thanks for all the input... hadn't heard of the super.fi's before... but will definetly give them a listen... been leaning towards shure at this point... haven't heard anything close to that good sounding... maybe the super.fi's will suprise me! =) on can hope... though I can imagine them being...
well here's the deal tapco is made by mackie of whom i'm sure you've all heard of... well the tapco s-8's are as good if not better than the HR824's they are a bit tighter with the punch which is a personal preference of mine... they do not have as powerful of an amp... but 60Wrms/100Wpk for...
Who's using what brand and what are your likes/dislikes about them? I've heard that some of them have incredible sound reproduction... I just bought a cheap pair of sony buds ($40) that sound better than any pair of headphones I've ever had and they are hardly what you would call "professional"...
as for the n00b biz... i think it's kinda silly as you can see by my member date i'm hardly a n00b... posting all day long just makes you a loser... haha...
j/k about the whole loser thing... i...
Wattage has not much to do with sound quality... seperation and clarity are EVERYTHING... if you have neither then you are experiencing what is referred to as a "muddy" experience... the only way to acheive clarity is with seperation of each spectrum of sound ie: lows, mids, highs... high end...
I need nothing more than Asio/Asio2 support and good sound... x-fi has both and is also a damn good multimedia card... this is not by anymeans a professional studio i'm working with here... i have heard some incredible stuff made on much lesser of a system... you wouldn't even be able to tell...
well to tell you the truth I have a Terratec dmx 6fire 24/96 card with breakout box... but I wasn't sure It would fit in the case... and just wanted to have something for a backup so that I wouldn't be dead in the water if it didn't fit... also I plan on getting the x-fi with breakout once I can...
I forgot to add...
I will be running WinXP Pro (A stripped version)
software will include:
Reason 3
Cubase SX + VSTi's
Ableton Live
Wavelab
and also some web content creation apps like macromedia and zend studio
I went with the 4400+ because of the price point and also it has...