So i have had my AKG MK 271 II headphones for about 3months now and i absolutely love these things. They are absolutely amazing and just pure awesome. But i know i am not using them to their full potential using my computers on board sound....So i decided i would budget out about $50,.....maybe...

have done a lot of research, but need some help from the pros    I bought a pair of Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80's - will be used 65% gaming (FPS (Battlefield 3) so positional cues are very important), 35% Movies (likely via home theater receiver on separate TV, with some occasional PC movie...

so i want good sound for my pc, either 2.1 or 2.0 speakers that don't roll-off extremely at the bottom, with non-software volume control; space isn't a concern. uses are music, games, movies, with a preference for balanced sound that covers low lows and high highs... lol. currently my sound...

Hello Everyone! I need your advice, guys! Next week I am gonna buy pair of Superlux HD-330 (150 Ohm, 96 dB), I have Asus Xonar DS and I want to know how DS could drive them? Do i need the amp? Which one can you advice me for price less 75$? Will Behringer HA400 be enough? (Sorry for my English)

Hi all,   I'm looking for a headphone amp for my Beyerdynamic DT770 80ohms. I assume that I will benefit from having a headphone amp. I want to make full use of my headphones, and I'm guessing a headphone amp will help with this.   I use my DT770s with my desktop computer. My desktop has...

Hey Head-fi!   I understand these question may seem incredibly stupid but please bare with me, I'm doing my best.   I've just ordered my first set of "audiophile" headphones which are the Dt770s, they'll mainly be for music and gaming and I realised that I'll need a better source than my...

Hey. I got the AKG K550s, I have used em mostly with my laptop at uni but decided to get some iems for that instead. So now im plugging them into my gaming computer at home instead, the only problem now is low sound and lack of elements in the sound. I understand this is due to the bad onboard...

Hello everyone!   I recently bought the Monoprice 8323 about a couple of days ago and i'm loving them with the beyerdynamic DT250 velour pads. Right now, i use a FiiO E6 for my portable and realtek audio for my computer. Whats the best headphone amp/dac combo for under $150 USD? I was...

Hi Im looking for some advice and have being pointed in the direction of this forum by a friend. Basically i need a headset for gaming and have heard good things about the PC350's. I wondering if people have other suggestions   I Don't want to be spending more than £200 on these i do have...

Hi.   I just ordered the Audio technica ATH M50 headphones and i plan on using them for listening to music,watching HD (and 3d) movies and playing games.I will basicly use them for everything sound related. I know they arent the best headset but i dont have the cash to get the high end ATM...

Good Evening folks.   A while back I decided to upgrade my phones. I am currently sitting on a pair of AKG K518 LE, which sound OK. Though are EXTREMELY uncomfortable, I have to shift them constantly. Also the sound leaves a little something to be desired.  Anyway, after many hours of...

Hi Guys,   Well I posted a while back about my X-Fi Forte analog outs dying on me so I have been forced to use the DAC on my Z5500 (from the digital out of the X-Fi Forte) to power my HD 555s.  I have personally found the Logitech's headphone out to be awful compared to the Forte's headphone...

I am looking into a pair of open back headphones, but I don't mind looking at close can as well. I listen to techno, trance, dance, and softer vocal music.  I just want something that good within my price range, I am quite unsatisfied with my past purchases Razer Megalodon and Nokia BH-905i. I...

So, I will be getting the HD 598's in a couple of weeks, but having used my noisy inbuilt audio on my computer, i need something to stop it. Max 100GBP, although less is better, I was thinking a nuforce uDac-2 or xonar dx, but would prefer something <100. i don't need portability, just a pretty...

Hey all, pretty new to this world of "hi-fi" audio.  Been reading/researching for a few days now...just getting started, I know. :)   Anyway, I'm pretty set on the 558s right now, I think...  :P   I will be gaming: FPS, RPG, MMO.  TF2, DoD, CoD, and other random shooters.  Diablo 3, and...

Hi, I have only $420, no more no less, to spend on audio for my new pc but I'm a bit lost, I've done a lot of research and don't really know how to best spend those $420.    First of all, I would like to use this money to improve my pc audio, for gaming, watching films and listening to...

Hey guys, been trying to get this working for the past 4 hours and got nowhere. I have two issues   1) Control Panel (either Asus one or CPanel) do not start after reboot. I've tried both official and unified drivers to no avail. The control panel just DOESNT want to start after installation...

I am wanting to buy a sound card, which will then go into a DAC, then an amp for my headphones.  It will also be used to send the PC audio to my home theater, any suggestions? (I have a pair of k702's, and am going to get a 5.1 channel Polk setup (don't know the receiver yet) (I'm also using...

I have the koss pro DJ100 headphones and want to know what is a better option buying a xonar DGX or a fiio e10? because my onboard(ALC892) is bad, also if i choose the e10 will i be missing features of an sound-card like open-AL processing and positioning. I'm not interested in EAX or Dolby...

Hi all!   I am completely new in the audio world, I have owned a senneizer hd 515 and was quite happy with it (using it with my onboard sound card and my ipod). But I needed a second headphones for some reasons and wanted to buy a better one. I have read plenty of review telling that the AKG...

Is there a significant difference in features between the entry level Xonar cards like the DGX vs the higher end cards like the Xonar Essence STX or the Creative Xi-Fi Titanium HD if all you care about it sound through headphones?     While I do have an analog output to a receiver to power...

I am looking for an inexpensive sound card to amp headphones around 80 ohms.  Dolby Headphone would be a plus (for headphone surround), but I don't necessarily need Dolby Live functionality as I am not planning to hook up to surround receiver to need encoding for optical out.  Just looking to...

Im an average 14 year old student, my Shure SE215 got stolen a few days ago in school and I have a $2000(USD) budget on a new computer after my exams. I plan to use some of that money to get my new headphones, my new motherboard (Asus Maximus V) has like this awesome onboard audio with like the...

Hi there Head-fiers. I'm looking for a new set of headphones for using to gaming and making some music. I got a budget around 200$ but don't know what to choose. I've been looking at the dt770 pro 250 oHms but i'm really not sure, so now i'm asking you for your opinion. (Just want to add that...

Hello there people :)   Bought a pair of dt 770s a week ago and have been using them with Fiio e11 since I've been on the road.Now however I'm back home and when I plug them into my pc the sound is so weak,I can have high volumes but the sound is "empty" Don't really know how to explain this...