USB sound card/Mac OS

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mumia2013-02-19 21:10:05

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mumia, 2013-02-19 21:10:05

Greetings,
Please help me choose an external usb sound card, I want to connect it to a laptop (mbp 15, early 2011), listen to music mainly, perhaps a movie. Headphones Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO.
After a cursory googling, I realized that there are a lot of different devices, so far I noticed Musiland Monitor 02 US and Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD Sound Card .
Which one to buy? Is there anything else besides these two?
Thanks

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kamlay, 2013-02-19
@kamlay

If they advise, it is better to listen to the card together with these headphones, they are too peculiar. DT770Pro will be difficult to pump - they have a resistance of 250 ohms. In addition, it is not very convenient to listen to them lying down - they are large. And the guests will not reach you in them - soundproofing. They have been at my house for seven years now and have been collecting dust more often lately. Although I bought a couple more pieces for work, I am pumping them with a powerful professional amplifier.
On the subject, if you don’t need to carry the sound with you, then buy Audyssey Media Speakers , with their diminutiveness they sound amazing! And headphones can be connected to them. They can be connected to a computer via optics.

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vosi, 2013-02-19
@vosi

this one , it seems, pumps up to 150 ohms and works natively under macOS

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prabhu, 2013-02-19
@prabhu

impedance up to 600 Ohm

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vosi, 2013-02-20
@vosi

there is still one like this
www.creative.com/emu/products/product.aspx?pid=15185
native under osx
costs under 200 bucks

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nick, 2014-04-04
@White_Nick

What sound card did you end up buying?