[dello87]

Hi all, I'm new!
I would like to have a consultancy.
I have to buy a pair of headphone for monitoring from my soundcard, the output is a line level so I think I need an headphone amp. Budget: 200$ or something more. I don't need a strong noise isolation. What's the best choice (headphone + amp)?
I read a lot but I'm still confused...
Thanks, Dello

 

[1Time]

Gaming? Movies? What kind of music?

 

[dello87]

Monitoring for music production (at an home made level obviously), so I want a flat frequency response.

 

[Benaiir]

Still, what kind of music?

 

[dello87]

I don't know the kind of music I'm gonig to do, probably there is not a fixed genre. However I simply want a flat frequency response, isn't this the important thing?

 

[.coco]

For $200, you probably could get a decent pair of cans that done require an amp. With no specific kind of music mentioned, the SR225s are a pretty decent pair.

 

[dello87]

I have to take an headphone amp because I have no headphone output on my soundcard, only level output...

 

[member1982]

ohh some fancy sound card that... right i know this probably will reduce quality but there should be connectors that takes lineout into 3.5mm jacks

and you can adjust for Flat EQ all round in every software.

humm you might be looking at flat response headphones? hummm..
this should help you:
http://www.headphone.com/technical/

 

[dello87]

I can't connect a pair of headphone directly to a line level (impedance matching problem, etc..).

I simply can't do that via software EQ

. Software EQ is where I can work to make music like I want it to be, listening from headphones. So I need to know that headphones almost have flat frequency response.

I need an amp not for quality but for functionality purposes.

 

[member1982]

headphones dont usually have a flat frequency response, but i was surprised to see the Denon D2000 to almost have an +-5 db response.

 

[dello87]

Do you think Sennheiser HD555 + Pro-Ject Head Box II is a good choice considering my budget?
Or do you think I can go with a B-Tech BT928 and a better pair of headphones?