jondsolo
New Head-Fier
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- Aug 12, 2012
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Hello, i'm new here, I was completely unaware of the audiophile world.. didn't know there was much better sound to be heard out here.
The two items I use for listening are my laptop and iPod, and I was interested in getting the most out of my HD598s.
This is my first quality buy of any headset besides gaming gear.
I'm interested in getting as much quality these headphones can produce as possible through additional gear - since i'm aware the source determines the quality of sound more than anything. I read somewhere on here that with a dac/amp I can bypass my computers programs/soundcard and stream audio through the DAC? I am not sure how much of what I am saying is true, but if I can for instance play uncompressed audio and bypass my average soundcard then that would be ideal.
I'll be searching the forums but I figured someone here already knows the links/places I need to go to understand what sort of steps I need to take to get my headphones at their best.
One last question, does an AMP or DAC help with producing more bass? I was aware the 598s are not as strong with their bass when I bought them but if I could bring that up a tad then that would be awesome.
I listen to electronic music, a lot of Aphex Twin, the rap I listen to is stuff like Andre Nickatina, and I do enjoy some dubstep here and there and I enjoy my Classical music as well.
It's a cool community here and i'm glad I found this place
The two items I use for listening are my laptop and iPod, and I was interested in getting the most out of my HD598s.
This is my first quality buy of any headset besides gaming gear.
I'm interested in getting as much quality these headphones can produce as possible through additional gear - since i'm aware the source determines the quality of sound more than anything. I read somewhere on here that with a dac/amp I can bypass my computers programs/soundcard and stream audio through the DAC? I am not sure how much of what I am saying is true, but if I can for instance play uncompressed audio and bypass my average soundcard then that would be ideal.
I'll be searching the forums but I figured someone here already knows the links/places I need to go to understand what sort of steps I need to take to get my headphones at their best.
One last question, does an AMP or DAC help with producing more bass? I was aware the 598s are not as strong with their bass when I bought them but if I could bring that up a tad then that would be awesome.
I listen to electronic music, a lot of Aphex Twin, the rap I listen to is stuff like Andre Nickatina, and I do enjoy some dubstep here and there and I enjoy my Classical music as well.
It's a cool community here and i'm glad I found this place