Sorry for the late reply I forgot that I had turned off the email notifications. I looked around the forums and ended up ordering the q 701, Vali, and Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD. Since I'm new to most of this technology i'm still not 100% sure if I made the right decisions with...

Sounds good! Thanks again!

Ah thank you! Would you consider that set up to be good alongside oculus rift games?

Ah I can see why you would think that. Mad Lust Envy mentioned the E9K however he also said that he doesn't consider those a good pairing. AxelCloris suggested 2 different amps and Mad Lust Envy shortly after posted that he didn't know if they would be a good match but said he would personally...

Ah okay do you guys think the Matrix M-Stage Headphone Amplifier or Maverick Audio Tubemagic A1 will be good with the K702? 

Appreciate the fast replies!   In that case would getting a Fiio E07K solve the issue? Also is the mixamp necessary to produce surround sound or would getting the razer surround program do the job?

Would the AKG K702 paired up with Astro Mixamp Pro (2013 Edition) be good for gaming? If so would the Mixamp be all I need to get them working or would I have to get anything else?

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I'm planning on purchasing the Oculus Rift once the consumer version comes out. I realize that having immersive sound will greatly amplify my experience. Unfortunately I know little to nothing about audio. I did some looking around and found the AKG K702 Headphones to be good for good quality...