do you have a good sound card?
Wow, people are actually willing to spend $300-$400 on headphones?!
thanks for the productive comment. and yea people do. just look at beats. they aren't that good but people still drop 300 for them. there are headphones that sell for 1,500 and people still buy them.
Wow, people are actually willing to spend $300-$400 on headphones?!
There seems to be a disturbing lack of audiophiles on this site.![]()
I recommend JVC and Sennheiser. JVC is good for the price. I like the sound quality of my XX HA-M5X which are about $35. The build quality sucks arse, but the sound is okay. Sennheiser is pretty much the best you can get, but you have to pay well for their quality. A HT-Omega sound card would be about the minimum to take advantage of them.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826106572
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826106522
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA13909R1412
these are all very good and less than 300. Though you still need a very good sound card to back them up.
You will love the quality when you can get it. A good sound card and headphones are like a Shilke, Brevet, or Silver Flair trumpet. Once you use one, everything else sounds like arse when you use them.
I recommend against that setup. The headphones are great, the card, not so much. If you want an asus, go for the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132054. If you want something in the same price range as the asus you selected, go for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271006. The Cmedia chips are much clearer than the asus chips in my experience. If you game, go for the Asus AV100 or AV66. If you are looking for music, stick with Cmedia, either the 8888DHT or the 8788.
AV100 will be better gaming and can music well. CM8788 plays music really good, and can game okay. To let you know what to get, we need to know what is better to you. Do you want top dog gaming audio with passable music, or do you want the best music with passable gaming?