Heaphone amps?

[wizbri]

I'm confident (hopeful, at any rate) that my girlfriend is getting me a nice pair of studio headphones for Christmas, as requested.

I do my recording work on PC. So here's my dumb newbie question: What do I need to get the best sound out of these fancy cans? I hear a lot about "headphone amps," but wouldn't know how to incorporate one into my fairly simple PC setup. (As it stands now, I plug my Sony's into the headphone jack on the computer speakers. Not ideal...)

Any advice/recommendations? Thanks!

 

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Wizbri: [made by Kraft?]

There are a load of can amps out there; watch out for those that look cosmetically great.

I have an old small 4 plug Peavey that works just great. You can buy better.

Should be no big problem to hook it up to your rig. I'm sure Bruce V. can tell you how. I don't use a pc at this stage. So, I run a stereo plug from my MD-8 can plug to the input of the Peavey and just plug in additional cans, up to 4, when needed; usually just need one extra set of cans for singing clients; once in a while another set for the guy paying for the recording.

Green Hornet

 

[gidman]

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Seasons Greetings !

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Too bad they don't make headphones.

-----------> Gidman
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http://www.behringer.de/eng/products/audiosolutions/ha4400.htm

http://www.furmansound.com/HA-6A.html

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