Headphone Rig for PC?

thanks for the help everyone

Kimber makes a great USB cable for about $50. You'll have to spend substantially more ($400) to get much better.

Any significant differences in USB cables?

I'd just run USB straight to the dac if I were you.

That's kind of where I was leaning but I wasn't sure if an additional headphone amp would be necessary. How about the digital connection? I have a silver serpent digital coax, will that suffice?

Dennis is right. Of course in this hobby you can always spend more money if you wish, but I think the Benchmark is an excellent solution with a PC.

Have fun!

All you need is a good dac and a headphone amp or a dac with a built in headphone amp.

Benchmark Dac 1 with USB is perfect for you because it also have a very good headphone jack. I used it with Sennheiser 650 cans and the sound was excellent. A used Benchmark might come in under $1000. THere are probably other brands with headphone jacks and USB for less money.