Well, what happens is your monitor has DAC built in so it is it that handles the decoding and amplification and those are generally not so good. And those headphones could definitely use some quality amplification. DT 177x are not power hungry so something simple like ifi zen dac air will do. I'd take headphones and go to audio store first to listen to DAC-amp combos they have and decide if it is worthy investment.
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Reply to new monitor, terrible sound? by Norbert_Chiselchest
Well, what happens is your monitor has DAC built in so it is it that handles the decoding and amplification and those are generally not so good. And those headphones could definitely use some quality amplification. DT 177x are not power hungry so something simple like ifi zen dac air will do. I'd take headphones and go to audio store first to listen to DAC-amp combos they have and decide if it is worthy investment.