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sorry for being a noob, but the open air design means they don't isolate you from noises in your environment right?
Heh, I'd be worried about how the cord for that HyperX is holding up under those conditions
I have been watching "The Terror" and the scenes where the ship is frozen in the ice are freaking me out when I listen with the Philips. The soundstage (and good audio in the show) make it sound like there are boards creaking in my house and people having coversations outside.Busted an earpiece off of my trusty Siberia 150s so decided to go shopping.....got a Arctis 7 and a Phillips SHP9500S.
The Arctis came yesterday. Solid, nice looking, so far so good. The Phillips literally got here about an hour ago and I've been rolling them a bit.
Man. Considering they're 1/3 the price of the Arctis they sound flipping amazing. I'm no audiophile but seriously. The only reason I decided to grab both is the open design is a little limiting in usage scenarios and the wireless on the Arctis is handy for wandering around the abode.
and the wireless on the Arctis is handy for wandering around the abode.
Busted an earpiece off of my trusty Siberia 150s so decided to go shopping.....got a Arctis 7 and a Phillips SHP9500S.
The Arctis came yesterday. Solid, nice looking, so far so good. The Phillips literally got here about an hour ago and I've been rolling them a bit.
Man. Considering they're 1/3 the price of the Arctis they sound flipping amazing. I'm no audiophile but seriously. The only reason I decided to grab both is the open design is a little limiting in usage scenarios and the wireless on the Arctis is handy for wandering around the abode.
those arctis do they have any passive sound isolation?
the videos I had seen from the makers of them as they launched them showed him showing off how amazing the sound isolation on microphone is, but, they could have been using modified versions of to cherry pick the results
I got a pair of hyperx gamingx they are pretty decent at noise isolation (better than most) get quite loud, but, the quality of volume toggle sucks (as others have said) beyond that are built VERY well for the price
hard to get non bias opinion of the products which also sucks ^.^
Being brutally honest I rarely use a mic, and haven't really tested that on the Arctis yet. It's a thing I like to have in a gaming headset because I this fancy idea I'll use it but rarely do.
They're solid though. I partially bought them for aesthetics because they don't "look" gamer-y so I can use them for the plane and work trips without people looking at my pulsing RGB ear pieces.
I did not care about the mic passive noise isolation (as I rarely use mic anymore lately either)
meant the headset itself as in open air block basically no background noise and fully closed should block all (but many do not because of shoddy material choice)
^.^
Oooooh my bad.
Pretty solid. I can't hear my wife trying to get my attention when I'm wearing them, so it passes that test.
In 4 1. Thanks. For $50, why not.These are back down to $50 on the Egg.
Wanting to pick these up for work and gym but the sweat thing might actually hold me back.
Speaking of JVC HARX 900, I went and threw these back on the other night to compare to my AKG Q701 (massdrop 7xx are comparable). The open back soundstage blows the harx out of the water. When people say they can hear things they never heard before, this is exceedingly true. Sound seperation and detail are on a different planet. The problem with $200-300 headphones is... not being able to go back to non-$200-300 headphones.
Wanting to pick these up for work and gym but the sweat thing might actually hold me back.
Open headphones are better by 51%. I will never go back to closed.So I have the option to pick these up at the same price as some Audio-Technica ATH-M30X phones.
Are these better? if so, by how much?
let them break in for 24 hours on a radio station at a decent volume and give them another listen.Tried a pair of the OP headphones a few days ago, just that impressed personally. Hell, my 1st gen Koss Porta Pros that are >30 years old now sound better to me, go figure. Along with my 1st gen Sony V6 purchased at the same time I still haven't found better sounding headphones in all the decades since.
Wanting to pick these up for work and gym but the sweat thing might actually hold me back.
I have crap tons of PortaPros and KSC-75s. Cheap, good, and still among my favorites!Oh well, the V6 and the Porta Pros + the KSC-75 earclips I use on the go, they work for me.
Anyone know of a mod to make these closed back? or some that sells a milled piece to fit them? Just purchased for $49 shipped an worth every penny! .also has anyone used or had luck using a BT to 3.2 to make these wireless? If so what are your recommendations.
Anyone know of a mod to make these closed back? or some that sells a milled piece to fit them? Just purchased for $49 shipped an worth every penny! .also has anyone used or had luck using a BT to 3.2 to make these wireless? If so what are your recommendations.
Heh, I'd be worried about how the cord for that HyperX is holding up under those conditions
I ran over the cord about a dozen times with my chair it's good yet. The newer set has a removable headphone jack or cord but the reviews are not that good.
I'll never put any money into HiFiMan's pockets until they can deliver a set of headphones that don't break when a baby sneezes half a mile away. The build quality and durability is notoriously horrendous.