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Audio is a very subjective hobby, and whether headphones are driven well enough is also quite subjective. I have definitely heard many headphones where enough power made a difference, but I've also owned many headphones that don't benefit from extra power - or it defeats their whole purpose. And contrary to popular opinion, I would say for a lot of people, the PC headphone jack is often the better source they need - it's usually got extra power over many portables, possibly from the PC system having a higher voltage power supply.
I do the following as a rebellion. I grew up listening to radio, FM is the origin sound for me. So I plug an FM transmitter into my source, and use Sony's pocket radios as my headphone amp. What's funny is this for me has fixed all issues where the sound wasn't good enough, even though those radios all have low or miniscule output on paper, they're always very loud, very smooth and satisfying in a way audiophile gear can't be to my ears. So I feel like instead of sticking to conventional wisdom, you can probably do very well without new equipment to drive those headphones.