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HiFiMAN is reputed for its terrible build quality and quality control. I've only heard the AKG between the two, however. The AKG takes a lot of power to drive properly, though the Magni 3 should more than do the job. It's lightweight and comfortable, but its build will be a step down from many other AKG headphones, as the China-built ones like the K7XX don't quite measure up to the Austria-built ones. I personally did not like the sound of the K7XX. I find the bass incredibly muddy. For me, that was the big takeaway as someone who likes really tight, punchy bass.

That doesn't make any sense. You don't get surround sound from a phone. Ever. If you're talking about stereo sound, make sure you are plugging into the Line Out at the rear I/O. Front panel audio is terrible, but, if the rear I/O doesn't give you stereo sound, feel free to try the front panel just to be sure. If you still have issues, reset all your sound settings in your operating system to their defaults. Again assuming you're just not getting stereo sound, you may potentially have a hardware issue on your motherboard. You can get an inexpensive USB DAC/amp to test and/or resolve your issue. As for getting the best sense of immersion from your headphones and most surround-like experience, I'd recommend a pair of circumaural open-back or semi-open headphones with solid imaging. That said, it's difficult to determine what you're actually asking here.

If you undervolt and you have a sufficiently beefy heatsink, you can do amazing things, assuming you're not aiming for an entirely passive system. With a little cheating, I've even passively cooled a 140W Intel Core i7-5930K by undervolting (but not underclocking!) and using a duct from the large Thermalright Macho Zero heatsink to the rear exhaust fan of the case, thereby adding no additional fans to the system. I cannot recall what temperatures I was getting because it has been a long time, but I know that they were really good, even when running torture tests for hours on end.

The inside of a PC is a bubbling cauldron of electromagnetic interference. Even an inexpensive standalone DAC, amp, or DAC/amp would be preferable to a dedicated internal sound card.

The Creative Aurvana Live! features some well-regarded Foster Electric biocellulose drivers, but it's notorious for poor build quality. The headband has a habit of snapping in two. For some people, it's also more of a supra-aural headphone than it is a circumaural headphone due to the small ear cups. The Sennheiser HD 579 has a great reputation overall and, despite being composed almost entirely of plastic, its build is very solid and comfort is great for long listening sessions. I have the HD 599 among other headphones in my collection and I love it. The Superlux HD 681 has good imaging and soundstage. Highs can be quite sharp and potentially fatiguing. It's probably a good choice for competitive gaming, but its stock ear pads are trash. Some decent aftermarket ear pads (see Brainwavz) will add to the total cost. The Status Audio CB-1 is a very decent headphone overall, though its brittle plastic build isn't stellar. Really comfortable stock ear pads. I just can't quite remember how this headphone sounds. It's closed, it folds up nicely, and its build is still more reliable than than Creative Aurvana Live!, so it's a decent portable option. A closed headphone just won't offer the same soundstage as you'll get with the Sennheiser or Superlux models. I know nothing about the other headphones.

UltraWide at anything less than 1440p is a waste of money; furthermore, people don't have the peripheral vision to make dual UltraWides worth it.

Firstly, I said "no significant impact on the vast majority of games." Please use an actual quote rather than deliberately misquoting me and removing it from context. Secondly, there are as many, if not more, games that demonstrate lower performance with Hyper-Threading enabled. My philosophy has always been that, if I'm going to spend more money on something, I expect a performance increase across the board, not slightly better performance in some titles, slightly worse performance in others, and zero performance difference in others. This attitude encourages people to waste their hard-earned money while having unrealistic expectations of their performance gains.

I'm completely willing to admit that, as I indicated previously, there are a select few games that can and will benefit from Hyper-Threading. There is also the question, of course, as to how much of that difference in these benchmarks can be attributed to Hyper-Threading, how much to cache, and how much to clockspeed. Let's also take a look at the question of value. With the price difference, you could simply buy a better video card and get better results than burning money for an i7 that might improve performance on a handful of ultra-modern titles.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/gaming-benchmarks-core-i7-6700k-hyperthreading-test.219417/

Because Hyper-Threading Technology has no significant impact on the vast majority of games, even after years of people claiming that might change down the road.

Yeah, don't get an i7 for gaming. That's a total waste of money. Yes, people, it has a higher number. That doesn't necessarily make it better for gaming.

Ah, I see. I'm blind. In that case, disregard me. I'm not actually very familiar with IEM and earbuds. I also missed the word comfortable, in which case the aforementioned Monoprice 8323 wouldn't have been an option at all.

I'm not sure what the prices are where you are, but, based on the current exchange rate and my local prices, I'd take a look at the Superlux HD-668B and Samsong SR850 for open-back or, for closed-back, I'd look at the Superlux HD-681 EVO, Samson SR950, Monoprice 8323, and Sennheiser HD 201.

That really depends on how you plan to use them and where you plan to use them.

Reminds me of Dmitry Novoselov at Hardware Canucks. The guy owns a pair of Sennheiser HD 800s and he has reviewed cans like the Audeze LCD-2, but he still appears to take "gaming" headsets seriously, so he's either truly acting and not providing us with an honest opinion/review or his ears are just completely broken.