Guys, I'm having a problem with choosing a good headphones. I'm not an expert in this region, so have no idea what to choose. I will be using them to play games and listen to music and movies - 80% games, 20% music. Now, so far I like two sets: Asus Vulcan and Sennheiser HD439. I see Sennheiser HD439 went down on price, at Scan they go for £59. For Asus one I missed a price drop on OCUK when there were for £55, now they are for £70. I like having a nice noticeable bass in my headphones. Maybe I am a bit deaf I don't care about that active noise cancelling, I will be using them 99% during night, so no need of that, plus from bit-tech review sounds like they lose bass when using active noise cancelling. I haven't played multiplayer games, so don't know if I will be using that microphone either.... What would you guys suggest? Anyone who have one of these please? Or is there sth better than these two?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Asus-R-O-...1051310072?pt=UK_Headsets&hash=item416ff6a7f8 £50 for the Vulcans new, opened box
Well, I would rather spend £50-55 max for these I'm a person who always used £10 headphones, never more, so paying over £100 for one is madness for me Why not HD439? Is there something wrong with them? Would you buy them in that price range?
I saw that, but feels a bit iffy - no refunds, only 10 feedback points... I would rather to wait for OCUK to lower price again in some time, then buying from that person. Plus £5 for postage - only £14 difference from new one from shop.
I simply haven't listened to them and thus would feel bad if I recommended them and they turned out to be awful.
New choice came up today - Denon AH-D1100 are on bargain thread, £39 at Saintsbury. Would these be better choice than Sennheiser HD439?
They're really bassy and havn't got great soundstage. If the HD439 is open it'd be better for gaming.
Asus Vulcan are excellent! If you like actual bass, its either those or the Logitech G35s as far as I'm concerned.
For what you need them for, i.e. 80% gaming 20% music you're good to go with cheap Sennheiser 202 -> http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sennheiser-hd-202-ii-closed-back-headphones If you want, you can aswell easily modify them by drilling some holes into the sides to make them "open" and soften the sound. Anyways, grab the Denon AH-D1100 for that price and modify them by opening them to soften the bass. Drilling a few tiny holes does the trick easily.
OK, now when I ordered my new headphones, I started to think that maybe my on-board sound card should be put on hold and get a new PCI card? I have a GA-Z77M-D3H with on-board VIA VT2021 codec. Would I notice a big difference using PCI card than on-board one? Like maybe this £20 Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp?
A dedicated soundcard doesn't really offer better sound, if you only listen to game-sound or MP3s and watch some compressed movies. I've got the GA-Z77MX-D3H and the sound is just fine for what you're doing. The Via VT2021 is actually rather good for an onboard-chip and I like it more then the Realtek-chips I had onboard before. A dedicated soundcard only offers better sound, if you listen mostly to original CDs or FLAC and ALAC-files, as only then you'll be able to hear the differences really. It improves SNR, sample rate and resolution, but only if you're really an audiophile, making music etc. EDIT: Nowadays I even connect my guitar to my onboard-audio Line-In to record some bits, and it's just fine for a little video on youtube.
