Recent content by BrandonYoung

I'm not honestly sure how they compare to the cans you've listed, but I absolutely love the sound quality of my Sennheiser HD1s.

I enjoy my Asus Xonar ST, but I hear the drivers are a nightmare although I have not had issues with them personally. Creative Labs has some "gamer" related sound cards that are able to do virtual surround as well. ASUS ROG Xonar Phoebus (Gamer)...

Not to mess up your buying decision, but the simulated surround is often handled by the sound card, which would use any set of stereo headphones you want. If you still have your sennheiser cans, perhaps invest your budget into a quality sound card capable of simulating environmental surround...

Your temperatures seem on the high side especially for in the bios where the CPU isn't handling any real load, (nor is it handling any idle c states which can reduce the temperature). Have you opened the computer and checked for dust buildup in your CPU/GPU heatsink/fans? I de-dust my computer...

Have you cleaned your fans of dust buildup? Overheating components can crash, like stated previously. If you have the ability, try to check the temperature of your CPU and GPU, and ensure all fans are still spinning. PSU's can deteriorate over time, and can lead to instability. Especially...

As Elsa said, "Let it go". (Sorry, kids have it playing in the background).

Bigger -is- better. But it will drain battery faster than a smaller screen.

Long story short it really depends on the type of speakers you are attempting to drive, their efficiency, and your headphone out power capacity. As others have mentioned "most likely" un-amplified, the speakers won't produce to their capacity. The "best" alternative would be to power them via...

Make sure you are downloading from a local server, if you live in the US, don't choose a download site from The Netherlands, if an option exists that is closer. 30MB/s must be rough, there was a time where 40KB/s was amazing. Really though, how often do you download from ASRock? ASRock is a...

If you have an old or broken pair of headphones that you don't plan on using anymore, you could cut the earbuds off and replace it with your other speakers. Don't short the cable, use some electrical tape to ensure the negative/positive copper parts don't touch each other.

My Asus Xonar Essence ST, being a stereo card, uses various sounding techniques to recreate 3D positional audio. Its surprising how accurate it is in 3D shooter style games. I can almost play shooters with my eyes closed. Yes, its that good. Best of luck.

Just because there is a mic involved, doesn't mean that the sound quality should suffer, even though this is most likely the case. Buy low, sell high and all that... There are far more 'gamers (funny, spell check suggested lamers here, because that is a word, yet gamers is not)' in the world...

As Kenneth stated, Sennheiser products are very good for sound quality, there is a range of products from somewhat cheap to very very expensive, read some reviews, and find out what you like. The Professional Sony studio headphones are great, at least the ones I've used. Keep in mind high...

If you have a old school/legacy "PCI" slot, you could look into the Xonar Essence ST. It is also a stereo card (with ability to output more channels via add-on card).