fullinfusion
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If you are serious about driving professional headphones, then a regular "consumer" soundcard won't cut the mustard, unless it has a separate and decent analogue amp section - which can be quite costly to implement.
This card might be a gimmick, but it has the right visual features... earthed cage to reduce interference, large caps, quality connectors. I'm not specificially recommending this product, just look at the picture to get an idea (ESI Prodigy 7.1 ). ESI do some pretty good external soundcards too.
http://gzhls.at/p/532686.jpg
Review of another model http://www.ixbt.com/multimedia/esi-juli@-en.shtml, an older card, but still good, and available cheap on ebay.
Nonetheless, you would probably get better sound with a dedicated amp like this: http://www.scythe-eu.com/produkte/audio-zubehoer/kama-bay-amp-mini.html
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Otherwise go PRO, and get yourself something interesting. There are many products to choose from. Look for M-Audio, ESI, MOTU Microbook. Here are 2 new things totally different from what you are currently thinking about... but who knows... might get you started:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov12/articles/prism-lyra-preview.htm
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar12/articles/apogee-duet.htm
Here is a review of some: http://soundcards.almeros.com/
And here is just one vendors selection to browse
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/category/computer-music/audio-interfaces/
Thanks
now I'm totally over whelmed
Thanks for the links