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Not that you're likely to listen, but you shouldn't go for Monster cables.
+1
Especially when it comes to optical cables...
When it comes to cables that carry a digital signal high end cables are a joke unless you are doing extremely long runs (then you need to start worrying about resistance).
This applies even more so with optical since it's completely immune to ANY form of rf interference.
When it comes to cables for digital signals, MonoPrice is king:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10229
Fortunately optical cables are fairly low priced to begin with so despite the Monster Cables on amazon being like 3-4x the price of the monoprice, it still isn't too much more money.
They also sell auxilary cables:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218
Anyways, as for somewhere to buy the headphones:
http://www.proaudiostar.com/beyerdynamic-dt-990-premium-600.html?gdftrk=gdfV21380_a_7c627_a_7c2662_a_7cBEY_d_DT990PREMIUM600
Is the cheapest I've seen em. Supposed to be a fairly reliable dealer.
Outside of that, 319 is pretty much the standard price for the 600ohm version, you really aren't gonna find em for much cheaper unless you are open to Open Box items like:
http://www.warehousedeals.com/Beyer-Dynamic-DT-990-Premium-600/M/B0024NK34O.htm?traffic_src=froogle&utm_medium=CSE&utm_source=froogle
Basically they are units that were like purchased, barely used, and then returned. But they are also not BRAND new.