AKG 712PRO

[revl8er]

I'm looking at getting a pair of these headphones and just had a few questions.  First off, would these work well with onboard sound?  I'm pretty sure it would require a DAC/AMP, but just needing to make sure.  Currently I'm using a Gigabyte SOC Force so wasn't sure if the amp on that would be enough to push the headphones.  Next is about a microphone, I keep seeing people recommend the modmic 4.0 and was wondering how the quality of it is.  I'd be coming from a pair of Sennheiser pc360s so was wondering if the quality is comparable.  Also if anyone here has the headphones, what are your thoughts on the headphones?  I'm mainly looking for something for gaming, but would also use it to watch movies.  Finally, what would be a good DAC/AMP for these (preferrably under $200).  Thanks for the help.

[Lays]

Mine work perfectly fine with my onboard.

 

 

See if you can get them used BTW, they go for like $265-300 used, and I think around $450 new?

[f5alcon]

I have the AKG 7XX and I don't need an amp, it is loud enough right from motherboard audio. 

[ShearMe]

Mine work perfectly fine with my onboard.

 

Thought you were looking at amps. 

[Lays]

Thought you were looking at amps. 

 

 

ya coz I want to be able to switch between my speakers & headphones easier without having to find my 3.5mm and swap it over from onboard or my cheap fiio amp to my cheap lepai amp.

 

plus I need dat volume wheel doe..

[Guest]

ya coz I want to be able to switch between my speakers & headphones easier without having to find my 3.5mm and swap it over from onboard or my cheap fiio amp to my cheap lepai amp.

 

plus I need dat volume wheel doe..

 

Schiit Assguard.

 

[Lays]

Schiit Assguard.

 

 

 

aint got dat moni doe

[xtroria]

Schiit Assguard.

 

 

or you could get a switcher, i think schiit's switcher is $50

[Lays]

or you could get a switcher, i think schiit's switcher is $50

 

 

Are you talking about the SYS?

 

It's 2x input 1x out, I need 1x input 2x out

 

prob just gonna get a syba dac honestly

[Guest]

prob just gonna get a syba dac honestly

 

Good.

[Oktyabr]

Great headphones, no complaints!  Ran off my motherboard fine, even my cell phone was loud enough (no louder than enough though!)  Shouldn't need much of an amp to make them sing.  Fiio E10K, SMSL SD793-II (IF you have optical on your motherboard!), Schiit Magni 2, Monoprice Desktop Amp, maybe even the SYBA DAC.  

I'm selling my K712 with an amp on ebay, if you are interested.

 

[revl8er]

Thanks for the replies guys, I'll look into finding a used pair.  At least I know I probably won't need an amp for these.  I'm probably not going to be getting one til next month anyways, but just wanted to get some information on them.