UTF8 what kind of setup I would need to take full use of HD650 Sennheiser thanks again

does Creative's new sound card X-Fi has a headphone amp inside? if i purchase the X-Fi Platinum, do i need to buy a headphone amp like HeadRoom Micro DAC? since X-Fi external box has a plug for headphone. thanks

QUESTION 3 ========================== what i mean is 1) do I plug in HD650 headphone directly to X-Fi sounds better -OR- 2) do I plug my Yamaha receiver HTR-5840BL into optical output of X-Fi & plug in HD650 headphone to Yamaha receiver 3) do I plug HD650 headphone directly to HeadRoom...

QUESTION 1 ================================== Is the following a good setup to get quality sound? source is mp3 192kps sound card digital output --> Yamaha receiver --> HD650 headphone - Yamaha 600W 6.1-Ch. Receiver Model: HTR-5840BL - HD650 headphone - a cheap sound card with...