Lucenzo
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Hello nice people of head-fi,
my friend is using a Beyerdynamic DT 770 pro 80 ohm headphone, plugged directly in to his desktop motherboard (ASRock Z87 Pro3).
It's his birthday next month and I was thinking of buying him this soundcard: ASUS Xonar Essence STX.
But I'm not sure if it's worth it, considering it's only 80 Ohm and he keeps saying it sounds just fine the way it is now..
Do you guys think there will be a big enough difference, sound quality-wise, that it is actually noticable with the human ear?
He likes to listen to his music at relatively low volumes, because he's got pretty sensitive ears, so the volume increase from the soundcard doesn't really matter, it's purely sound quality that I'm asking about.
Just in case it's important: He likes to listen to all kinds of electronical music like progressive house, vocal trance, hardstyle, etc.
Looking forward to your opinions!
my friend is using a Beyerdynamic DT 770 pro 80 ohm headphone, plugged directly in to his desktop motherboard (ASRock Z87 Pro3).
It's his birthday next month and I was thinking of buying him this soundcard: ASUS Xonar Essence STX.
But I'm not sure if it's worth it, considering it's only 80 Ohm and he keeps saying it sounds just fine the way it is now..
Do you guys think there will be a big enough difference, sound quality-wise, that it is actually noticable with the human ear?
He likes to listen to his music at relatively low volumes, because he's got pretty sensitive ears, so the volume increase from the soundcard doesn't really matter, it's purely sound quality that I'm asking about.
Just in case it's important: He likes to listen to all kinds of electronical music like progressive house, vocal trance, hardstyle, etc.
Looking forward to your opinions!