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Niyon Miromme
#1 - 2013-04-12 08:55:51 UTC
I was wondering is there many here who love there headphones or headsets. Share what products they have and what they think of them. So i'll start.

First Headset was Razer Carcharias. Was good headset slightly lose build (I prefer a firm strong headphone which dont move) sound was adverage nothing special but good enough for movies music and games.

Next headset i bought was Corsaire 1500. These were my first 7.2 surround sound headset. They had massive ear cups nice sound and i played alot of BF3 at that point and the 7.2 was superb, does genuienly work and these headphones in pariicular could last very long gaming sessions. I would highly advice these headphones to anyone.

But again i broke those headphone same with my first one, i have a tenecy to break headphones.

My current headphones are V-Moda LP2, as i need to commute alot i bought a decent headphone insead of a headset. These headphones are brilliant. They are tested on durability. Can be guranteed to be drop from 6ft so many times. The headband can be flattened stretched etc. I can't give much on sound quality because so unexperience but it's made for music with alot of Bass and it does them proud. Pricey but an amazing headphones.

Any other headphone enthusiasts?

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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#2 - 2013-04-12 12:43:02 UTC
Headsets just plain suck most of the time.


Just get your favorite pair of headphones and this.

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Niyon Miromme
#3 - 2013-04-12 12:53:05 UTC
Commissar Kate wrote:
Headsets just plain suck most of the time.


Just get your favorite pair of headphones and this.


OMFG, sorry don't mean to sound one of these teenagers that has just saw justin beiber walk by but i bloody need one of those. Such a brilliant Idea. Thank you

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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#4 - 2013-04-12 13:07:21 UTC
Those things sell out fast too, they are out of stock a lot of the time. Their blog says they should have some more on the 17th.

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Gary Goat
XDC-UK
#5 - 2013-04-12 13:16:05 UTC
I recently bought a set of sennheiser PC 360s for games and voice. They are light and comfortable with big velvet lined ear cups. The cups themselves have an open back so air can flow and you're ears don't overheat and you can also hear other people in your house when you're using them which is an added bonus. This does mean sound leaks out so it might disturb others around you if you game in your living room or something. Sound quality wise they are fantastic as you'd expect from a sennheiser headset. My soundcard has doubly virtual speaker built in which does a really good job at simulating 5.1 surround.

They are expensive though and the cable is pretty flimsy, only downside really. Previously I had a set of Logitech g35s which were just way too heavy and uncomfortable for long use.
Niyon Miromme
#6 - 2013-04-12 13:18:44 UTC
Commissar Kate wrote:
Those things sell out fast too, they are out of stock a lot of the time. Their blog says they should have some more on the 17th.


Well i'll keep my out for that. Seems like a good product. Problem is these ae my headphones and if you look at the shields they are curved so might not be center http://www.amazon.co.uk/V-Moda-Crossfade-Over-Ear-Headphones-Control/dp/B005HMBQR2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365772659&sr=8-1&keywords=v-moda+lp2

Do you use that mic by chance?

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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#7 - 2013-04-12 13:33:33 UTC
I don't think you should have any issues, its a great device and works fantastically.

From their website

Quote:
All you need is a flat or moderately-curved spot that can fit a half-inch diameter circle.

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Niyon Miromme
#8 - 2013-04-12 13:39:42 UTC
Commissar Kate wrote:
I don't think you should have any issues, its a great device and works fantastically.

From their website

Quote:
All you need is a flat or moderately-curved spot that can fit a half-inch diameter circle.


Goody, do you use it yourself, just wondering wha the Mic Quality is like?

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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#9 - 2013-04-12 13:43:10 UTC
Niyon Miromme wrote:
Goody, do you use it yourself, just wondering wha the Mic Quality is like?



I'd say its comparable or even better then my sennheiser PC360 that I also have. There are comparisons on youtube if you want to see for yourself how the modmic sounds.

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Rain6637
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#10 - 2013-04-12 14:24:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Rain6637
Commissar Kate wrote:
Headsets just plain suck most of the time.


Just get your favorite pair of headphones and this.

deja vu

anyway, long story short:

$80: Sony MDR-V6 <- studio monitor headphones
$180: Pioneer HDJ-1500 <- DJ headphones

...and a mod mic. but I don't use a mic, I have a $200 condenser for voice quality and the sake of teamspeak-mates

take your ipod or iphone and go to a store that carries the Pioneer HDJ-1500s. if they do, they'll also have the Sony MDR-V6 on display (for testing). try any other headphone you see that is expensive or looks cool.

none of them will be as clear or rock your ears like the Pioneer HDJ-1500s. Sony MDR-V6s are super clear studio monitors, and Pioneer HDJ-1500s are twice the headphones Sony MDR-V6s are.

even compared to the Pioneer HDJ-2000, the 1500s are clearer.

I spent about a week and a half in the last headphones OOPE thread, buying and returning several headphones, including some Sennheisers. http://i.imgur.com/HGaTcNg.jpg

Ended up getting the HDJ-1500s in white http://i.imgur.com/nczrT0z.jpg

the impedence is low, and even an iphone can push them

just... trust me. I dropped $200 on a mic, and money not being an object (under $500... $750, even)... the $180 Pioneer HDJ1500 were the best I found.

I like sound. I like nice things. life's too short to use crappy headphones, and it's just a shame to pay for -crap-.

(I also put a Bose AM10 in my bedroom a few weeks ago. maybe it's been a month, dunno.)

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Dessau
The Scope
#11 - 2013-04-12 15:23:59 UTC
For most music listening I use a ATH-AD900, but for games and movies I usually switch to a DT-880 for punchier low end. I run 'em both through a minibox-e and that does the trick for me.
Totalrx
NA No Assholes
#12 - 2013-04-12 15:39:23 UTC
For gaming, I use the same series headsets I have for years....and the bastages don't make them anymore.

Turtle Beach Earforce HPA2 5.1 surround headsets.

The new headsets they have break where the ear cup mounts. Plastic rubbish.

My first set of HPA's lasted me 5 years. I'm on year 3 of these and babying the heck out of them to get longer than 5 out of them.

Newer 5.1 surround headsets are not friendly for TrackIR ProClip mounting, so I need these for more than just ergonomic reasons.
Rain6637
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#13 - 2013-04-12 16:30:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Rain6637
goal: find something better than the HDJ-1500's specs.

5 Hz to 30,000 Hz
Impedance 32 Ω
Maximum Input 3,500 mW
Sensitivity 108 dB
Driver: 50 mm

for example:

ATH-AD900
driver: 53 mm
frequency response 5 – 35,000 Hz
maximum input 700 mW
sensitivity 100 dB/mW
impedence 35 ohms

DT-800
driver: 45mm
Impedence 250 ohms
frequency response 5 - 35.000 Hz
sensitivity 96 dB
max input 100mW (but at 250 ohms that's loud. but still reviewed as not bass-y enough)


stock, the HDJ-1500's are on-the-ear, so what you need to do is get replacement pads for the HDJ-2000s which are the same body but with a wider cushion to make it around-the-ear (circumaural).

on-the-ear hurts.

the feel of HDJ-2000 pads has been described as ear sex. is accurate.


get yourself to a music equipment store! dj store! how can you know sound through the internet!

leave this thread open long enough and everyone will have something different.

the store!

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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#14 - 2013-04-12 16:35:40 UTC
Totalrx wrote:
For gaming, I use the same series headsets I have for years....and the bastages don't make them anymore.

Turtle Beach Earforce HPA2 5.1 surround headsets.

The new headsets they have break where the ear cup mounts. Plastic rubbish.

My first set of HPA's lasted me 5 years. I'm on year 3 of these and babying the heck out of them to get longer than 5 out of them.

Newer 5.1 surround headsets are not friendly for TrackIR ProClip mounting, so I need these for more than just ergonomic reasons.



I heard a 5.1 headset once, it sounded like trash, 2 large drivers and a good sound card is all you need. The virtual surround on real pair of headphones sounds better to me then something with bunch drivers in each cup.

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Kaahles
Jion Keanturi
#15 - 2013-04-12 17:49:16 UTC
Commissar Kate wrote:

I heard a 5.1 headset once, it sounded like trash, 2 large drivers and a good sound card is all you need. The virtual surround on real pair of headphones sounds better to me then something with bunch drivers in each cup.


Oh hell yeah that's so true. It's not even funny anymore how bad those so called "true surround headsets" are compared to a decent stereo headphone with individualization.

The only downside is however, depending on what you settle on, you might need either an external amplifier or an amped headphone output on the sound card to drive some of those suckers. Sure they work without and volume levels are more then enough usually but they just don't sound as good.

For games/movies and sometimes music I'm running DT-770's on an xonar essence. Yeah.. I know there are better setups than this but I'm quite happy with the end result.

Just a nice little fun fact:
I often hear people say "but dude those logitech g-something headphones are awesome and they are surround headphones". yeah...well.. they are and they aren't. They have two large drivers and virtual surround effects so there you go.
Alec Freeman
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2013-04-12 23:23:08 UTC
Just picked up a pair of sennheiser pc330s and waiting for delivery, would've loved 360s but... Dat pricetag
Bewbie
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#17 - 2013-04-13 01:07:26 UTC
The Sennheiser PC360's, like most Sennheiser headsets have pretty high impedance and really need a headphone amp to drive them properly.

I highly recommend the cMoyBB by JDS Labs. I use it with my pc360's and it really makes them come alive.
Rain6637
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#18 - 2013-04-13 03:47:00 UTC
2 other options for high impedence headphones:

a soundblaster card that has an amp output (up to 600ohms for the one I have--Soundblaster Recon 3D, is less than $70) and has plenty of DSP options...

a home stereo receiver's headphone jack. it uses the larger jack, but most headphones come with adapters. receivers you can just turn up the volume til your headphones break, and there's some DSP available with those. get one that has optical input, newer motherboards have optical audio out, and you have lossless output to the receiver.

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Copine Callmeknau
Dirty Vagrants
Intergalactic Space Hobos
#19 - 2013-04-13 04:25:37 UTC
I always buy the cheapest crappiest headset with the worst noise cancellation, because I like to watch TV or listen to music through my surround system while I'm gaming

There should be a rather awesome pic here
Rain6637
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#20 - 2013-04-13 05:41:33 UTC
re: virtual 5.1

having a sound card handle DSP to the headphones of your choice is a smarter idea

probably sounds better, too.

I'm going to say that if your headphones connect via USB, you're missing out.

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