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I don’t know.  People with disabilities learn wild ways to get around them.  An audiologist would know more.  I know almost nothing.   Bone conduction could be useful in a couple of ways.  One is you could possibly make one ear “hear for two” Making use of the fractional delay or sound change to differentiate noise.  Part of it is dependent on the exact nature of the problem.  I knew a guy in college that had no external ears at all but his inner ears were fine so he wore a headset all the time which did amplification and converted sound to vibration so he could hear through bone conduction.  Worked great.  He even just looked like a guy wearing headphones. 

This to me sounds like it might be a physical connection problem rather than a software problem. Double check that you have connected the cable from the case to the motherboard correctly. And then double check that the headphone cable is fully plugged into the case.

The greatest change in sound quality occurs when you change the headphones. I doubt buying a DAC, especially one by Steelseries, would create a noticeable sound difference, if it is a good one.

Well, the absolute loudest pair would most likely be some really efficient IEM's, but they could hit 125dB+, which would cause very extensive hearing damage.
 
Just get a pair of cheap pair of buds that you like the look of. They should get plenty loud, especially since they are an IEM, so the amount of air they have to pressurise to produce a high SPL is small compared to an over-ear/on-ear headphone.

Shape and core size

As long as it has quarter inch jack I think most electric instruments will work.

If you kinda want a temporary solution, get a Syba DAC for $40. When you spend bigger bucks on fancy headphones plan on getting a fancy dac/amp setup too. 

If you're just using it to get rid of static, then either one is fine. Spending the extra $100 doesn't seem reasonable for your use case.

In my experience, you don't need either with m50x.

personally as a 144hz 1440p user, id recommend you to go 1080p 144hz and be happy about having 2 screens. that also comes with benefits for work. and still make sure you got dual channel 16gb ram (other than that a 2600 / 1060 6gb should be aight, right?)

That would save you the most money obviously.
I sometimes game at 1440p on a 4k screen and that still looks way sharper than 1080p, does it differ going from 1440 to 1080 that much?
 
Also a 1080p 144hz screen would also be an option if you want to go that route.

The Massdrop 58x are well respected for the money.

Do you have a good idea of just how loud 100dB+ actually is?
 
 
100dB will cause irreversible hearing damage after roughly 15 minutes of exposure. You want to be at roughly 85dB maximum for headphones, or less if you can.
 
 
Quick chart I threw together to explain how quickly your hearing can be damaged for different SPL's:
 
 
dB SPL - Time taken before irreversible damage caused.
85dB - 8 Hours
88dB - 4 Hours
91dB - 2 Hours
94dB - 1 Hour
97dB - 30 Minutes
100dB - 15 Minutes
103dB - 7.5 Minutes
106dB - 3.75 Minutes
109dB - 2 Minutes
112dB - 1 Minute
115dB - 30 Seconds
118dB - 15 Seconds
121dB - 7.5 Seconds
124dB - 3.75 Seconds
127dB - 1.875 Seconds
130dB - 0.9375 Seconds
133dB - 0.46 Seconds
136dB - 0.23 Seconds
139dB - 0.115 Seconds
142dB - 0.0575 Seconds
 
 
I've been outside my listening room with my line arrays at roughly 142dB, and even then it is uncomfortable and very easy to damage your hearing, at 110dB you will get discomfort.
 
 
Please do not aim for 100dB+, you will ruin your hearing.

I'm a big fan of the gsx 1000. Intuitive controls and a well written manual go a long way, in addition to the good quality of the 7.1 to binaural conversion imo.
 
I think you probably can get away with just 1v for the hd 660. In general, people greatly overestimate how much power they need for headphones.

The Sony's have good tonality, especially when you EQ them. They always seem to be at least 70% if not fully charged every time I use them. Build quality is nice. If I had a gripe, it's that the tips are just ok and the case is pretty big and sticks out of your pocket.

I use open back headphones and my stuff doesn't leak into my mic. It sounds more like a wiring issue or some sort of crosstalk honestly it's probably best to use your current headset and just get a separate mic.

250ohm maybe your motherboard can't handle(i don't have hands on experience). It's not that beyerdynamics sound bad, it's just that you may find them too treble oriented.

will say the 250 ohm 770 might be pretty quite still.  but 80 ohm is better bet
 
so a low impedance easy to power headphjone would be the Beyerdynamic custom one pro plus its a 16 ohm heapdhone similar tuning to the 770
onther option for a nice bassy can is the one more triple driver over ears
if you want to spend less  money the BLOn B8 and Creative aurvana live the originals not the 2 are a good option as well

so it depends on what models you are trying to buy if you want the 770 the 250 ohm might  be able to be powered fine but hard to say
 but for the 880 and 990 80 and 32 ohms are the safest bets

a dac/amp can help improve your audio quality but the biggest improvement you can always get is upgrading the heaphone or speaker itself especially in this case IMO upgrading your dac amp with your current gear wont be that noticable.

No need for soundcard upgrade for m50x, but im sure you can find eq software.

If its DDR4 - Yes, if its DDR3 - No.

Ok first of all, you wouldn't want to add ram of a different type to the existing ram. The Corsair isn't really better in a way to justify the almost 2x cost. That difference of a CAS latency wouldn't cost you 100's of dollars.

Maybe b and o h4? They are comfy and look great . And sound good too. I don't know if they are good for the gym. As imho in ears are 1.less sweaty and 2. Won't fall off your head on the treadmill

I wouldn't really call this much of an upgrade.