Hi everyone,
I recently bought the Sennheiser HD 598 SR.
For a year or so i used a pair of Audio Technica ATH-M50x primarily for music (they are pretty bass heavy and as they were my first pair of "serious" headphones they were good enough for the job).
Anyway, later i started gaming with them and i found them lacking severely in soundstage and as i said previously too bass heavy to listen properly to sound clues like footsteps, etc. so i bought the Sennheiser.
My question is this:
I want to use the Sennheiser HD 598 SR for gaming and to do so I connected the green line out of my pc (ASUS Maximus V Extreme MoBo btw) to my speakers AMP that is a Denon PMA-500AE and then i connected the headphones out of the AMP to my Sennheiser, they really opened up compared to only using my PC line out to drive them, although i find that (even with direct source activated) the AMP - i presume - has introduced a little bit of a bass boost (maybe a little too much).
Would i benefit from a dedicated Headphone AMP/DAC combo?
Would it let me hear better subtle audio cues without having to use an higher volume level? (things like footsteps or breathing, etc.)
Do i only need a DAC since i can use my speakers AMP or it's better to use a dedicated headphones AMP? (I searched through the forums and the latter seems to be the answer but i'm not sure)
What kind of equipment do you recommend buying? Something like a FiiO E10K or separate DAC/AMP combo?
I have a budget of 200€ circa.
Let me know and thanks in advance for your advice.
I recently bought the Sennheiser HD 598 SR.
For a year or so i used a pair of Audio Technica ATH-M50x primarily for music (they are pretty bass heavy and as they were my first pair of "serious" headphones they were good enough for the job).
Anyway, later i started gaming with them and i found them lacking severely in soundstage and as i said previously too bass heavy to listen properly to sound clues like footsteps, etc. so i bought the Sennheiser.
My question is this:
I want to use the Sennheiser HD 598 SR for gaming and to do so I connected the green line out of my pc (ASUS Maximus V Extreme MoBo btw) to my speakers AMP that is a Denon PMA-500AE and then i connected the headphones out of the AMP to my Sennheiser, they really opened up compared to only using my PC line out to drive them, although i find that (even with direct source activated) the AMP - i presume - has introduced a little bit of a bass boost (maybe a little too much).
Would i benefit from a dedicated Headphone AMP/DAC combo?
Would it let me hear better subtle audio cues without having to use an higher volume level? (things like footsteps or breathing, etc.)
Do i only need a DAC since i can use my speakers AMP or it's better to use a dedicated headphones AMP? (I searched through the forums and the latter seems to be the answer but i'm not sure)
What kind of equipment do you recommend buying? Something like a FiiO E10K or separate DAC/AMP combo?
I have a budget of 200€ circa.
Let me know and thanks in advance for your advice.
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