djork 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2007 1. Is a headphone amp necessary for me as the source is the x-fi card from my computer? 2. Will a tube headphone amp in this case be of any good? 3. how much does one costs? where can I find out more about headphone amps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rameish 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2007 This is more a question for the PC Audio section as your source is your computer via x-fi card (I dont know anything about this card) so hopefully people in this forum will be able to help you out. Having said that, here's the info you need to provide to get good answers. 1) Are you playing compressed music like MP3 from your HD or are you inserting CDs and listing to music. 2) What is the brand and model of headphone you have or intend to get? 3) What's your budget? 4) read this (I wrote it sometime back but it still applies) : http://www.sgheadphones.net/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=82 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loop_ 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2007 you can try www.head-fi.org it's like the global version of sgheadphones, and if you search for past threads I'm sure you'll find out more about your soundcard (i have no idea also) there are a few places to audition amps here, like jaben networks and stereo electronics. Hard to audition if you're using a pc sound-card though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
