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I'm thinking of getting a brand new pair of headphones for Chrismas, my last pair were the Razer Barracudas 5.1 which I hated. The sound was bad, the 5.1 system was flawed and the whole headset was too uncomfortable to use for longer than an hour. So I decided on getting a 2.0 headset and use 5.1 virtualization when needed (It works very nicely, better than the Barracudas "true 8-driver sound", with my current SteelSound 5H).
I will use the new pair MOSTLY with near-pro PC-Gaming. I'm on a sponsored Counter-Strike Source team and I play the game rather seriously and regularly. Although I also play every-other single player games where immersion is key (Like Bioshock, Crysis, Half Life, CoD, etc...).
However, I don't use the PC only to play games, i listen to a lot of electronic and bass-heavy music and regularly watch TV-Shows.
The headphones will also be used on my Xbox 360 system. So I reccon they're use will be 65% gaming, 20% video, 15% music.
So, with about 250USD to spend I've been searching for a new pair and got to these three right here:
-Sennheiser PC-350
http://www.sennheiser.com/comm/icm_eng.nsf/root/502141
These look very nicely put together and very comfortable, from what I gattered from reviews, excellent for gaming, lacking bass for everything else.
-Sennheiser HD-595
http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/productdetail.asp?transid=newHD-3
These are apparently excellent for music, But I don't know if they are to "bass-ey" for gaming, I don't want to get temporarily deaf after every gunshot, they also look supremely comfortable and well finished! But they DO NOT have a built in microphone. That's a bit of an issue, but I suppose that's I'd have to use a Zalman ZM-MIC1 (http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=210) separately.
-Astro A40 Audio System with MixAmp
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http://www.astrogaming.com/products/detail/3/A40-Audio-System/
And finally the Astros, they sit a slice above the PC-350 and a feather below the HD-595 in terms of specification. They are the most expensive of the three but are also the ones with more features, like the MixAmp which would come in very handy while playing games, and adding that extra "oomph" to the sound quality and surround virtualization. They also seem very well constructed and very comfortable, with a lot of customizing possible.
Can you help me decide? Thanks!
I'm thinking of getting a brand new pair of headphones for Chrismas, my last pair were the Razer Barracudas 5.1 which I hated. The sound was bad, the 5.1 system was flawed and the whole headset was too uncomfortable to use for longer than an hour. So I decided on getting a 2.0 headset and use 5.1 virtualization when needed (It works very nicely, better than the Barracudas "true 8-driver sound", with my current SteelSound 5H).
I will use the new pair MOSTLY with near-pro PC-Gaming. I'm on a sponsored Counter-Strike Source team and I play the game rather seriously and regularly. Although I also play every-other single player games where immersion is key (Like Bioshock, Crysis, Half Life, CoD, etc...).
However, I don't use the PC only to play games, i listen to a lot of electronic and bass-heavy music and regularly watch TV-Shows.
The headphones will also be used on my Xbox 360 system. So I reccon they're use will be 65% gaming, 20% video, 15% music.
So, with about 250USD to spend I've been searching for a new pair and got to these three right here:
-Sennheiser PC-350
http://www.sennheiser.com/comm/icm_eng.nsf/root/502141
These look very nicely put together and very comfortable, from what I gattered from reviews, excellent for gaming, lacking bass for everything else.
-Sennheiser HD-595
http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/productdetail.asp?transid=newHD-3
These are apparently excellent for music, But I don't know if they are to "bass-ey" for gaming, I don't want to get temporarily deaf after every gunshot, they also look supremely comfortable and well finished! But they DO NOT have a built in microphone. That's a bit of an issue, but I suppose that's I'd have to use a Zalman ZM-MIC1 (http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=210) separately.
-Astro A40 Audio System with MixAmp
http://www.astrogaming.com/products/detail/3/A40-Audio-System/
And finally the Astros, they sit a slice above the PC-350 and a feather below the HD-595 in terms of specification. They are the most expensive of the three but are also the ones with more features, like the MixAmp which would come in very handy while playing games, and adding that extra "oomph" to the sound quality and surround virtualization. They also seem very well constructed and very comfortable, with a lot of customizing possible.
Can you help me decide? Thanks!