New soundcard to power HD 518s?

[Paragrinn]

Recently i purchased a pair of Sennheiser HD 518 headphones, and I've been loving them so far. Except they are really quiet. Currently, i have them plugged into the audio passthrough on my Asus VG248QE monitor (which also is very quiet when it comes to it's speaker) The monitor is plugged in to the audio port on my motherboard, would Purchasing a soundcard be a good idea to run these by itself, and would that solve the low volume problem>? If so, which soundcard should I get for 50 bucks or under.

[SeanBond]

If they are too quiet a sound card would be a good idea, as they have more powerful amps on them over typical onboard sound. However I have to ask what motherboard do you have?

[Verne]

Why not just plug the headphones directly to the motherboard? That should amp them up enough.

[creatip123]

Recently i purchased a pair of Sennheiser HD 518 headphones, and I've been loving them so far. Except they are really quiet. Currently, i have them plugged into the audio passthrough on my Asus VG248QE monitor (which also is very quiet when it comes to it's speaker) The monitor is plugged in to the audio port on my motherboard, would Purchasing a soundcard be a good idea to run these by itself, and would that solve the low volume problem>? If so, which soundcard should I get for 50 bucks or under.

 

First thing is don't use the monitor passthrough at all. Plug it straight to the motherboard. Unplug the monitor, if you have to. Second, make sure every setting is good (volume settings, driver installed, etc).

 

HD518 shouldn't be hard to drive. Even HD650 runs fine when plugged straight to my ipad 3

[Tagiau]

No, never is a soud card a good thing to buy. https://www.mayflowerelectronics.com/shop/digital-to-analog-converters/objective2-odac-combo-with-rear-power/

And as the person said, never use audio pass through on a monitor. The motherboard may have an amp, the monitor doesn't have an amp.

[thekeemo]

Try connecting it to your mono if that doesn't work get a separate amp instead

[d3sl91]

Recently i purchased a pair of Sennheiser HD 518 headphones, and I've been loving them so far. Except they are really quiet. Currently, i have them plugged into the audio passthrough on my Asus VG248QE monitor (which also is very quiet when it comes to it's speaker) The monitor is plugged in to the audio port on my motherboard, would Purchasing a soundcard be a good idea to run these by itself, and would that solve the low volume problem>? If so, which soundcard should I get for 50 bucks or under.

My brother has a pair of HD518s and has no issue with onboard, and he is using a really old Gigabyte SKT775 Board. 

 

As others have said,try plugging them in directly to see if that helps. 

[MrGoat]

I really think the Schiit Magni and Modi combo pair nicely with the Sennheiser HD5X8 Series, not a sound card, but in my opinion will sound better than most sound cards.