Gaming Headset

[edit]

Originally Posted by Mark

So much confusion. No headsets are going to help you hear source 'better'. They are only going to help you hear it right. The reason why you think the 555's help you hear CS:S better is because gaming headsets BLOW. Only a few are decent and they are overpriced as fuck.

Spending more than 50 dollars on a headset for CS:S should only be done for LAN headsets. At home, you can get PC151's and I promise you I will hear everything you can hear with a twenty dollar headphone amp.

You gotta assume though that he's going to use it for something other than cs in which case I'm sure he would appreciate the quality of something like the M50s or MDR-v6s.

I do agree though, if you're just using it for source then all you need is a cheap headset (iirc I mentioned the HD205s which are usually around $25) and a $20 MCoy.

[benGiee]

QPAD®|QH-1339, this thing seems to be good but the price is high.

And also what juarez recommended the Sennheiser PC350, a very popular headset atm by the european pro's

[Mark]

Originally Posted by edit

You gotta assume though that he's going to use it for something other than cs in which case I'm sure he would appreciate the quality of something like the M50s or MDR-v6s.

I do agree though, if you're just using it for source then all you need is a cheap headset (iirc I mentioned the HD205s which are usually around $25) and a $20 MCoy.

I am really adamant on PC151's haha. (for these nerds thinking headsets are going to give them that DISTINCT edge). They are generally fine for audio. (by these nerds standards rap/rock music will be awesome) They're definitely bass heavy as most lower end headphones are because people think that this is what makes good headphones separate from bad ones.

Honestly, unless you listen to classical music in FLAC, or ALAC with a $200+ amplifier, then it is genuinely hard to distinguish the difference and only really nitpicky people (i,e, audiophiles, producers, mixers) care about the quality of their music enough to notice a difference between the difference between 500 dollar Sennheisers and 200 dollar Sennheisers. The difference is most definitely there, but most 'gamers' do not care about music enough to notice it. This is why you see negative reviews on the headphones a lot saying they are lackluster etc.

So I will always recommend proper headphones at the range of 50 dollars of some quality brand like Sennheiser. (Audio Technica are actually made from the UK's 'wal-mart' and are known to be cheap in construction but decent in quality). Everyone I know from the U.K. tries to get me off the concept of them being high quality headphones (which they successfully did as you noticed). Although, I would recommend them to a CS:S player because like I said, they do not need high quality headphones (i.e. expensive ones).

[p. r e d d y]

i've had ad700 and they had a bit of sibilance, and definitely lacked in the the bass department. loved them for gaming, love my dt770's for music/movies. wish the mids weren't so recessed.

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Originally Posted by p. r e d d y

i've had ad700 and they had a bit of sibilance, and definitely lacked in the the bass department. loved them for gaming, love my dt770's for music/movies. wish the mids weren't so recessed.

yeah the ad700s having no bass at all is a common complaint.

[Nigginometry]

just get one headset that you can use for music / movies as well as gaming (hd555)

[KARATEKID]

Originally Posted by Nigginometry

just get one headset that you can use for music / movies as well as gaming (hd555)

yeah getting a gaming headset is kinda dumb tbh, better off just getting high quality headphones that you can use for everything, and dont look retarded in public like the steel series ones

[Nigginometry]

the only reason I got rid of the steelseries 5hv2's was the lack of bass

[maniaC]

lol i use Logitech

Logitech g35s, with surround sound, best sound ever.
got them on sale $105 total

G35 Surround Sound Headset

they are beast for music and other shit too

[lancer]

why get a headset when you can get some good headphones and a standup mic?