I will be purchasing headphones soon and was wondering if I needed to buy a sound card to get the best out of them. I have already picked out a card at my spending limit but would rather not have to buy it at all after spending $115 on these headphones.
Headphone specs:
http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/headphones/57a64f4a9fdbefd9/index.html
Current on-board audio specs:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=28&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=44
Audio card specs:
http://www.asus.com/Multimedia/Audio_Cards/Xonar_D1/#specifications
Headphone specs:
http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/headphones/57a64f4a9fdbefd9/index.html
Current on-board audio specs:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=28&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=44
Audio card specs:
http://www.asus.com/Multimedia/Audio_Cards/Xonar_D1/#specifications