I need a headphones, need advice

[TorwaK]

Hi folks,

 

as I told at subject I need a headphones with microphone. I found a nice model which is AudioFX Pro 5+1 by BenHeck. Edimensional is started to sell this product for 15 days, it looks a new generation headphones and quality.

 

 

http://www.edimensional.com/

 

Anyway if there is no better advice I'm going to order it. So can I get your comments please? Thanks. :joystick:

[Maciver]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826106164

 

I got these for my brother in law for christmas, and he likes em alot. I have the version previous to these and i love em. I've bought them 3 times now. Cause i keep tripping over the cord and ripping it out of them. haha

 

Can't beat the quality for the price.

[Force_Feedback]

the HD series Seenheisers are very good on the bass. I have HD 415 myself, nice response, depth of sound is good too, lower tones are put up nicely (for such tiny speakers compared to 'real' audio speaker). I did have a cable break, or some failure inside the headband, dunno what, everything seemed fine, no visual wear on the cable, anyway... I returned the defective one, and got completely new headphones from Sennheiser in 3 weeks. Now I'm using them for 2.5 months without problems.

If you want audio quality, don't go for the 'multimedia/microphone/USB' versions, those things are meant for VOIP and hearing MSN bleep. I'm always sceptical when somebody says such a small speaker can give reasonable audio quality, but that is just impossible, larger cone diameter=better low level.

[Ven]

I was curious about USB headsets. It doesn't use the sound card is that right? How is the codec and all that handled then? By the headset itself?

 

By the way... rumble in the headset? Not recommended for someone with dandruff problems I guess :p

[Fjordmonkey]

The good thing about a set of USB Headphones is that you can direct the voicecomms from the apps to it because it has it's own built-in audio-processor. Which frees up your main speaker system to handle game-sounds :)

 

I've got a set of cheap-ass Trust-headphones that run on USB that I use when playing, and they work pretty much flawlessly. They do what they're supposed to do, and that's it.

[Maciver]

Alot of them come now so you can take off the usb part and plug in into your sound card, if you so wish.

[Kuky]

Those looks pretty nice TorwaK, I use Razer Barrakuda HP-1 but was thinking in getting real aviation headset and a PC converter... but man those aviation headsets can be reeeeeeealy expensive :huh:

[viper3314]

I have thease or something like it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826106932

 

I like them because you can here all the sounds and if your mic breaks you can buy a replacement. you dont have to buy a hole new set so I think it was a good buy for me and you can adjust the sound and you can talk into it and people can here u perfectley like you were right there.

[RvETito]

I'm a very happy Plantronics user. Using a headset with folding mic for more than 1 year and 3 months- no problems, great sound, great speech. And very ergonomic, I almost can't feel it on my head while it's fixed and stable. I paid about 45$ for it, can say the model now. Check their products here: http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/products/cat640035/cat1430032?start=1&categoryId=cat1430032&sortBy=series&feature=

[3Sqn_Fudd]

Torwak....

 

if you want to really go all out... go over to head-fi and buy a set of formerly 200$ headphones for 70$... The audiophiles there are nuts in how they quickly sell and trade, all so they can experience new headsets...

 

Get some beyerdynamics... they're easy to modify a mic onto

 

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/

[Ramstein]

For $25.00 USD on Amazon.com the Logitech 350 USB sound great and have a very good built in Mic.

 

:thumbup:

[imdying]

For $25.00 USD on Amazon.com the Logitech 350 USB sound great and have a very good built in Mic.

Have a couple of these myself for the wife and I, they work a treat :)

[VMFA-Blaze]

I've been using these for over a year without any problems http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/162/Altec+Lansing+AHP712+Headphones+w+Active+Noise+Reduction/And there also setup for surround sound and sound great with my X-fi sound sound card.. And if I'm not using voice I plug them right into my Sony 7.1 receiver and they pick up every sound on the track..

 

 

~S~

 

Blaze

[RvEYoda]

What price range are you willing to look at Torwak?

I would recommend a pair of "real" headphones and a presentation mic that you can put on your shirt or something like it. The mic might cost >$5, while the phones go for >$200.

 

Personally I am a fan of these

http://www.beyerdynamic.com/cms/Headphones.68.0.html?&L=1&tx_sbproductdatabase_pi1[showUid][showUID]=1851&tx_sbproductdatabase_pi1[showUid][backPID]=68&cHash=ae652aa639

 

They have some pretty nice ones in the $100 range as well.

[thereminqblank]

I have a pair of Beyerdynamic DT250s that I bought for my short-lived music production hobby and they are pretty awesome. Slightly cheaper than the 880s, but still very good.

 

However, I also bought the Medusa Speedlink headphones recently for the 5.1 sound in games. Rubbish for music, but sounds great for gaming...

[3Sqn_Fudd]

BeyerDynamics lend themselves easily to mic modification... here what I did to my 990pro's

 

Cut some aluminum to secure mic to headphones

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r198/Battle_Rattle/P1010qq057.jpg

 

Then painted and wrapped it around left headphone... doesn't budge at all.

 

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r198/Battle_Rattle/P1010064qq.jpg