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Biggie
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Right now I have a Xonar Phoebus but the headphone feature's volume is just too damn low. I'm guessing the audio quality is better than most onboard, but I need something that makes the volume hearable without having to mess a lot with the EQ.  Any suggestions, I don't want to spend a whole lot of money, just something that I can use until summer when I have more money to play with. 

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And your headphones are....?

FiiO E6 would probably give you enough juice.

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And your headphones are....?

FiiO E6 would probably give you enough juice.

I have swallowed my pride and will admit i'm using sony XDR-05 headphones. However I'm planning on buying a set of headphones for specific genres. I'm guessing an amp works universally well with them? 

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I have swallowed my pride and will admit i'm using sony XDR-05 headphones. 

 

Damn, Google doesn't eve know what that is.

 

 

I'm guessing an amp works universally well with them? 

 

Yep

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I... I don't understand how a Phoebus doesn't get loud enough. my D2X soundcard (same amp as far as I know) literally deafens me at just 40% volume in music, and I even have slightly impaired hearing (diagnosed five years ago, though) I guess people are that different. Also, the "Sony XDR-05" you mentioned doesn't even show headphones when google searched. But yeah, any amp should work fine AFAIK, try the FiiO E6. 

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I personally use a Fiio E6 for my Sony MDR 7506 and it can get LOUD! It sounds good and I use it with onboard audio and a Fiio D03k DAC.
 

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Do you mean this headphone?

http://store.sony.ca/x-headphones-zid31-MDRX05//cat-31-catid-All-Headphones-Earbuds?vva_ColorCode=A52637

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