What do I need and what are he best open back headphones?

[Doublemeter]

I am looking for a real good open back headphone, iÏ am concidering the akg k712.if I get as an example the k712 from akg asheadphones what do I need apart of a amp do I need a dac or are thee amps that have integrated dacs I have no clue so help would be appreciated. In addition I am looking for a good speaker setup for my pc in the price range till 300 usd. thx for the help guys

[SSL]

Sennheiser HD 650.

[AdmiralIronside]

650s kick butt.

[AdmiralIronside]

On sale 308$

https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-650-Professional-Headphone/dp/B00018MSNI

[Doublemeter]

20 minutes ago, SSL said:

Sennheiser HD 650.

thx man and what is your opinion in the rest I would still use a dac oder amp or what do I need to get? and what kinda speaker system for the pc? thx man

 

[Doublemeter]

15 minutes ago, AdmiralIronside said:

On sale 308$

https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-650-Professional-Headphone/dp/B00018MSNI

thx man and what is your opinion in the rest I would still use a dac oder amp or what do I need to get? and what kinda speaker system for the pc? thx man

 

[SSL]

10 minutes ago, Doublemeter said:

thx man and what is your opinion in the rest I would still use a dac oder amp or what do I need to get? and what kinda speaker system for the pc? thx man

 

 

Try with onboard, if problems (not loud enough) get a Schiit Fulla 2.

[DutchTexan]

7 minutes ago, Doublemeter said:

thx man and what is your opinion in the rest I would still use a dac oder amp or what do I need to get? and what kinda speaker system for the pc? thx man

 

Definitely get a DAC and AMP. I'm ordering a DAC and AMP from Schiit just as SSL recommend earlier this year. 

 

After a lot of research and reviews I'm getting a Vali 2 and a Modi Multibit as my first AMP and DAC for my HD600s.

 

This is a good player: Foobar2000

Here is a decent configuration that I copied a lot from: YouTube

 

What audio player do you use @SSL?

[SSL]

1 minute ago, DutchTexan said:

Definitely get a DAC and AMP. I'm ordering a DAC and AMP from Schiit just as SSL recommend earlier this year. 

 

After a lot of research and reviews I'm getting a Vali 2 and a Modi Multibit as my first AMP and DAC for my HD600s.

 

This is a good player: Foobar2000

Here is a decent configuration that I copied a lot from: YouTube

 

What audio player do you use @SSL?

 

Foobar with WASAPI output plugin.

[DutchTexan]

1 minute ago, SSL said:

 

Foobar with WASAPI output plugin.

yes, WASAPI event in 24b. I've been listening to whatever DSD, 192k24b and 352.8k24b audio I can find for free  

 

I'm actually really impressed with my onboard, will let you know when I actually order the schiit gear.

[KaminKevCrew]

7 hours ago, SSL said:

 

Foobar with WASAPI output plugin.

Have you had a chance to try Jriver? It's what I use on my laptop, and I've really been enjoying the hell out of it. (Supports WASAPI natively, and it can be the default audio output device in Windows, so you don't actually have to hit stop every time you want to play something else - although I've found that it's a bit laggy with video.)

[SSL]

7 hours ago, KaminKevCrew said:

Have you had a chance to try Jriver? It's what I use on my laptop, and I've really been enjoying the hell out of it. (Supports WASAPI natively, and it can be the default audio output device in Windows, so you don't actually have to hit stop every time you want to play something else - although I've found that it's a bit laggy with video.)

 

Nope. Foobar does exactly what I want in terms of organizing my music.

 

I prefer using WASAPI exclusively for Foobar, as it keeps system sounds and autoplay videos from destroying my ears while listening to Arvo Part.

[KaminKevCrew]

6 hours ago, SSL said:

 

Nope. Foobar does exactly what I want in terms of organizing my music.

 

I prefer using WASAPI exclusively for Foobar, as it keeps system sounds and autoplay videos from destroying my ears while listening to Arvo Part.

I feel it. 

 

I generally use Jriver only for A/V stuff, and just let the rest run through windows to my DAC, same as you.

 

I really liked foobar while I was using it, it's a great program! (I mainly switched because I wanted something that could handle music and video equally well as foobar handles audio, and that's exactly what jriver was for me.)

[lettuce head]

On 1/9/2017 at 7:40 PM, Doublemeter said:

thx man and what is your opinion in the rest I would still use a dac oder amp or what do I need to get? and what kinda speaker system for the pc? thx man

 

the sennheiser hd 650's are bomb as hell. if you dont mind a lack of bass, the audio technica ath-900x is a great piece of audio too. the soundstage is fantastic but, they do lack some low end imo. i found some on groupon for under 140 USD.