Hey, I'm looking to buy some nice headphones primarily for gaming but I'd like them to be good for music and film aswell. The problem is there are probably 10 thousand different options and I don't really know how to setup everything and what i need. I've read up on akg 702 with mixamp and it...

I recently finished school and finally managed to get a minimum wage job. I was able to treat myself to a Fiio E11 headphone amp recently and found it an excellent addition to my Alessandro MS-1s. The iPod sounds more powerful and punchy, but I hear a enough sibilance when equalizing, and...

So am thinking about buying some new headphones and a amp. But am a bit curious on how you go about connecting a headphone amp to the computer.   My soundcard atm is a Creative X-FI Xtrememusic, do you just connect the amp to one of the 3.5mm connectors on the soundcard, and then plug the...

Had my Senn HD 598's and I was wondering if adding an amp could really give me a bigger difference in quality. I didn't have enough to pull the trigger on an amp a while back, but I was thinking it is as good of a time as any to start saving up and grab an amp. I already have a USB Sound card...

  Hello Head-fi`ers and greetings from Germany. :=)   I personally own an IMac and a Sennheiser HD 600 Headphone. Since the quality of the internal soundcard is not very good, ive decided to get a headphone amp for my HD 600. Ive spent quite some time with researching at the the...

Hello Head-Fi,   Do I need a headphone amp for my AKG K240 MKII's?   It is only connected to my Xonar DS Sound Card, when I play heavy (don't know how to word it, detailed, busy?) songs the headphones sort of crap out on me and don't go too loud when I max out iTunes + Windows volume...

Hey guys. I have some cheap Logitech speakers (~£15, 2.1), and had a PC 350 headset. I used the speakers whenever I wasn't in the mood for headphones (just lightly browsing web inbetween jobs, when I had people around etc), and a real life saver with them was that the in-line volume control...

Hello,   I'm new to the forum but a long time reader. I'm on a budget of around $200.00   I mainly play games and listen to music on the side. I bought the XONAR DG sound card and will be buying either the Sennheiser 598 w/mic or the PC 360s. I have read good things about the ad700 but...

Hi guys, I just created my user here and I hope you wont flame me for asking help here... So, here's my story..I love music, its the only thing I have left in life that I love, and I'm pretty sure music loves me back aswell. I'm a trance music addict pretty much, it makes me wanna live.. but my...

Hi there, I just got a pair of Ultrasone HFI-580 and I was wondering the best way to connect them. I have an Auzentech Xplosion sound card connected to a Sony STR-DG720 home theater amp via toslink. I also have a Line6 UX2 USB sound interface for instrument/microphone recording, which I can use...

I got a pair of M50's the other day and I've noticed alot of distortion. I don't know if it's because albums are mastered poorly ( I listen to a lot of rock and metal, so I wouldn't be surprised...) or my headphones are defective. I was just wondering if anybody has any ideas or if it's just normal?

Hi. I'm looking to buy some mid range quality headphones to use while I'm working in front of my computer. I'll be playing music from itunes, some of which is in lossless format converted from cds and some of which is compressed mp3s. What headphones would you recommend around the $200 -...

Hey guys,    First off, I want to thank all of you  for providing so much valuable information through-out these threads.  This is my first post but I have done a ton reading and I would like to think the advice given by fellow head-fiers here has saved me some money and some disappointment...

Greetings y'all. I've seen plenty of "gaming headphone/headset" threads but there is a problem. Most of these threads have been made by American users but I'm British and the headphones usually suggested (AD700 & HD 555) are ridiculously overpriced in UK so I'm looking for a cheaper...

Hey guys,    So i am planning to pull the trigger on a pair of HD 650s and i have a few questions. I am currently using the HD595s with a Xonar Essence STX Sound Card running inside my PC. My question is, do you think the amp will be able to drive the 650s? I can set it for 300 Ohms but i...

Hi, I am new to the forums here so please don't destroy me xD Anyhoos, I was looking for some good recommendations for closed circumaural headphones that are better than the sennheiser hd 280's for between $100-200.   My headphones will mostly be used for listening to music casually...

I need you guys answer my question and give recommendation for me I am gonna upgrade to one of this denon ah-d1000 / shure srh-440 / ultrasone hfi-580     1) What the differences between them compared to mine akg518dj (bass/mid/treble)? 2) Give one recommendation based on this: 50%...

My almost-1-year-old koss portapro phones recently starts to sound broken in bass- the lowest bass frequesny      makes some static sounds instead of low-freq' sound. when I turned 30Hz off (0%) via my sound card I couldn't hear the static sounds anymore. I tried plugging them to another...

  tl;dr: Can I get sound on my Xbox 360 from my sound card, and also get Dolby Headphone (5.1 or virtual 7.1) from the Ear Force DSS/Mixamp? I will be ordering the Xonar DG for use with this.   I have a couple questions about the best way to get sound on my Xbox 360. So right now I use an...

I have had this nice headphone amplifier for a couple of years. Over time the headphone jack has become touchier.   I use a 3 mm headphone plug and put this into a 3mm to 1/4 inch stereo plug adapter. I have to fine tune it to get good stereo sound out of it. I have used both the 3 mm...

Looking to get myself a pair of nice headphones. I am inbetween the Senn HD650 and the Grado RS2's. I'm heavily leaning towards the Grados. I mainly listen on my computer, 2011 Mac Pro 8 core. Wondering if the grado's will perform spectacularly on my computer without any sound card/amp? Do they...

I have sound card built in.

Im looking for some new headphones and have narrowed it down to these two but i'm pretty split on which one to get, from what i have heard the 598's are absolutely incredible but there also quite a bit more that the M50's. So my question is this, are the 598's worth the extra cash.   Also...

I've finally decided to upgrade my HD555 headphones to the HD600s, and I was wondering what amplifier should I get to drive them properly. I will be using the computer as the source, and currently I only have an on-board sound card... So should I just get a card like the Xonar Essence ST that...

Hi I recently got the ad700 and I am disappointed in the positional audio but you have to consider a couple things.   I don't use a dedicated sound card.  The reason for this is I am a competitive gamer.  I want my sound at home to be the same as at LAN tournaments so I use USB sound cards...