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Thinner version of kim jong-un Wrote:Well you said most amplifiers have 2 inputs. So one would be from the soundcard and the other would be from the TV... so if I skip the amplifier for active speakers, how would the speakers connect to two different devices?

In theory you should avoid doing that at all costs. But if you must then a switch should be used. Or something with a switch built in. Or you could manually unplug/plug the devices. A switch avoids problems associated with connecting high power electronics like speakers to multiple inputs at once (reflections for example).

teh_speleegn_polease Wrote:I had no idea headphones could be THAT expensive. The "high-end" ones look more like something only professionals would use... IDK, professional DJs or something...

Actually I rarely see professionals using them. They're more likely to be used by rich audiophiles (audio enthusiasts).

teh_speleegn_polease Wrote:Anyway, thanks for the links and guides; I have decided that the ATH-AD700 will be my next headset.

Good choice. I had considered that one myself a few years back. Don't forget to grab a clip on boom mic. and a cable sleeve so that you can sleeve the headphone cable and mic. cable into one cable (no messy cable clutter).

teh_speleegn_polease Wrote:EDIT: Also, seeing as I live in the UK, my "budget" is actually 50 pounds... Which I instinctively converted to 50-60 dollars, while in reality it's more like 80-90 dollars. So, it's actually somewhat closer to the mid-range mark than $50.

Yeah there is no formal definition for midrange but I would consider it anywhere in the $100-200 range. That seems to be the optimal point for quality vs. cost.

The reason peoples concept of the midrange pricerange is so skewed is because most headphones that people buy are cheap models. And most places people buy headphones from only sell cheap models. This is because our society doesn't value high quality headphones very much. So if you were to look at the bell curve of expenditures you would assume the midrange is somewhere in the $25-75 range since that's what most people pay on average. But as far as the models that are made it's far from it. Most big headphone companies make a variety of different models at different price points with different quality levels and their midrange is far from that. The concept of a midrange price point should be based on what manufacturers are producing, not what consumers are buying. Because what consumers are buying will be heavily determined by how much personal value they place on the product (most people don't care very much about how good their headphones sound), not what it costs to make a good one.