/v/ - Video Games

>>14791372

>so what are your suggestions?

Superlux HD 668b w/ velvet pads

SHP9500 iof you can find for around $90

Fidelio X2HR if you can find it for a reasonable price (~$200)

>>14791375

This, best headphones I've ever bought and they're relatively cheap. No frills, meant for studio-work.

Just use your best pair of headphones, a lot of the time you can use modmic or magnetically attach a separate and higher quality microphone to your headphones for less than it would cost getting a headset of lesser quality

>>14791970

They clamp on your head pretty strong though, I tried them a year or so ago and I got constant headaches from the pressure they put on me. They did sound good, but since OP has a big head they wont be comfy for him.

>headset breaks

>return headset to dealership and say it's defective

>they give me a more expensive one for free

>couple of years later

>rinse and repeat

Get on my level

>>14791375

this

these hadphones have been industry standard in music industry

>>14791372

Beats needs to die.

>>14791375

These are very nice, I just wish they had a removable 3.5mm cord. My last pair needed repairs.

>tfw over ear are best

>tfw most are shitty and get dirty really fast because of sweat and skin

>tfw have glasses so the material gets bent and breaks more easily

Wew. I just use speakers and when I require headphones, I just use some shitty earbuds.

>>14792372

There should be some speaker guide or something, all I know is one particular brand to go with and that's it.

>>14792098

Best headphones under $100 are earbuds.

>>14792259

>>14791375

Why do people still try to meme up a pair of flat sounding near $100 pair of studio monitor as something good for general use?

>gaymer headphones

Just when you thought this place couldnt get any worse.

And nice grammar, faggot.

>>14792499

maybe because they are good and cheap?

>>14792386

When it comes to speakers, in my experience all you have to do is the following

>go with a well established brand

>go for 50 buckaroonies or more

You're bound to find something good. I bought my logitech speakers for ca. 50 bucks (they were on sale at the time for the actual value is higher). They have great stereo sound, clear audio and insane bass, if you are so inclined.

Obviously you shouldn't just go with a brand that is well known because it's recently become popular or some such. You should go with a brand that has a reputation for quality.

Logitech, Sennheiser and Sony all produce some pretty good and affordable audio equipment.

>>14792505

I'm inclined to agree with you. However, starting a sentence in a new paragraph with "and" is not particularly good form either.

A discussion about hardware is not nececarrily bad though.

Reminder that headsets are garbage and that you should probably invest in speakers and some cheap headphones/ earbuds for the few occasions where you need them.

High quality Headphones only make sense if you have the money to spend and/or the audio requirements.

>>14792534

>Firstly, has it ever been wrong to begin a sentence with and or but? No, it has not. We have been breaking this rule all the way from the 9th century Old English Chronicle through the current day. Many translations of the Bible are filled with sentence-initial ands and buts, and they even may be found in some of our more beloved—and prescriptive—usage guides.

Learn English, shitskin

>>14792533

>maybe because they are good and cheap?

They're not particularly good for their price range and they're not that cheap either., I'll give them that they're not easy to break but that's it.

They're also closed with poor isolation and poor pads with a sound that's neutral and expose flaws in the audio too much, you can EQ them to get "footsteps tech™" but outside of that they're not particularly great for vidya or for listening to music because unsurprisingly they're studio monitors made for that usage pretty much exclusively,

I'm under the impression that most people who hype those are people who got their first non-shit headphones and think it's the end-all be all of headphones granted endgame headphones are way over hyped since you will never have the audio to feed them properly

When you compare it against chinkshit like Superlux, Takstar and Monoprice who all do headphones that can hold their own against $150 ones for less than $60 it quickly loses it's appeal.

>>14792499

because for their MSRP/price point they're probably the best you can buy. i never found them to sound flat, but then again i primarily listen to dadrock. i found them to be perfect for gaymen, in that had a good sound balance in say RO2 or something where there's bassy thumps of artillery and sharp cracking of rifles. i loved them, and i'm going to buy another pair when they're on sale where i live.

>>14792114

How is the build quality on those things? I am tempted to get a pair because Sennheiser really hyped up their sound isolation of up to 32db. They just look so cheap and plasticy to me though

>>14792628

In my experience, the ear pads have totally worn out, completely frayed and absolutely fucked. The left ear no longer works but they did sound good and lasted for somewhere around 18 months to 2 years for what they were but that was a hefty price and there's I think better options.

>>14792647

Damn really? Thanks for the input, I knew they looked cheap. Audio-Technica has never let me down on their build quality. I still have a pair of M40fs that are at least a decade old now and still work just fine. The ear cushions are completely stripped but they're still on the cans. These things just don't die

>>14792658

yeah sennheiser has really cheap leather pads that get really sweaty and hot specially on the summer and the only thing you can do is to clean them with some tissue every time after use

>Sennheiser HD558

>Modmic

I'm feeling it.

>>14792597

> i never found them to sound flat, but then again i primarily listen to dadrock

Doesn't surprise me it's the genre where that style of headphones seem to work the best from what I've heard people say, not my style so can't confirm, I prefer older DnB which sounds way better in my opinion on V-shaped headphones

Try some other pair of good headphones with the sound signature you like or various ones if you're only ever used that one, you'll be surprised at what you thought was good really wasn't.

Or just double down on muh flat and try a SH840

>>14792602

>People prefer them to other phones for general listening because being tuned for a flat response means you get more flexibility adjusting the EQ to suit your needs

EQ won't make an headphone into what it's not.

>>14792717

>EQ won't make an headphone into what it's not.

But that's the thing, flat headphones can be anything. They're like jack-of-all trades, mediocre at everything, master of none. And I don't mean that in a bad way. Its just what some people prefer. Some people don't like needing to compensate for a headphones innate sound signature

>>14792729

> Some people don't like needing to compensate for a headphones innate sound signature

So your solution is to get people to buy a pair of headphones that will need to EQ out it's native sound signature instead.

Shitposting aside though I get why they exist and I get why some people prefer the sound signature itself it's just not the best in my opinion for vidya unless it's also got good soundstage >inb4 but muh speakers and imaging then it's probably very good at competitive FPS where basses are distracting and pin,pointing sounds is the most useful.

Although in that case it's not really the flat part as much as the closed with poor isolation that bothered me, open is inherently better for pinpointing sound positions but I get that not everyone can use open headphones

Funnily enough since I got my X2HR I tend to mix up the sound that are coming from the headphones with the sounds that are coming from my surroundings

>>14791960

Mod mics are shit cause the adhesive for the magnet holders will slide around and eventually come off a ton. I had so much fucking issues with the most mic. Poor quality for such a high pricetag.

>>14792756

>as much as the closed with poor isolation that bothered me

Not all studio-monitors have shit isolation >>14792114 is literally an example of a pair of studio cans designed for sound isolation. Its just the Sony MDR-7506s mostly

>>14792759

>being so retarded you can't even attach a modmic

How do you even manage to post here?

Why the fuck aren't there any wireless headphones that use the same wireless charging method that electric toothbrushes use (inductive charging?)

Pioneer hdj1000

Denon hd1000

>>14791372

Sennheiser 555HD + AntLion mic mod.

>>14793226

>Best with a mic are probably these.

Probably yeah, you can also get the same without mic.for about 50-60 bucks just look for Takstar Pro80 (although the Pro82 is better), the sound is V-shaped by default and not actually that bad and there's a bass boost thing that makes them unbearable, it's also rather comfortable even for very prolonged use but you might wanna trash the default pads, I dunno if they're tweaked in their gayman version though but I doubt it.

Also the fucking case they come in is good even $200+ headphones don't always get something that nice.

Since there are some people answering , I am looking for the kind of headphones that can take 24/7 use half of which by my brother who is a retard and has no respect for maintaining tech,All headphones/headsets brake after ~half a year for us .I own a 100$ pair of ear cups from Razer that I had to replace after six months and the new pair also broke exactly after six months ,a pair of the "blue logitech gaming that everyone owns" cable got fucked somewhere inside , covered in plastic no way to repair without braking

I need something that I can unscrew drop some liquid tin into and put back together ,no tiny wires no plastic bullshit , I want one pair of headphones for at least 10 years

Is stuff like that made in "our" reality ?

>>14797539

>Is stuff like that made in "our" reality ?

Doubtful, all the headphone built correctly are far outside the price range you would want to put on something that's gonna get used by someone that careless.

And cheap for the most part is just cheap plastic shit.

I'd just go for a stock of Superlux HD668b, they're cheap and take abuse somewhat well for how cheap they are

>>14797539

honestly if he's that much of a mongoloid get him a $15 pair of skullcandy earbuds or something. they sound alright for the price and they're pretty comfy, and at that price if/when he wrecks them who gives a shit. you will not find a good pair of over-ear headphones that will last that long with someone who beats the shit out of your stuff. then again, you bought a razer headset, so i doubt your intellect as well

I just want to take a moment to shill for using a sound card, maybe it doesn't make as much difference for speakers but for headphones it's fantastic, even great headphones sound much so better with a discrete sound card. I'm using an Asus STX II and it's pretty fucking great.

Poorfags need not apply.

I've listened to thousands of dollars in headphones and there are 3 I consider the best for gaming and for different purposes. In no particular order:

1. Philips Fidelio X2 (Fun boomy cans, non-competitive)

2. Audio-Technica AD900x (Sharp and accurate, competitive.)

3. Sennheiser HD6XX/650 (Easy listening slightly warm cans, general use.)

Since gaming is far from the only thing I do on the computer I would recommend the Sennheiser HD6XX if there is another Massdrop for it. It's also built to last longer. While the other two headphones are nice they only do specific things well and may be fatiguing after a while. All of these have decent to large soundstages and forward mids, which is great.

>>14792098

Stop posting this old as fuck image.

>>14793313

Those are great headphones, the soundstage is just too small for gaming in my opinion - felt closed in. But if that doesn't concern you then you've made a good choice, for music alone those may have been my favorite.

>>14791375

Superlux 668B

>>14800107

Since you've tried the fidelio X2, have you compared it to the AKG K712/7XX?

I almost bought those instead, wouldn't mind knowing what I missed out on.

>>14791372

Audio Technica's A series headphones are reference headphones with bass that isn't shitty. I've been using the A700X for damn near 4 years.

>>14800522

>with bass that isn't shitty

>A700X

You need to have bass at all for them to qualify as not shitty.

>>14800387

I tried the K712 a few years ago, and I had comfort issues with the headband. It also sounded slightly tinny to me, and the bass was a little underwhelming but acceptable. There was some recession in the upper mids that kept bothering me too.

The X2 has better comfort, more bass and better mids. The K712 is just a worse version of the AD900x for me, which I would rather have any day of the week.

>>14800626

Guess I dodged a bullet, the X2 might not be the best sounding pair of it's price range but you can't beat that comfort level

>general for fucking headphones

>>>/vg/

>>14800658

While they're not the highest sound quality, they have a fantastic sound signature for gaming where sound quality becomes less important. And yes, the build and comfort are top notch. If they release an X3 I will be rushing to get my hands on one.

I need new pair of clamshells that meet the following criteria:

-replacable speaker cover pads

-non-head vice

-sound good with OR without amp

The first two are the most important because I'm autistic and my ears are super sensitive to heat and prolonged pressure my ears literally feel bruised from wearing headphones too long

>>14800703

Takstar Pro82

They're probably the comfiest thing you can buy for cheap, and you can put insane replacement pads on them but the default are surprisingly good.

>>14792592

Also purchased some discounted M40x, they sound really good.

Disclaimer: I wanted headphones with good isolation, so i paired them with some earpads.

>>14800703

>That happens to me as well.