To really get a "good" sound out of a set of headphones like that you will need a "good" amp. I have spent (wasted:p) a lot of time at Head-Fi.org) trying to figure out a "good" set up and finally bought a Grace M9XX. It's 500 dollars new from MassDrop when they actually sell them. But the amp that is readily available is the O2 JDS Labs you can get a amp & DAC for under 400 maybe closer to 300. The amp by itself would be about 125. I use a laptop with Squeezeplay installed and feed the the Grace M9XX and I can get it to run the ASIO driver so I can listen to Spotify in better fidelity but I can also use my main desktop system and control the laptop Squeezeplay such that the desktop audio doesn't interfere with the Squeezeplay. I have a set of Grados that can be driven by a iphone but sound so much better when driven through the Grace amp. I tried the jack out of my Touch and it was acceptable but after setting up this system I don't want to "go back." I recommend reading some of the Head-Fi discussions on amps and yes a lot of it personal bias but there is some good information. I don't own a set of Beyerdynamics but that model from what I read needs an fairly powerful amp to sound good.
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