Sennheiser PC 350

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Fiio E5 headphone amplifier - SlashGear


External headphone amp, cheap and does what it says. Not used one myself but the reviews are pretty much all good.

I've tried the PC350s and they were dam nice, comfortable and closed back, meaning no ambient noise and people around you can hear everything you do.



In terms of soundcards, you really want one to get the most out of the set. For audio look at the Asus Xonar D2 or D2X cards (Same but one uses PCI and the other PCI-E) and for gaming, look no further than a Creative X-Fi Titanium or any of the X-Fi range (Excluding the Xtreme Audio and the low profile Xtreme Gamer, the audio is useless and the Gamer not the best.)

I personally use the X-Fi Xtreme Music (Along with Robbi) and take it from us, the sound difference from onboard is incredible, however you can get better. The X-Fi Prelude is a perfect gamer/audiophile bridge card, just ask Jaymz .

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Hehe, Xtreme Music is an old card.



I'd assume they soundcards would be able to drive the Phones without the need for an amp, but if you want that little extra volume it's always handy.

For the mic, just enable mic-boost in the windows audio control panel.

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That amp plugs in through USB to charge.

The E3 uses batteries and the E5 is chargeable, make sure you get the E5, although I don't think one will be strictly necessary.

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Awesome, let us know what the quality sounds like. You doing this mainly for music or games?

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Ooh, deffo let us know how it performs in terms of boosting the volume of music without distortion and if it can give explosions that extra punch in games.