>$2000 high end gaming PC
>$500 240hz 1440p OLED monitor with perfect black levels
>$150 mouse with flawless sensor
>$100 mechanical keyboard with silky, fast switches
but
>$15 walmart headphones with a built in mic that sounds like you're using a tin can
Why do gamer do this? You realize improving your audio will improve your KDR right?
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gamers don't need any better than 20 dollar chink IEMs
dilate
do these have noise cancelling?
No. They're closed back so you get that but no active noise canceling.
>noise canceling
frickin normie just turn the volume up
>mfw I know my hearing is dodgy
>sounds cuts out at age 38 in the video
>am 35 years old
Yeah, that feels about right.
>fades away at 22-23 years old
I always thought I had worse hearing than that since I can hear a mild tinnitus ring constantly in my ears
That video is fake it literally doesnt play anything above the age 35 rating
did you test this with 10 year olds to back that claim?
Literally put the video into any DAW and slap a eq on it anon
damn anon, sucks to not hear anything above 15kHz huh
jokes aside that vid is a troll indeed, what a homosexual that youtuber is
>spek
Based.
Also I wish that homosexual would update the app for more modern OSes, unless of course if he died to the rona or something then I guess we're stuck with that old one forever.
works for me on win10
It might be on purpose. Youtube compresses your audio which is why youtube rips are a shit source for music.
He says it cuts off on 20Khz which is still bs.
Just use
https://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencycheckhigh.php
>can't hear shit over 16khz
it's over for me, but I still enjoy my cans
on the youtube vid I got 15k, on this one I get 18k
pretty large variation
The sound just suddenly cuts in at 17k with this one
What is the max KHz the iPhone 15PM outputs though?
>17khz on my $1200 headphones
I've ruined my ears...
>17k is where I start hearing it
I'm an old man now.
read the thread the youtube vid is bs
Strange how I start hearing the noise at around the 18kHz voice mark on the website
and on the youtube video here
the sound starts to fade out at just about 17.59kHz as well so I don't know what the frick you're on about famalam
I couldn’t hear anything until it got down to 13k. What does that mean in practice? Like does it really matter, that 13k sound is extremely unpleasant.
All frequency tests are very unpleasant to listen to because that's just the way they are, high tones don't matter that much in real life it just kills some clarity and air in sounds the problem is if the lower frequencies are gone, around 8khz and down
Huh, ok. I moved from my iPhone to my HD560s on my PC and I started hearing it come in at 15k.
iphone could just be shit, I dunno I'm not an audio engineer I just went to music school.
But Ohms on the 560s and how much power your pc can shove through the 3.5mm jack can be a determining factor as well, unless it's going though an amp or dac+amp then its how much those can, besides volume does play a big part as well, if you got to do it right then you need to equalize the dB of the tone to just below the safe level because you can brute force yourself to hear a higher frequency with a caveat that it'll damage your hearing further. don't ask me how I know cause I think that's the reason why I got mild tinnitus at 19
>I just went to music school.
That's cool, the music school at my university was a really big deal but I wasn't into music yet.
>unless it's going though an amp or dac+amp then its how much those can, besides volume does play a big part as well
Huh, I use a Scarlett Solo I plug my 560s into and that plugs directly into my PC. I turned up volume and I can sort of 'feel' the presence of the sound at 17k but still doesn't sound fully audible until 15k.
I've had tinnitus under complete silence since childhood since my dad would shoot guns without giving me hearing protection.
>I've had tinnitus under complete silence since childhood since my dad would shoot guns without giving me hearing protection.
Hah how kind of him, I played school concerts without ear protection and I can hear my tinnitus pretty much all the time, I feel like I can sleep a little easier with some background noise like some music or a video but it's not severe like for some people where it disturbs their entire life lol any way yeah the tone won't sound clear but it's audible but you shouldn't crank it higher than like 75dB for prolonged periods of time, like hours that is if you want to be reaaaally anal about safe hearing practice
I hear all these sounds at random pitches all day, I guess I'm beyond age and time.
15khz, 34, that tracks
they should have adjusted volume to frequency though, because it definitely gets harder to just mentally focus on higher frequencies anyway
This test is a fricking meme.
>turn up the volume
>can hear it again
Bought a $100 pair of chink "monitors", and I didn't expect them to sound decent as they do.
I'd say it's bullshit, but Chu2 exists.
You won't hear that much of a difference, but you will have to buy a more powerful amplifier for 250 Ohm ones.
Don't buy beyers without listening to them first, you may just end up hating the sound.
>Don't buy beyers without listening to them first, you may just end up hating the sound.
i fell for the 'just EQ them meme' they actually sound good to me after i got used to them (maybe broken in a little)
$20 chink iems are better than $2k headphones anyway
IEMs are for gays, real men use 20 dollar chink over the ears.
>>$15 walmart headphones
no
>V-Moda
Unless they the original M1's they are absolute garbage now
>overpriced walmart headphones
impressive. very nice.
I unironically use airpods lolz
>airpods
Unironically worse than cheap wired headphones if you're not listening to music while working out or some shit.
Nah, they're going to sound far better than most wired, non-audiophile headphones
>wireless
Again, it's fine for music but why are you throwing latency between yourself and whatever you're playing
I don't, but they're not terrible headphones (anymore, the 1st gen were junk)
>headphones
Just have hair bro
I thought Audiophiles were a meme until I got to try out several high end headphones with appropriate DACs.
>mfw
> Ape discovers fire for first time.
That guy is subjecting himself to intense pain with extremely imbalanced headphones
I think he's getting shocked
nah he's just listening to nickelback
They are a meme. You can get 99.9% the sound quality of a $10k audiophile setup with a competent sub-$100 set of BT headphones listening to high-quality MP3s.
t. Have access to a 10k audiophile setup and a pair of decent BT headphones.
lmao i bet nobody takes your opinion seriously when it comes to audio engineering if you actually think $100 chink bt headphones is on par with a 10k set up.
you dont even have ears bros lol you probably also have object permanence like a baby.
Lol
Lmao, even.
Spend your money as you see fit. In fact I encourage you to waste your money on such a setup.
>MP3s
uhhhhh, anon, that's not allowed. you can't just use lossy formats that sound identical to lossless ones. you NEED 24bit 96khz pcm
You need the DAC more than you need the headphone. A $30 headphone with a decent DAC willl sound better than a $200 headphone with a generic DAC.
DACs are a solved problem - the only reason to spend proper money on one is for secondary features (number of ports, little lcd screen, the fancy input switching button etc). Same goes for amps.
Motherboard DACs suck tho?
some do yes. I had to buy a external DAC because the motherboards sound had this crackling static noise
holy moron take. literally any modern mobo or even the fricking apple dongle is enough and no I'm not spoonfeeding you go google it yourself
>apple dongle
you can tell the people itt have no clue what they are talking about when there is not a single apple dongle recommendation along some nice low impedance headphones.
I own this thing for my headphones and guitar, does this accomplish what a DAC does?
Oops meant pic
You don't need a DAC, but you do sometimes need an AMP.
I used to crank up the PC volume to 100 and my headphones were still quiet but after getting a usb amp, I keep at it at 20-30.
Holy shit someone actually knows what an amp is supposed to do.
Im using a pair of dt770 80 Ohm headphones and jbl lsr 305 studio monitors. Absolutely love this combo
>He doesnt have a hifi setup that costs more than his car
How to understand modern movies without subtitles:
You need to have an underground bunker or live in the woods for that to work.
And to think people complain about open back headphones sound leakage.
>over-ear transphones
laffin
I don't play spastic competitive shooters, and I own a house, so I use speakers.
High end headphone is a scam. You overpay 10x for 20% gain and some troony's tuning that may not even your preference
>You overpay 10x for 20% gain
lmao this is what consolegays sound like when you try to explain 144hz to them.
Diminishing returns start at $500 and go into overdrive at $1000 imo
*50
*20
From the early days of Ganker I always wanted these. I was finally able to buy a pair with a bit of my inheritance. Still going strong even though I had to replace the pads and shitty cables it came with. Thanks dad
>he fell for the m50x/DTxxx meme
braindead sheeparrot poorgays kek. they sound like focal matter. buy real headphones.
These with a mod mic attachment.
Nice troonhausers
and you have no problems with sound leakage? I have fidelio x2hr open backs and half the time when I use voice activation people hear shit from game or video I watch
Not that anon but I haven't had issues with the same set up. They're open back headphones that leak a bunch, but the mod mic is on a boom next to your mouth and I've never had it trigger from headphone noise in discord or whatever
wtf turn the volume down dude how loud do you have them
try Acoustic Echo Cancellation for your recording device property settings, helped my friends cloud alpha from leaking audio like crazy to his mic, might impact mic quality and make it sound less natural because of software processing
True, but unless you want to deep clean your ears more often if you have earwax problems (like I do), from stuff like compacted earwax then you're better off getting on-ear headphones because shallow sitting IEMs kinda defeat the purpose of IEMs
it just werks
until the plastic cracks and the headband becomes loose
It's made of metal
yeah but it's from individual metal parts that become looser over time, and the little plastic plates where the screws attach crack
I have those headphones and even if something breaks you can replace every part for free or $5-10
forget games, having good headphones is a huge upgrade for listening to music.
you don't even need to spend much, some 100$ cans can be a huge upgrade for audio quality.
The problem is that brand like Razer and beats release expensive pieces of shit that people prefer over quality brands.
the 650's solved headphones. Comfy enough to wear for 12+ hours with no issue, sound signature itself is comfy as frick too, it just sounds good there's nothing fatiguing about any of it. It's just the perfect pair of headphones.
They last forever too
I have 599SE, night and day difference from previous headphones. afaik the brand is pretty solid yet unpopular with the gaming crowd.
I fell for the meme.
> Not the GOAT
One job.
>Music coming from the sides
No thanks
What in the frick is this
Peak performance
No. It's a sideways (toward the ear) facing electrostatic plate. Hence the power supply on the side. What you're mostly seeing is the foam surround. Believe me, you need it.
Sigmas have the drivers mounted in front of your ears
Oh you mean that thing. Well yeah. It was basically a head worn boombox. Cool for joggers I guess.
It's an electrostat, it's plugged into the wall and isn't going anywhere.
> Not jogging with a Tesla battery strapped to your back.
Your kung fu is lacking. You must train harder.
Get on my level pleb
The last time I did that I ended up heavily medicated for several months.
Let me guess, you need more?
Had these, they have no bass but audio quality is ok. They can't compete with "audiophile" headphones.
I use these, sounds good and it's cheap
The only problem is that it only lasts 1-2 years
>cable shits itself
>has to buy another pair
yeah
Using the cheapest Sony headphones is good enough, audiophilia is a mental illnesses
im not sure which one to get
I want to use them for my ds lite and game boy Micro
I have the W3, just bought Senn 560's because using the sonys for prolonged periods is just not comfortable, my ears actually hurt in them.
if you're not getting them for ANC then just buy another brand in all honesty
I been using Sony XMs for years cause I'm heavy autistic and have Black person neighbours
get the wh3 or the xm3 (or v4 if you want)
also consider picrel, which is sennheiser momentum 3 (not 4),
why i reference the v3 and not v4 are because they're tried and tested compared to the v4 from both.
sennheiser's momentum 4 is a total frickup compared to the one that came before it, and i think its because of the significant change in direction (and funding) in the company when it was bought over by a shitty cochlear implant company.
>Bluetooth for gayming
>laughs in aptx low latency
Oh nice, very nice.
Except none of the consoles nor a windows PC supports this codec.
So it just straight up DOESN'T WORK.
Not to mention there are still noticeable delays on both aptxLL and adaptive.
>t. consolegay
>nor a windows PC
you wouldnt need a console (let alone mention it) if you have a pc
I don't understand your obsession but w/e
I don't own a single console, just a gayming PC
if you dont have a console then why the frick do you even care about consoles you bumbling moron?
you could've mentioned mobile/smartphones and it would have made more sense since half the gaming market is mobile.
Because the anon you responded to asked for a headphones advice specifically for a nintendo DS and some fricking troony gameboy you moron
the headphones he posted also have the same standard set of fricking codecs you moronic overgrown fricking mong, so what the frick is your fricking point?
unlike your moronic ass, i actually put more options on the table for him.
>inb4 didnt i fix his problem
if you want wireless but your console doesnt support the fastest codec then you're ALREADY shit out of luck, so at that point you should just go for whichever sounds the best and has around the same feature set.
>the headphones he posted also have the same standard set of fricking codecs
>op is a moron so i will give a moronic advice
>no argument
wife? taken
dog? beaten
concession? gracefully accepted
Ok let me spell it out for you, because you're obviously a moron.
>OP asks a question and due to being technologically moronic makes a wrong assumption that for his use case- some old handheld consoles, Bluetooth $400 headphones is the right choice.
>enters you, another moron.
>instead of not being a moron you chose to be a moron and make a moronic recommendation of another $300-$400 Bluetooth headphones.
Now frick off you're not worth another minute of my time.
>still no counter argument or recommendations
concession deliciously accepted.
>Except none of the consoles nor a windows PC supports this codec.
Ok sure and still face a noticeable delays and worse sound quality on a $350 setup compared to $150 wired headphones.
>citation required
oh wait, people dont care lmao
>muh delay
>muh latency
>muh sound quality
frick you say to me son?
concession accepted
concession invalidated on authority of shroud the og wireless headphonechad.
concession accepted by proxy.
those are logitech running on a 2,4ghz through a included USB dongle you imbecile
>those are logitech running on a 2,4ghz
so does bluetooth??
so does aptx??
So does wifi and yet
bluetooth is 768 kbps
2.4 wireless headset is 3000 kbps
and 2.4 wifi is up to 450 Mbps
>all that
>no argument
sounds like a skill issue
frick off marketer im not buying your proprietary bullshit that has delay anyway
Do compgays even like playing video games? They probably only play pvp shooter games but do they even enjoy them? Comphomosexualry may actually be a valid form of "gaming addiction".
Are there any heavy-duty resistant to NEET head oils and sweat headphones out there?
My headphones only last about 2-3 years before the plastic becomes brittle and all the false leather just rots.
You need something that uses mesh material for the headband and ear cups (razer blackshark, SteelSeries Arctis, logitech G435)
OR
Just wipe the oily parts of your headset with a wet microfiber cloth after taking it off
Im just simple Black person who buys the Koss KSC75's
Just buy a snowball and a boom ball mic cover for it with a decent arm for 20 bucks on amazon and buy some sony headphones for 150 and you'll never have issues.
I like Sennheiser HD25s
planning on buying one of these bad boys, could any audiohead on here explain the difference between 80 and 250 ohms?
Flat sounding bullshit not good for gaming
Every flat EQ is shit for gaming
oh 🙁
well, what headset would you recommend for gaming?
>DT-990
>flat EQ
They have the Beyer Bump in the treble.
Had the 770, 900s even a pair of "gaming" mmx300, their headphones aren't good for gaming and the Beyer Bump at least for me makes my ears hurt after a couple of hours gaming.
frick's beyer bump?
Boost the 4-6kHz area quite a lot
normal frequency curve and a huge spike around 10k
a ton of treble
so buy an EQ moron
you dont just buy an eq homosexual
>difference between 80 and 250 ohms?
if you need an external DAC or not 80 ohms your onboard sound card should be able to power it, i think
250 you definitely need an external DAC as a power source
i could even mix music on my hyperx cloud flight from 2016 or something
recently got a tutrle beach stealth 700 gen 2 max and while the highs are much more open the bass is kinda lacking i think
then again it might just be cods horrible audio mix in general
Topping DX5 and Audeze LCD-2C here. JBL 305p mk2 with the woofer for speakers. still no reason to upgrade anytime soon
best wireless headphones/headset for imagine and also music listening?
Got these plugged into my headphone amp
I have a pair of these. They sound great but the build quality is kind of shit. The elastic bands for the suspension wear out and they don't fit anymore. Also, the pads are kind of shallow and replacements are ridiculously expensive.
I have since upgraded to Hifiman Edition XS and Focal Elegia.
I simply don't play games where I need to verbally communicate with other autists or morons. My ATH-M50x does what I need it to.
That attitude will get you hardstuck in both gaming and life.
>be bass head
>get a new pair of cans
>everything sounds very crisp but lacks the thump im used to
>even eq cant provide it
REEEEEEE
DT-1770
The bass KING. Worth the money.
hate beyerdynamics way of pronouncing bass its way too clean for me
do these things have super tight clamping like most beyers seem to?
not really for me, I used the dekoni velours
I got you senpai.
Aint nothing bassier because they CLAMP to your ears. So it's not for everyone. I got used to them because Techno parties.
are they good for gaming?
I don't know how to answer that. They are spot monitoring headphones. People use them in TV broadcasting for example. They will not lie to you, if that's what you're asking. Or slip. They will amputate your ears before they'll ever do that.
I use some Massdrop HD6xx with a condenser mic, but I'm a moron so...
Never Ever buy headphones with a fricking bolted Cable
If that shit breaks you have an expensive doorstopper
Just drill out the hole and solder in a jack, moron? I had some AD700s that lasted 10 years like that, the stock cable was fricked after 6 months.
>just destroy your headphones worth hundreds of dollars bro!
>nooo you can't modify plastic!
What's it like being a homosexual? I bought new 300 dollar headphones a few months back, first thing I did was cut off some unnecessary plastic to make the jack holes shallower so I could fit a superior modified cable.
Stock cables for my headphones cost about 20 bucks, my vastly superior ones cost me 3 dollars in materials and 5 minutes of soldering.
Extremely weak bait
after years of living on 20$ gear i moved to hyperx cloud 2 pic rel for like 80$, upgrade was nice but every time i enter such threads here or on Ganker i still feel like i made a poorgay choice when i could invest in some studio quality stuff for 300$
But that would require investing in some audio card as well, right?
based hyperx bro
i got cloud flight when hyperx was still with kingston
ive heard their overall quality once hp acquired them has gone down the shitter though
40ms is a lot anon so yes
Yeah, unlike mouse/monitor lag I think audio lag can be very high before you will actually notice. I bet some setups add 100ms easy. Use the sound recorder on your cell phone and measure the time between mouse click and gunshot, then compare that with just a mobo or a simpler setup.
For gayming it's only worth going over $100 if you're going to drop like 3k, and spending that much on headphones won't make you a better player.
for me it's hyperx cloud alpha wireless
>300hour battery life
>can chat with the lads while taking a shit
how are they? i've heard they sound flat in regards to bass?
I dont know, I cant point any notable differences in the 10 $50-$200 headphones I've used in my life
they just werk
do you play fps?
cs
can you hear the enemies footsteps and stuff with the cloud alphas good?
yeah no issues
You're set anon. The newer Clouds went to shit when they decided to design them themselves, but the earlier Clouds are literally a Takstar Pro 80 with a mic attached. They did well by using very competent <$100 headphones as a base.
my cloud flight from back in the day sound so good its unbelievable
i was looking for an upgrade to the cloud flight 3 but...yeah since hyperx isnt kingston anymore there are countless bad reports on hyperx headsets
You don't actually want accurate sounds when gaming. You just wanna focus on footsteps and your surroundings, this usually means overblown bass. "Clear vocals" and shit like that is not what you want.
Wrong you want an emphasis on bass and mids
Yes I said bass? And vocals is highs so yea.
>And vocals is highs so yea.
There's nothing you can really buy that's better without spending a frick load of money ignoring the audio morons who can feel the difference between butterflies flapping their wings
if philips still made their open end headphones I would suggest those and a cheap dac under $100 but I cannot find them anymore online
anon you made the right decision. the actual headphone component of these were literally identical to the sound of nice $300+ sennheisers, with an EQ suitable for gaming. the mic is dogshit quality wise but at least your voice will be clean to others.
the only other option would be buying the clouds 3 or logitech wireless headset you can buy for like $20 more but
>wireless
gaming headsets have literally 0 competition
the main brands are still logitech steelseries and hyperx
Get an HD 6xx with a schiit fulla. Everything only cost you like $250-$300, and you will be set for life. Stop buying "gaymer" headphones like Astros and turtle beaches.
The hyper x cloud 3's dropped not all that long ago and from how it the reviews look it's just the 2's but better, which I hope is true because the Revolvers despite costing more were actually a step down.
>The hyper x cloud 3's dropped not all that long ago and from how it the reviews look it's just the 2's but better, which I hope is true because the Revolvers despite costing more were actually a step down.
Frick no, under no circumstances get the hyper x cloud 3. This
anon is right.
I got clouds 2, cloud alpha and cloud 3 + other crap. None of the reviews used it for longer. Out of the box the clamping force is fricking insane, but ok, had that problem before, i will "wear them in", but even then they get too hot, the padding is shit and they are plain up uncomfortable.
And its not my imagination, i put them on, wear them for few hours, then take off and put old ones and ... im in heaven, you dont really realize how much your ears hurt until you put on better ones. The old ones are colder too, more surface area makes connect so your ears dont sweat and you arent so hot.
Sound wise ... they are flat as frick. Ok, i will EQ them and ... it does nothing. The proprietary software is either fricked, or the headphones are, either way no matter what i do the range is better on shit that costs 5$.
Bottom line big regret, i bought them only since i liked the older ones, currently got Alphas on my head, but i just cant force myself to even try them on anymore, they are just too uncomfortable.
Then again there are morons saying you should get IEMs, those gays really need to be weird to want to stick shit into the ears.
I can shave off 40ms audio delay if I go back to using my motherboards audio output. Would it make a difference for FPS games?
$20 - $50 chink IEMs are better
>IEMs
I have 28 000 yen Sennheiser 599. I was gonna get 14 000 yen Audio Technica M40x to MT50x, but they didn't feel right no my head. The 599s did.
I tried out the 599s but couldn't get on with them, Audio Technica's wing system is the best headband design on the market. But they don't put it on their closed headphones for some reason.
I have a Sony Pulse 3D that costs about $70 and I bought them for $10 or so at a second hand store and it's fine, of course the ear cushions are worn and the foam is visible but it's still worth it to me
Audeze MAxwell
Best of the best
you dont fricking need HD 800s either.
I use these. Replaced the pads once so far, overall they're pretty comfy. Usually headphones hurt my ears because of the shape but these are good. Not sure if it's worth upgrading to something else in the future though.
good taste
ive got a pair of the AD900X. was an upgrade from the ad700 (not X) and i noticed the difference. Enough to justify buying a pair if your current ones work? not really. i needed a second pair though, so i didnt feel like id been israeliteed
I went from 700s to R70x. It's kind of a side grade. The audio quality is better, but they made the pads smaller so you need aftermarket ones to make them usable, and they used stupid locking connectors so I had to make my own cable. Comfort is all that matters, and the wing is king.
The pads are too thin and it's all treble. $200 is WAY too high, IIRC the original AD700s were less than half that and basically the same thing. At that price you're better off moving on to a Sennheiser.
>>$275 ""premium"" gaymer headphones with a built in mic that sounds like you're using a tin can
fix'd
>audeze maxwell
There are countless reddit threads about how good they are but also a LOT of "my drivers ripped in 1-3 months" posts
Cause they're entry level planar magnetics headsets, they've skimped on build quality, just forget the fact that audiophiles hate headsets with a passion, most of them do cut corners to keep the price down a bit, like mic quality or material quality but it depends on a couple of factors, I just hate that there isn't a cheaper wired option cause I do want to try planar magnetics and without the fricking insane wireless price-hike
Any alternatives to the Sennheiser 599 that don't have a Y-cable attachment to the cups? It's been 84 years of 59x memephones and would like to try something new/better, but all the higher-end headphones use Y-cables.
>he doesn't turn on loudness equaliziation in windows
I'm good bro
I had the earlier 90s model of that thing. They were smaller and lighter. I miss those Koss. You could flip them upside down and wear the band like an edgelord, and if you twisted it in a bit, it sounded bassier. Best headphones ever.
$200 studio headphones + $10 chink mic
The perfect combo
>$10 chink mic
>bro you sound like your mouth is in the butthole of a chinese prostitute
I'm not the one hearing it. Not my problem.
>mutes (you)
ok cool, now it's not my problem either ;^)
>Why do gamer do this? You realize improving your audio will improve your KDR right?
doubt as frick
>philips shp9500
>ath-ad700x
>beyerdynamic dt990 250ohm
>now hifiman he-x4
could have saved some money by starting here tbdesu
Flat EQ is shit for vidya
not soliciting opinions from morons at this time
Flat. Eq. is SHIT for video games anon
Lad, listen. Do you comprehend how expensive flat headphones are? That's what an actual reference headphone is. And yeah, they would be shit for gaming, but you're browsing in the wrong store.
You do realize, Lad, that this is Ganker right?
You know, to be fair that's actually a pretty good list. Every one of those will shred "high end" gaming headphones.
what do pro csgo players use
I buy everything off aliexpress nowadays.
I use the Razer Barracuda X in pink
>people incapable of using EQ software to manually adjust to their preferences
holy fricking lol
If the drivers are shit no eqing in this world will make them sound better anon.
my point was more about the guy b***hing about flat ~$200 headphones seemingly unaware you can tweak to your preference
but yes, $10 skullcandies still wont sound good, very true anon thank you
i spent 700 aud on a pair of arctis nova pro wireless and i never use them because they are uncomfortable, they make my ears red and hot quickly. i use 15 dollar sony earbuds instead unless i need to use the mic. probably my worst purchase ever and i can't even sell them cause i'll only get like 300 back for preowned and it isn't worth it
>arctis nova
Arctis headphones rape my ears, same with """razer""" all their headphones have the bass cranked to 300%
i like the sound but it doesn't matter if they aren't comfortable. wish i had realised that sooner. i am on the computer 12+ hours a day, comfort is the number 1 thing
I have never found a more comfortable set of headphones than the AKG K7xx series. Most headphones I could never wear more than an hour without discomfort, but these babies I can wear 16 hours and not even notice. The only person I know who said they weren't comfortable had an unusually large head.
I have those $50 Philips ones that are still great. I don't really buy into the meme that better headphones make you a better gamer. I get that actual sound quality can be different, which is important for music. But higher quality ones don't actually make you hear footsteps or direction better.
>$500 240hz 1440p OLED monitor with perfect black levels
where do i buy this
Read the room anon
alright then, keep your secrets
>buy logitech pro x2
>they sound as if im listening to stuff through a tin can
frick me
Look up how to do a simple EQ, I had to EQ my friends hyperx cloud alpha a bit so that it didn't sound like complete shit
i have there is nothing i can do about the tinny sound
soundstage is so fricking narrow
the highs are incredibly ear piercing
this piece of shit shouldnt be advertised as top 4 gaming headsets ffs
i mean when there's like two good gaming headsets in existence, top four doesn't mean much
audeze maxwell and stealth pro?
I think my friend was also looking at those but I didn't know they were that horrible, try asking logitech if they're supposed to be like that and probably, most likely RMA that pair for being a faulty product
Good for people that have no issue with ear wax and dead skin
There's no reason to stick to headpos now that IEMs have been improving with each passing year and already have better comfort and sound quality if compared to headphones in the same price range.
what iems do i buy for 100 bucks
cringe-acle said: Etymotic ER2, Moondrop Aria, DUNU Titan S or Tin HiFi T3 Plus
Haven't kept an eye on IEMs since November, so there may be much better choices on the market right now. But I got an EM6L during the 11.11 sale, which cost me only $67 while its full price had been $110 since the release. For this price, I have absolutely zero complaints, aside from a few nitpicks (e.g., the front plates are oil magnets) and a very personal one. I find the nozzles to be somewhat uncomfortable without the right eartips. There weren't any among the stock tips, so I had to buy them medium-sized Spinfits worked nicely separately.
I'd suggest checking out /iemg/ for a much better advice.
I agree. However, both dry skin and earwax can dirty earpads as well, and cleaning both your ears and IEMs should be much easier and less time consuming.
I have ath m50's and they are ok - I can hear enemies in squad or days before getting visual
>m50
i've heard those are also good for music production
My ATH AD700 broke so I replaced them with Sony MDR-7506/1. Don't know if they're considered good for gaming or not.
They're good and comfortable.
>acquire decent headphones
>feels like i've walked into the 5th dimension with how much more I can hear in vidya
It isn't even about blasting volume, it is just the clarity on the quieter sounds in a game that don't get crushed by the louder ones in the same way they do on the nastier headphones i've used. Remember sound design in vidya is STILL primarily tuned for listening across a room on 3w TV speakers that vibrate more than than a dragon dildo - EAX and trueaudio died for your sins anon.
decent headphones
NAme em
M1060's with all the mods so they are an LCD2 clone. Like I said, decent but not top of the line.
400 USD
the funny thing is even in the very bottom of console hell, modern warfare 2 brought sound back for a bit by virtue of having some functional directional and environmental audio and they deliberately crushed it out of the sequels because people were crying about muh fifty uh i mean two hundred uh i mean five hundred dollar headphones
COD MW3s sound is so fricking fricked its beyond moronic. They had it nailed down in warzone 1 by the end of its life cycle now its shit again
Why are your headphones 3D printed?
The default metal grille echoes like a motherfricker.
Protip: audiofools are always getting rid of their shit on ebay for cheap, so I paid nowhere near that.
Yup. The infamous vacuum cleaner sounds in GT and forza were just seeing how low quality they could make engine sounds before anyone noticed.
Headphones are too liable to breaking for me to spend more than $50.00 on them
you unironically don't need more
I tried HD600 and HD800 with external sabre 9018 dac + tube amp and I didn't like them. Too bassy and made my head hurt. I still prefer my old HD595. More expensive isn't always better.
>More expensive isn't always better.
There is zero correlation between cost and quality in the audio world, that said:
>tube amp
Tube amps really are only for the crotchiest of boomers.
>Tube amps really are only for the crotchiest of boomers.
Tube amps are great. Different tubes have major impact on sound. And the tubes look cool glowing on my desk in the dark.
I had an audiophile friend offer me to try his new headphones (can't remember the model and brand but I remember them being worth +$400), but I refused since it would forever ruin hearing experience on my shitty sony headphones just like the time I discovered color banding on monitors and could never stop noticing it until it forced me to get a new one.
34€ superlux hd681 actually. been using the same model for a decade and a half. surprisingly ok quality
also refuse to get rid of my ancient sound card since it has some old version of dolby that is great with headphones. makes a huge difference
airpod pro 2's have served me well.
I use some apple earpods and they're perfect enough
Especially because I don't like having both of my ear plugged so I swap between left and right ear every x minutes
that sounds awful
No they're actually good and probably the best one for that price
Tried a sony wm3 headset and while there was a difference it wasn't a big one
I'm using these, my first open headphones and I'm really liking them. Could so with slightly more bass though.
>been rocking x2hr's with dekoni velour pads for a while
>been pretty satisfied
>starting to look at other options for an upgrade
Any suggestions? Been thinking maybe hifiman edition xs, but the QC has me a little uncertain
This is all you need. The only difference between this and a $1000 headphone is $970.
The biggest difference is that these feel like shit to wear, with cheap pleather garbage.
You don't need to spend a grand on headphones, but you can get something a lot nicer for the 200-300 dollar mark.
poorgay copecopecopecopecope
I have spent thousands on audio equipment over the years and one of my daily drivers cost like $55 USD
My iems cost more than your headphones. He's right tho, $20 chinkbuds are literally endgame and anything more is snake oil
I bought the $20 buds but I ended up needing a different, USB audio cable to get rid of the extremely obvious coil whine.
The pads are shit but you're right.
Kek the superluxes are flat as frick and NOT good for vidya
>$15 walmart headphones with a built in mic that sounds like you're using a tin can
Rather $1000 top tier headphones
>mogs your $2000 headphones
What are some good iems to reasonable prices?
Everytime I buy iems they sound like ASS with no bass and sharp tones that feels like a knife in your eardrum.
IEMs are way better, too bad I developed dermatitis just ouside my ear because of the moisture caused by wearing it from the moment I wake til I sleep.
>wearing in-ear headphones
>developing ear disease because of it
>still wearing them after the fact
Some morons never learn
Black person, I switched to portapros.
I've gotten minor infections on the outside of my ears as well from over ears. The meta is to get rich AF and able to just blast whatever the frick you want with
Expensive cans are only for music
>$15
Too expensive. I got mine for free
Ok but kind of music do you listen to?
How do I go about exploring new genres of music?
I only listen to Video game OSTs and ambience.
just do it homosexual
audiophiles get the rope
people genuinely don't care about sound anymore.
Digital, overproduction, auto-tune, bluetooth speakers, mumble rap, listening to streamer commentary
There is virtually no difference between listening to music and jerking off. You're doing both to feel good in your mind.
Most homosexual ass gamers cant even buy a d class amp and 2 speakers for their set up. They'd rather get some homosexualtek shit from WorstBuy. Pathetic homosexuals.
I might be convinced to buy expensive headphones if I could try it beforehand
But otherwise for all I know those thousand dollar headphones could sound worse than my $20 headset
I keep my audio at 10-20% so I doubt there would be any real sound difference between shitty 70 bucks sennheiser and schizo boomer audiophile setups that go for 5k bucks with magic sound crystals, python sized cables and soviet era tube's mounted on ps1 Jerry rigged as amps
You'd notice a huge difference just from a $200 ess sabre DAC + $200 tube amp, even without changing your headphones. I had such a setup but had to sell them because lost my job. Going back to motherboard audio, the music feels so flat, liveless and distant...
>he fell for the DAC meme
What's a DAC`?
Digital to analog converter. Turns magical 1 and 0's into magical sound waves.
To make it simple. It converts digital to analog. Which means it converts the music files on your computer into sound for you to hear. If you are interested try to look for Amp/DAC combos.
Whatever you get, make sure you can take out the cable from your headphone. My headphones would've died a couple years ago if I couldn't replace the cable. Had so many headphones and earphones die due to issues with wires.
You know you can just connect the wires yourself?
Fricking zoomers these days can't even fix a fricking wire
that's why they use bluetooth headphones
>I NEED CONFLICT! I NEED TO ARGUE!
Frick off. Don't have time for that, NEET.
almost none of them have replaceable cables until recent and even then cables are shit on purpose on some headphones so they'll break
unless you are talking about normal headphones but even then it does not matter
just buy cheap earbuds and when they become unusable replace them with new ones since audio is mastered for tin can strings anyways
I'm talking about repairing a wire, you fricking zoomer.
You take the wires apart. You tangle the copper together for each pair of colored wires. You put the insulation back and wrap it with electrical tape.
But of course, idiots these days would rather consooom and buy a new pair of headphones than put 1 hour of work into fixing stuff they own.
shit is designed to break so why attempt at repairing when the sound is already going out anyways
>sound is already going out anyways
In your ears? Maybe.
In your headphones? Bullshit. My HD595 I have since 2007 still sound amazing. Better than the "new" headphones I tried.
Repairing is the smartest choice.
>buy expensive headphones
pointless when audio is mastered for $10 earbuds
>buy expensive headphones
$130 is hella cheap, and they sound leagues better than any cheapo earbuds I used before them. They've lasted me 17 years without breaking too. The plastic has cracked in a few places, but the drivers are in perfect condition.
If you truly believe $10 earbuds are "as good as it gets" you're a sad poorgay trying to cope with your pathetic life. Grow a pair.
nta but the reason for repairing is that repairing makes it work again. It feels good to be able to just repair things and not buy more plastic trash like most people do.
And once again, ladies and gentlemen, tech talk on Ganker.
you don't need more expensive headphones are literal snake oil and if the sound is dogshit on cheap phones it's going to be even worse on expensive phones
For me, it's the HE400is
I buy good headphones to treat urself. But why would i be so dumb to invest lots of money into a microphone. It only befits others, not me.
There's not even a real reason to buy a microphone
online gaming wise there's no advantage and everyone is dead silent
>as good as it gets
unless you are exclusively listening to 60s and 70s music there's 0 reason to own expensive gear to make your tiny penis feel good
>there's 0 reason to own expensive gear to make your tiny penis feel good
Can I use your tight butthole to make my penis feel good?
It's very cheap, that's why you don't need the expensive gear.
Still using HD 598
I can't use headsets because they're too uncomfortablekm with my glasses.
>$25 high end audio blocks your path
and saves you from gamers dent
I should add
Mine
What's the deal with those? Everyone hypes them up.
I have a pair lying a round that my brother used before switching to something else. I've tried them for like 10 minutes and they were to tight and uncomfortable.
>tight
No offense but your head is too fat.
Great sound quality, actually keeps higher frequencies intact which fits my taste. They are kinda uncomfortable when you start using them because the foam is rather hard but you'll get used to them. Also you should loosen them up if they were too tight.
They have replacement parts and the build is basically unbreakable in case of home use so when you do buy a pair it will last you forever.
>closed back for gayming
lmao
how shit does your hearing have to be to need open back for gaming what the frick
What?
If anything your hearing needs to be better for open back since you will be getting sounds from outside of your headphones and your ears wont be in a closed chamber with sounds like with closed back...
I don't want to hear the constant hum of my computer's fans while I'm gaming.
I mean sure if that's the deal that works for you.
It's just undeniable that open backs have better soundstage which is pretty damn important for gayming.
Just get noctua fans bro.
I can't tell the difference between these and the $1300+ headphones I've demoed
This is pretty common.
After like $150 it really takes thousands of dollars for both headphones and source for majority of people to hear difference.
Yeah, did invest in a decent dac+amp which is nice but anything that's already mixed and sent out to be sold I would have a hard time doing an A or B test past a HD6XX, AKG 701 or DT1770 aside from just coloring the headphones might have.
why not the dt 770x pro?
Let me guess - you *need* more?
>poorgays on Ganker don't even game with the he-1
lmao @ all you incels who can't afford a proper pair of gaming headphones
why are expensive things so ugly a lot of the time?
Funny, I asked your mom the same thing yesterday.
Why did you do that?
because they're made to fit the desires of the maniac who is buying these things. the high price tags make them above such things as tasteful design from someone with experience
Got a 560s like 2 years ago, probably the only headphones that i find comfortable
Audio doesn't get much better than the DT 250's
>$500 240hz 1440p OLED monitor with perfect black levels
I fricking wish. It's double that price right now. I want to get something for HDR content creation.
dont talk to me if your headset doesnt have leds
>picrel
Do you imply that overear dynamic pos with terrible phase response (that impacts positioning the most and conflicts with games' built-in hrtf emulation) in range that carries the most information and terrible amp response in the rest of the range will somehow be benificial?
also >$150 mouse with flawless sensor
basically all mice >$20 have 3395 these days lol
>Do you imply that overear dynamic pos with terrible phase response (that impacts positioning the most and conflicts with games' built-in hrtf emulation) in range that carries the most information and terrible amp response in the rest of the range will somehow be benificial?
My issue is every fricking headset mic picks up every click and tap. Why do they have essential omnidirectional mics in them.
By the time I set it up via voicemeter and have gates on it etc I have to be speaking louder than I would like.
I have 770pro sitting there and I was thinking of picking up a lav mic or something or going full fricking streamer and getting a sm7b
I don't know what kind of mic you're using but for me both Steam and discord successfully filter all the clicks. Well most of them, not much can be done with mechanical keyboard.
>$15 walmart headphones with a built in mic that sounds like you're using a tin can
I've not heard literally anyone with a tin can mic in the last decade at least. Even cheap shit mics are fine nowadays.
>Ask people what headphones they have
>Oh just this $5000 pair with DAC and meme cable arrangements
>Ask them if they like the sound in game X
>Oh yeah I guess so
things that never happened
I have picrel combo photo from google, I need external DAC with instrumental input to plug the guitar, and I need comfy headphones so I could use them for 6-8 hours straight.
I like the sound, it's deep and transparent and spacious with music, and even more spacious in games, but I wouldn't call it something groundbreaking, though I never experienced those 5 gorillion dollars setups.
Not everything has to come down to the sound alone.
Still rocking my Phillips SHP9500s with V-Moda boom mic.
For me, it’s the mojo 2.
>treble head but can’t listen to treble heavy stuff because tinnitus
Curse my old self for his poor decisions of blasting music like a porch monkey.
>headphones
I'm fine with my Bose Companion II™© thank you
>JDS makes entry level amp good enough for basically every headphone
>audiofools reee and demand MOAR POWA, I NEED IT TOTALLY
>the actual science says lol no, but whatever, a fool and their money
>JDS make a new turbo edition of their amp that pumps out like 3w
>the press release for it is PR speak for telling people they are idiots for wanting this but you pay so frick you, here's your 3w
Fun times. The cost of entry for hifi has plummeted in the last 10 years but truisms from the 80's dominate and pseudoscience continue to gets pushed to sucker in people.
how's the build quality on sennheisers?
my dt 770s have served me well and have taken tons of abuse.
Good if you get ones with detatchable cables and easy to replace pads like hd600/6xx
I've heard good things about the 600's
I was worried about that but 7 years is pretty good though
I used to buy turtle beach headphones and those shits would crack after 1 year of use
On the cheaper models, the plastic will start to crack after ~7 years of daily usage. I had to duct-tape my hd595 to keep them from falling apart. But the drivers are still excellent.
firing guns most of my life ruined my hearing
can barely tell the difference between 20$ & 2000$ audio.
as for the mic, why would I care about others people's ability to hear me?
that's their problem not mine.
How do audiophilegays cope with their gorillion dollar setups being utterly mogged by this thing?
vr audio works surprisingly good, dunno why
Because it can track your head so all of the sound is localized correctly. Shouldn't be anything surprising about it, 3D sound is a very well understood problem.
for me it's the $3 chinese special flat earbuds
let me guess, after 2 weeks the paint melts inside your ear canal and you get lead poisoning?
no, they break on average after 1.5 year, usually because i rip off the cable after standing up and forgetting im wearing them
theyre unironically good. no one makes flat earbuds anymore, and when they do it's the same shit as the chinks do except at 10x the price
those round plastic type are the worst tbh. best is a soft rubberized one. I have these quantums
nah, i specifically mentioned flat earbuds. i hate any rubber going inside my ears, i dont the feeling, i don't like the sound isolation, it actually makes me sick
>wireless
>gaming
>headset
>shits on 99% of all pseudo-audiophile <$1k headsets with its planar magnetic drivers
Stop using headphones with archaic conventional dynamic drivers.
Those are amazing
2.4 for pc,
Bluetooth for morons,
Mics detachable and another build in mic for mobile use built in.
And as you said the planar drivers sound fricking amazing.
Tbh the price is surprisingly low for this amount of quality and features.
>weight as much as a VR headset
nothing personel kid
The weight is distributed evenly and not all in the front so not an issue
fricking cope
who the frick wants to wear a metal helmet at all times?
500 gram is a fricking insane weight, its twice as much of what i consider comfortable, 300gram is already 100 too many and they feel heavy as frick
>brutally mogs entire thread
any other beyerdynamics good for gaming/music?
gaming and music have very different needs, you might want to just figure out some other things first: wired/wireless, open or not, your budget, noise cancellation or not, if you're a basshead or not, and then what kinds of games and music do you like
for me the DT1990 is best paired with any basic decent DAC, and with software equalization (PeaceAPO on windows) to dampen a 8kHz spike and boost the bass.
Gaming is ez because you hear the faintest things and they're well placed in 3d space.
Music is wonderful if you like electronic, classical, rock. I'm sure huge fans of rap and hip hop aren't in love with the 1990s though.
And finally since I also enjoy playing with Ableton, it's a wonderful pair of headphones for accuracy and detail
Build quality is solid as frick, multiple cables and carrying case feel premium. They come with a couple pads as is but I've changed them for better ones
Add the Dekoni pads to yours for the best end result, they do make a difference
>DT1990
Giving advice to buy 1.2k headphones LMAO
they cost me 600 CANADIAN dollars new, you're a joke if you pay 1.2k for them
>canadian
i'm so fricking sorry, stay strong
could be worse eh
>1.2k headphones
What the frick, I bought mine four years ago for 400 euros
well shit i game, i listen to electronic music and i also dabble in ableton
any dacs for the 1990s?
check your computer's audio card first, if you have good hardware you might just be OK as-is and just want an amp
in my case my soundcard was shit and I wanted more things (midi in/out for keyboards, ASIO low-latency, microphone input) so I went with an interface (U-phoria UMC 204HD, but I'd recommend you go with like a Scarlett 2i2 or something) and then slapped a iFi Zen Air Can for the amplification. Happy with the setup.
if you're asking this in response to a 1990 comment, you're in an entirely different price range there
i can get away with onboard powering up to 300 ohms
>-phoria UMC 204HD
kek got the umc202s
>different price range
I mean yes but supposedly they're just a slight increased 1990s
they're an increased 990, not 1990
the 1990 will still mog this from an audio perspective, but if you were deciding between the tygr and 990s for gaming you're indeed better off with the TYGRs
(or just order both on amazon and send back the one you like least, allowing some warehouse deals poorgays to get a new model at a decent discount)
Not a bad shout will do that then
>1990
Do you have an EQ at 2.5kHz?
I'm using this one (dekoni earpads) https://www.dropbox.com/s/3gkvsu9nlhjwqf2/Beyerdynamic%20DT1990%20(Dekoni%20Elite%20Velours%20Earpads).pdf?e=1&dl=0 (from the master list https://old.reddit.com/r/oratory1990/wiki/index/list_of_presets )
Tracks with my own tests, so that's just what I use (give or take a few tweaks for bass and clarity)
Thank you anon. What programm did you use to eq?
For windows you first set up the equalizer itself that has to be configured for each card, look up tutorials on setting up EqualizerAPO
then you get a decent enough (although still kinda shitty) graphical interface to tweak EQ easily: PeaceAPO.
Basically equalizerAPO allows you to chain any amounts of settings on any audio (including inputs), and that includes rearranging channels, equalizing, even adding VSTs etc.. PeaceAPO essentially just tweaks a single txt file that's loaded in the EqAPO chain.
Grab the oratory presets that match what you have, and load them up in Peace's GUI -> that tweaks the text file which configured equalizer apo.
On my computer I've actually played around with adding a tube amp VST to my chain every once in a while, when I want something a bit warmer than the analytical 1990s (see img: peace settings and tube amp in the chain, rest is disabled). I use the visualization in eqAPO to adjust the total gain in my chain and avoid any saturation, and then compensate with the volume slider of my amp.
Takes a few days/weeks of playing around with stuff to find the combinations you really love, but it's hard to convey to people how much better your audio can get when you do that shit.
Holy shit i never knew you could put some VSTs to your actual audio. What the frick?
I'll definitely get the 1990s then holy hell, thank you anon!
I actually even auto-add a Peace EQ setting that is always-on for my microphones, so that even my input is always equalized alongside the output to my headphones or speakers
Basically I have one Peace EQ per device (whether input or output), assigned only to that device just a dropdown on the right side of the Peace GUI), and then using the automation settings (it's the little green man at the bottom to the left of your output volume display), I add those configs as "always on" so that specific devices are always eq'd the way I want.
Of course the prerequisites are that (1) you configure eqAPO on all the devices (requires one reboot), and (2) that you find and adjust the eq per device (over time, as you learn about that shit).
Always a very solid start for output audio to start with oratory1990's presets online. To EQ microphones it's a bit more empirical and random I guess, but if you use a DAW you should already be comfortable with fooling around with that stuff.
Yeah damn there's a whole new world i never knew existed i guess.
Time to dig into this whole other area of audio then.
Oratory is the hero we need but don't deserve. AutoEQ is also okay I guess.
NTA but the most commonly suggest one is equalizerAPO. Some prefer to use the Peace UI for it as the default one isn't the most accessible.
How Bout the TYGR 300r
I love mine. Great sound and virtually indestructible.
Are those expensive high-end headphones like Sennheiser's even worth it? I'm still using the same pair of Sony MDR-V6's I bought over a decade ago.
Depends. Good ~$400 headphones are a step up from the decent headphones around the $100 mark, but the improvement isn't anywhere near as big as the one you get going from shitty $20 no-noname cans to a $100 pair.
It depends on your ears. I spent a lot of money on headphones trying to find something that sounded like speakers. With the exception of the HD 800 S which is way too expensive and I'll never pay for it, the rest of the Sennheiser lineup does nothing for me. All their open-backed headphones inexplicably sound like closed-back headphones and I don't see the point.
why
in 20 fricking 24
has wireless not advanced to have good quality over a short distance???
The version 5.3 bluetooth stuff is okay but mic quality still takes an crazy nosedive in quality on headsets which is why I'll never use a wireless headset
Turtle Beach STeatlhs
I'm no audiophile and don't know shit about it, but even I can tell the difference between a $20 headset, a $100 headset and a $500 headset. I've never tried more expensive than that but I'm willing to bet those moronic $5000 headsets sound even better.
Anyone who says you can't tell the difference probably has hearing problems or has simply never tried anything other than a cheap headset.
https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/best/by-usage/critical-listening-audiophile
>770pro
700 Pro x are better
>superlux with the same sound quality score as dt 770 pro for a quarter of a price
taiwan number one
>have flat eq
>be audiophile
are those chink iems with the anime girls really that good?
surprisingly yes
My head is too big for headphones. I'm not fricking joking.
Just get IEMs then you fricking idiot.
Also, I don't believe you - post head to substantiate your claims.
All headphones are adjustable.
Maybe tries more pairs other than your 10$ best buy shit?
KSC75.
I had to stretch out my hd600s for like 2 weeks and they're still super tight. you'll find something that fits megamind bro
post measurements
Lcds
Get lcd 2
Ahem.
Cover the outside of these with your hands and then wonder why the frick these are open-back. Garbage.
Already beat you to it.
I wish the fake leather that binds the velvet didn't disintegrate after a few years of use.
On my 3rd pair of replacement pads now.
>On my 3rd pair of replacement pads now.
What I learned to do after my 2nd/3rd replacement pad was to use some kinda leather conditioner on mine every now and then.
What conditioner you use depends on whether its fake leather or genuine leather, but either ways I feel like mink oil works for both.
just get a pair of audezte maxwells
>audeze
audeez nuts lmao
I actually have the headphones in your pic and their build quality is absolutely horrendous. I bough them when they were still new so they were even more expensive than they are now.
High end headphones are a massive meme. Thank god I grew out of my audiohomosexualry CONSOOMING cancer.
True surround sound is the best tbh, just buy cheap speakers and try it out for yourself. You can upgrade over time once you experience the power.
Been running 5.1 since 2003, never letting that go but I also use a pair of cans for music mostly.
Very nice, I upgraded to 5.1 more recently but was surprised at how much better it was for games.
Just give me the best for vidya i.e. fps and immersion in story games and good for listening to music frick sake
Frick off
>$2000 high end gaming PC
>$500 240hz 1440p OLED monitor with perfect black levels
>$150 mouse with flawless sensor
>$100 mechanical keyboard with silky, fast switches
but
shitty indie roguelike pixelgraphic RPG
me and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world
I have $300 Sen headphones and $175 Edifier speakers. Headphones for spooky games, speakers for everything else.
For me, it’s the phillips shp9500 that I got at a 20$ discount
Make way for the king of all headphones.
/Thread
maybe 25 years ago gramps
25 years ago was better in every single way than today.
>YOU NEED TO BUY THESE 500 DOLLAR BRAND NAME HEADPHONES OR ELSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PICK UP ON THE FREQUENCIES OF THE ALIENS FROM PLANET ZUMBAR!!
>NOW SHOVE THIS QUARTZ CRYSTAL UP YOUR ASS SO YOU RESONATE PROPERLY WITH THE BASS!!!
no thanks freak
HD 560s are like $200 or even less when on sale. Stop making excuses for continuing using cheap tinny cans.
I promise the hifi evangelists itt are TRYING TO HELP YOU. You could own a $100 headset from Razer and have no idea not only how dogshit its audio really is, but how less comfortable they are long term.
If you have a room or apartment to yourself please try open back headphones. They are so much lighter, more comfortable and you will learn about soundstage.
How do people wear headphpnes for long periods.
my ears get hot and it feels annoying.
i end up using iems.
It all depends on the pads you use.
I had to swap out the leather ones that came on by default because they felt sticky and hot after a couple hours to velour ones. Now they're comfy all day long.
get pads that are as wide as possible so the clamp is spread over as much skin as it can, also some fabrics are much more breathable
good headphones that aren't too expensive for glasses-wearers?
Used AKG K701 back when I was wearing glasses, they're pretty light and the pads are soft enough. Overall good sound, great soundstage, but they lack bass. Shame modern ones aren't Austrian made anymore.
Unless the cans just sound like shit you can EQ them, sure, but 770s are the only beyers I liked the sound of.
>only $100 keyboard
It's 200+ now because muh analog hall effect keyboards
what the hyuck is a flux keyboard
can anons recommend me something good with a mic attached under 500 bucks
sennheiser one is fine
thanks anons i shall watch and read reviews before pulling the trigger
sennheiser pc38x
the yellow bumblebee looking one
>sennheiser pc38x
>open headphones
most of us live with someone
i will never get open back headphones, its made for those loner neets or some shit
>loner neets
>posts on Ganker
Are you listening to porn audio or something? You can't hear it across the fricking house.
>You can't hear it across the fricking house.
yeah, only across half the house, might as well be one of those boomers blasting their goy tv crap at full blast so my neighbors hear it too
frick you mean they arent speakers, frick you think they are? microphones?
>frick you mean they arent speakers, frick you think they are? microphones?
you know exactly what i meant
Is your house a studio apartment or something
fricking normal apartment, 1 living room with a kitchen, 1 tiny bedroom and a shitter, and i live with my gf and my pets
who the frick can afford a 5 room house those days?
are you sitting 2ft from someone? they aren't fricking speakers moron
audeze maxwell
turtle beach stealth 700 gen 2 max
Koss ksc75
Parts express headband
Yaxi Pads
All I need after the thousands I spent on audio equipment in my hayday. I have ascended.
>10 year old 1080p/60hz monitor
>Cheap thinkpad running Linux
>Secondary 1368x768 monitor, VGA only
>Headphone is missing a cuff and I need to hold in place when I put it on
It's a peaceful life
that was at like the age of 15 anon go get a job
But I don't want anything more than this
once you upgrade all of your equipment you do not want to go back to homeless mode anon
Audio won't improve your KDR. Neither will a monitor, a chair, graphics card, or literally anything else other than practice and active learning. The guy who figured out what the optimal strategies are and when to employ them is going to smoke you more than half the time even if you can out aim him. The guy who does that and can out aim you is going to win everytime. It's just like real life. Your $10K FN Scar setup won't save you from the swat team's small squad tactics training and extemsive practice with their MP5s.
>Audio won't improve your KDR. Neither will a monitor, a chair, graphics card,
Shockingly there is more to playing a videogame than just kd ratio in counterstrike!
let's be real, good ergonomic setup of desk + chair is very important for your health, low refresh rate monitor gives you better reaction time
>low refresh rate monitor gives you better reaction time
What kind of poorgay cope is this?
*high, whatver you c**t
>Audio won't improve your KDR
excellent bait post friend
I have my dead's brother ATH50x
the remind me of him, will buy another pair if i break the by accident
Used some modded Superlux 681 EVO, they're decent as well.
Imagine not using a 10€ microphone
I bet you cucks use push to talk instead of voice activation
>wanting to sound like an actual robot
yep and everyone on my team will always be forced to enter my house through voice chat whether they like it or not
fair enough
there's no such thing as a 10 euro mic
it's a 30 cents membrane and a wire that you could assemble in 20 seconds, and 9.7 euros you just gave to the chinese
damn I can't believe the shop got the microphone for free from the chinks instead of buying it from them first hand
Speakerchads, ww@?
hate wired headsets
I've got a pair of Corsair HS80s and these things are terrible. Awful battery life, awful sounding, can't use 7.1 without downloading both Dolby Atmos and ICUE which has been known to corrupt the drive it is installed on sometimes and the kicker is sometimes the volumes fluctuates like crazy if you don't have those installed so it's either have you volume going from 5 to 66 back and forth and sometimes cutting off or use an app that can brick your HDD or SSD.