Meze 99's are usually my recommendation for portable headphones, but i haven't heard the 2 that you are considering, also the meze's are about $300 new or closer to about $200ish used.

Legit as in, the link might contain a virus or something.

Yes, you are correct. I did say difficult, not impossible. Those are also on ear, not over. Some people such as myself do prefer over ear, but i do have a large head and some what large ears.

It's difficult enough finding good sounding headphones under $100 let alone comfortable ones, not including build quality. I wish you luck though.

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Thank you for the fast response and have you tried them single ended? Is balance worth it?

I was thinking of getting the HP-A4BL for my pair of meze 99's and m1060c's. I also want to get balance cables that end in 4 pin xlr for both so i can use the xlr output on this amp/dac.so, finally my questions: does the amp part have enough to power the m1060c's? I know planar headphones can be...

Dac, with a headphone output or?

Just for future reference there is the xduoo ta-10 out now, a good desktop dac/amp combo for about $300. It is a tube hybrib, but because of that outputs about 2 watts a channel through the balanced xlr output.

Also the xduoo ta-10 does 2 watts a channel through the xlr balanced output i believe.

If you're interested in or at least not against chinese options then the xduoo ta-10 is a pretty great amp/dac that is a tube hybrid for about $300 new. Has about the same quality dac as about $100 stand alone dacs, but the amp is great and tube rolling (swapping out tubes) can actually get more...

It's really a personal thing honestly. Some people think m1060's are comfortable enough as is and other people swap pads and do things to the head band. So, i guess i should have said that i believe the k712's to be the most comfortable. It's just like sound, it's subjective not objective for...

I haven't tested the 770's to be honest, but the k712 are more comfortable than the 770 or 990, but part of that is because they are lighter.

Yes, but you have to take into consideration his overall budget for the dac/amp AND headphones

Fair enough, thanks for the advice. =] well as far as reversible DIY's i was gonna swap the pads and the cable. Would you happen to have any suggestions for a decent dac/amp? I was looking at a xduoo ta-10

I personally think it is

Meze 99's and around $300 and super comfy

The fiio k3 i think it's called, but its about $100 for a amp/dac combo but it's pretty good and those are good, but have you checked out the AKG K712 pro's?

I mean you can even tweak sounds with just swapping pads or swapping a cable to a balanced cable or other small things.

The dt990s are definitely good for fps games and i would recommend going with premium version, i haven't tried them both out, but have heard there's a big enough difference between pro and premium to justify the price. The only thing is if you are sensitive to higher end (upper) frequencies then...

For the tonal balance, you want more low end (more low frequencies, more bass, or how ever you want to word it) with more low end those single player games sound scape (the music and noises going on in the game) pull you in more since they jump out a little more. Now, if you want to play...

One last thing since you play mostly single player and want drums you want more lower end for the booms of bombs and rumbles of storms and things to be more immersive

Btw when you say isolated you mean you will be or that you want the sound to be isolated? If you want sound to be isolated you mean closed back

So, the dac is a digital to analog converter. Any electronic with a headphone output has a built in dac since the original signal is basically 0's and 1's and concerts it. Now since you are at home and using a pc i assume, the dac is built into your mother board. If you need one really depends...

There are plenty of closed backs to consider now though: meze 99's, monolith (monoprice?) m1060c, audeze's has a few pairs of closed backs. All to most of these are in your price range as well.