I was talking about low latency *mic* monitoring (like, hearing yourself speak into the microphone back into your headphones), since any latency with that, even a few milliseconds, can be noticeable and disorienting.

I've never really looked into latency going to the headphone from the computer. It's absolutely an issue with bluetooth, if you've ever tried watching TV/movies over a bluetooth headset the lip sync being off is noticeable, but it's never been something that I've perceived as an issue with wired headphones.

Doing some searching, it seems like ASIO drivers give you the ability to minimize latency, and there's something called ASIO4all that works universally, if your dac manufacturer doesn't have their own native ASIO driver. But going ASIO would bypass my equalizer, and I need the equalizer to tamp down treble that would otherwise hurt my ears. I found an audio latency test on Youtube, and even in my setup that's not optimized for the lowest possible sound latency, it is still perfectly synced with the video. Remember there is latency in the video rendering, too, so you almost want some lag in the audio rendering to keep them in sync.