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I've been recently looking into better sound quality.
From what I've seen around here, Sennheiser and Audio technica are highly recommended on here. I believe Sennheiser are the higher quality of the two?
A few question I have are;
-What is the difference between Open and Closed Headphones?
-What kind of sound card should I look for with the "better quality" headphones?
I see some sound card with the red/white audio out. How would I use that with those headphones with a 3.5/2.5 jack?
But I have a small budget roughly ~$200 USD in total for the sound card and headphones, can go over by ~$50ish if needed, but would like to keep it close to $200
I might be able to get a X-FI Titanium HD for $70, if the deal goes through. If not I was thinking the Asus Xonar DX instead? Would those be good cards? And what headphones would go well with that?
EDIT: I forgot to add, its mainly gonna be for gaming and the headphone will be for music outside, but will use on the sound card
Music-wise, I listen to Rock, Acoustic, R&B, sometimes Dub/Trance. Overall in general the standard music listener
but I would also like the positional step sound for the FPS games if possible?
From what I've seen around here, Sennheiser and Audio technica are highly recommended on here. I believe Sennheiser are the higher quality of the two?
A few question I have are;
-What is the difference between Open and Closed Headphones?
-What kind of sound card should I look for with the "better quality" headphones?
I see some sound card with the red/white audio out. How would I use that with those headphones with a 3.5/2.5 jack?
But I have a small budget roughly ~$200 USD in total for the sound card and headphones, can go over by ~$50ish if needed, but would like to keep it close to $200
I might be able to get a X-FI Titanium HD for $70, if the deal goes through. If not I was thinking the Asus Xonar DX instead? Would those be good cards? And what headphones would go well with that?
EDIT: I forgot to add, its mainly gonna be for gaming and the headphone will be for music outside, but will use on the sound card

Music-wise, I listen to Rock, Acoustic, R&B, sometimes Dub/Trance. Overall in general the standard music listener
but I would also like the positional step sound for the FPS games if possible?