Headphones!!!

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daryn,

the source means more than the headphones, so crappy mp3s make for crappy sound. think of it as a chain where if any one part sucks, it all sucks, it trickles down from:

[censored] mp3
[censored] sound card
[censored] amplification
[censored] headphones

in that order. anything before the headphones sucking means what the headphone gets will sound worse.

jablue,

I am a big stereo speaker fan. In fact, downstairs i have a Marantz 1060b setup that could knock down my whole condo complex(ive never set it above 40% and the neighbors came over and complained the one time i got to 40) and i use KEF C40 loudspeakers imported from the UK. I love 2 channel stereo, at the same time, i think small, 5 channel systems are kinda weak. Speakers should be giant and heavy, as the magnets inside are what produce the power, so i dunno, im just not into surround sound stuff.