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I used a pair of ATH-A900's for almost two years before I gifted them to my sister. They fit my head well, so they were light and comfortable. With a good seal around your ear, and decent source, they are not shy on bass, with forward mids and decent higher frequencies.
I've moved on to...
The Xonar should be fine for driving the HD 650. Just try that for a bit and see if you find the HD650 performing to your tastes or not.
The Fiio E7 isn't a good option since it's more of a DAC and a portable amp. If you pair the E7 with the E9 desktop amp, that would be a good starter...
I bought my x220i (i2310, 2 gb ram, ips screen, no OS, 4 cell battery) for just under $600 shipped. Regretted not getting the 9 cell battery and ended up buying that, along with additional ram and a crucial c300 128gb ssd to bring my total cost to about $1000 now =X
As others have said, a USB headphone has its own DAC that will process the sound. You will have to enable USB audio as your sound card to output sound to the headphone, and bypass any internal soundcard. Some USB DAC's can be very good, though you will have to check on the headphone to see if...
Scaling for a 1080p input from my ps3 wasn't so good for the ZR24w when I tried it. It will stretch the output vertically no matter what I tried. Same happened for my 2408fpw though, so I learned to live with it for a while.
It is an ultraportable laptop which is the next step up from a netbook. For a 2.8 lb laptop with a 12.5" screen, the resolution is fine. Any higher resolution on such a small screen and you would not be able to read anything.
If you're looking for a 17" 1080p, 9 lb desktop replacement...
I went with the i3 based x220i but with the IPS display as a good ultraportable with a nice screen, and the capability to output hd video to one of my TV's at home whenever I feel like watching a stream of some sort. It's been a great little computer after I installed win7 on it, solid exterior...
Thank you for the link. Probably could have googled more specifically for 'drives that fit x220' and find that link. I'll have to look out for deal on the C300/400 drives then.
Anyone have any suggestions for ssd upgrades for the x220? My x220 just shipped and I'm considering upgrading the hdd to ssd since I have to install win7 on it anyway. I've read that it uses the thinner form factor hard disks, but I couldn't find a name for the type of drive used in it.
I'm happy to see you also like using chiclet key Apple keyboard with numpad for a PC. Some have questioned why I use one, but I just find typing on it really comfortable.