My audio jack broke off inside my laptop so I guess I'll have to buy an external sound card. I was wondering if it was worth spending some money on a good amp for these headphones or whether it would be fine to buy a $10-20 on amazon. I wouldn't wanna spend over $100 on one though.

I would like to spend no more than $200 but don't plan on buying a new set of headphones too soon since I just got these today. And I would like for them to be at least semi portable even though I will mostly use them at home.

What about the Cmoy amp? I may be able to buy a better one, what would you reccomend?

Thanks. If I was to purchase an amp, could you recommend one with a good intersection of price and quality? Like, less than $50 perhaps.

I don't have much of a budget at all right now, I'm a high school kid. But I may be able to save up a little. What I really want to know is whether the phones will be underpowered and not sound as good as they should coming from my iPod.

Should I buy a (cheap) amp to power them? Or will they sound fine on the iPod by itself?

Haha, thanks a lot for all the advice. And I had previously thought the V150's were the best headphones I had owned...Haha my poor virgin ears, I guess. I'll let you all know what I think about 'em when they get here.

I'm making an upgrade from Sony MDR- V150s to some Sennheiser HD555s that I got for $80 on Amazon. I'm hoping for a big increase in sound quality. What do you guys think? I've already got a bunch of FLAC quality music, so I won't have to worry about crappy bitrate.