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Originally Posted by Zero4549 
No significant difference with the ad700. They're low impedance cans so significant amplification is not really necessary and being open you're going to get noise contamination anyway which will be significantly more noticeable than any slight signal to noise ratio differences.

No significant difference with the ad700. They're low impedance cans so significant amplification is not really necessary and being open you're going to get noise contamination anyway which will be significantly more noticeable than any slight signal to noise ratio differences.
Helpful as always
When I do get more money for a better sound card which would you recommend?
I was thinking between the Xonar Essence STX or the Xonar Phoebus?
I did a quick google search and some people are saying to get the stx because the phoebus doesn't have any good drivers right now.















