[Richardson0]

Hi there, after thinking long and hard, I have decided to get a new soundcard to accompany my DT150 250 ohm.
 
However, the headphones will go directly into the back of the soundcard, so I have no means of volume control.
 
If I purchased a headphone amp instead of a soundcard, I would have the volume knob to control the volume for the headphones. But of course I'm guessing the quality will be much greater with a more expensive soundcard (Titanium HD).
 
What can I do? If I buy a soundcard, I will be stuck with Windows volume control, and that's kind of awkward to use. It seems the only resolution to this is to buy a headphone amp as well as a sound card (expensive!).
 
Help? Ideas? Suggestions? Are there any other solutions to this?
 
(posted this in the wrong section originally)

 

[unamped]

Certainly you'd have no difficulty finding an amp expensive enough, but you can probably find a way to control volume using a keyboard shortcut or mouse button

 

[Richardson0]

But would I see varying quality with just using the windows volume control? Like how different would it be at lower and higher volumes? Compared to having windows volume at full and tweaking volume with a volume knob on an amp.

 

[Richardson0]

Bump, I'd really like a solution to this

 

[olegausany]

If you buy an amp you can use its volume knob to control the volume while setting windows volume level to the max

 

[Richardson0]

What sort of amp? Would a fiio e6 do?