[genericaudioperson]

hello,

i need to put together a headphone setup. the main goal is to listen
to details in the music (to hear individual parts, effects). this
would include the D/A converter, the headphone amp and the
headphones. It will be interfacing with a tower computer.

If I had to spend $1000 and guess at it, I'd say something like a
Benchmark converter and the Shure E5's. Or skip the D/A, use the
computer sound, and get a $1000 set of Grado's. This second option is
probably not as good of an idea.

So maybe some ideas for total pricepoints at:
$200
$500
$1000

I seem to remember someone saying that Lavry now has some sort of
USB. But I'm not sure if it has the headphone amp. I'll have to
check that one.