Hey everyone, I really need a new headset but i don't know what to get. Money is no problem. Just want a bloody good one =)
If money is mo problem there are only 2 ways to go, the Sennheiser PC350/360 or the beyerdynamic MMX 300 Manufaktur The Senn 360's fix the shortcomings of the 350's. However you can fix the 350's yourself with a little modding. These headsets sound great once you get them broken in, but are terrible the first week you own them. Night and day difference after owning them for a little while. The mic sounds very good and works really well. The only real drawback is the high clamping pressure, it takes a good year or more of use to get them loosened up and feeling comfortable on your head, for me at least. I just dont like things clamping down too tight. Sennheiser is a very good overall company that many people enjoy. Their signature sound is a little bit heavy on the midrange and not a lot of airy sounding high's. Beyerdynamic on the other hand is opposite, much more airy high's and many models have big bass response with a dip in the midrange sound. So really it is the type of sound you enjoy for which headset to go with. I am personally more a fan of Sennheiser's sound. Positional audio sounds really good in these headsets, and more importantly (to me at least) the sound quality is far beyond anything from other companies. I have gone through probably 8 headsets and all sounded like crap until I got my PC350's broken in. I have tried Logitech's, Razer, Triton, Steelseries, and a couple no-name headsets and headphones and hated all of them. The Triton's were the worst though, terrible sound quality. For music these work very well too. Personally I am under the belief that a great headset will sound good for any normal use, be it gaming, music, critical listening, or listening to webinar. If a headset is designed right and doesnt just emphasize one part of the frequency spectrum a lot then it will work everywhere. If you dont have a good sound card or external DAC & amp then I would suggest getting an ASUS Xonar Essense ST (or STX for PCI-E). A great sound card will have a large effect on how good your headset sounds. This one is very nice and has a dedicated headphone amp to properly drive your new headset.
ahhhh yeah, thats the problem i wanted to post also. I want a build in sound card. I am getting tired of on board sound cards and dont have room for a normal sound card. Getting tired of those jacks always making noise and have to play with them for working right. I want to get rid of that mess. And went i said money is no problem i didnt mend 300 freaking euro's lol. I thought more like 150 max Compared to my old headsets that a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig increase
I love my Beats, I do not use them for gaming...Only music and TV/movies on my droid. Best sounding headphones I've ever heard. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826696001 Deactivated now but I bet you could find them other places. I know that best buy has many of them still.
This is a really cheap and very good DAC/headphone amp that could power any headphones you get and sound great: http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/Headphoneamp/Sparrow/SparrowEN.htm But it doesnt support decoding of DTS or Dolby Ill give you cheaper recommendation on a headset when I get home from work today
Still using the Razer Carcharias here, it's a pretty great gaming headset. The comfort level, mic quality, gaming design and cord are unbeatable for sure. The sound is great but I would bet on a much more expensive set, or a professional quality DJ headset, to bring out much more quality tonal resonance than just any regular "great" stereo surround will do.
I went for the Razer Megalodon, saw a lot of good revieuws about it. Thickend cords. Build in sound card. So i wonder how it will be
Im a turtlebeach fan myself. Bought a pair when I was at pax east 2011, and I have been using them ever since. It works for both my ps3 and 360 so I love em for the easy transitioning.
It works great the Megalodon. You can hear everything ingame. Mic works great also. Easy to adjust. You just dont hear you tv anymore ^^ If you have it to loud and on 7.1 your ears starts to bleed after listeren a few hours to whining people on TS but besides that it works fine for me
This is what I use, I love it! http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...AWELAID=354738713&dgc=SS&cid=27530&lid=627063
