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Mad Lust Envy's Headphone Gaming Guide: (8/18/2022: iFi GO Blu Review Added)
Jul 10, 2013 at 6:44 PM Post #15,061 of 48,566
Just got my X1's in - gonna spend a little time with them then either thank or slap MLE.  I bought these because of you whether you want that responsibility or not! :wink:  This was from the Sonic Electronix.com deal btw.
 
Jul 10, 2013 at 7:30 PM Post #15,062 of 48,566
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hiczok said:
edit: one thing. I think I can hear the "errors" in music. This headphones leaves my 320mp3 nothing to defend with :lol:
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The music recording quality is in general much more important than bitrate if you have 256 kbit/s and higher files
 
Even 128 kbit can sound fairly good if it's not mp3 (aac and ogg is better)
 
Jul 10, 2013 at 7:39 PM Post #15,063 of 48,566
my music is mostly gaming soundtracks. There is plenty of stuff. I refuse to buy ost from games which i own so I extracted what I could in formats what was in games. And that varies from aac, mp3 to ogg and fmod and some other weird stuff.
Other stuff I bought like recenty disasterpeace albums are all 320mp3.
about 1400 carefully selected tracks. Will be hard to reaplace bad quality ones but.. with tim
 
and You are right about 128. For example - my jack orlando soundtrack is in 128kbps and it sound great
 
Jul 10, 2013 at 7:48 PM Post #15,064 of 48,566
lncpapa said:
Just got my X1's in - gonna spend a little time with them then either thank or slap MLE.  I bought these because of you whether you want that responsibility or not! :wink:  This was from the Sonic Electronix.com deal btw.
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Lemme know what you think.
 
Jul 10, 2013 at 11:36 PM Post #15,065 of 48,566
Mad, I am wondering if you are going to end up trying the K712 since there are some rumors that its different than the Q701 w/memory pads. If it really does have a bass boost over the Annie I would be interested in your impressions.
 
Jul 11, 2013 at 12:11 AM Post #15,066 of 48,566
CiG,
I have a feeling people will find minuscule differences between the Annies and K712s, though I have no idea what that difference will be or which people will prefer. I'd prefer the less expensive one, LOL! But since I'm happy with my current AKGs, I got a pair of closed, custom headphones to compliment the AKGs and go where those will not.

Logo plates!!
 
Jul 11, 2013 at 12:14 AM Post #15,067 of 48,566
vmoda m100s?
 
Jul 11, 2013 at 12:23 AM Post #15,068 of 48,566
dakanao said:
I'm hoping the DSS would work well with my AKG K540...
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Probably fare better than TB's own headsets! I don't have much knowledge about the K540 to be honest, but you'd probably still get enjoyable audio that seems to come from specific directions, just without as-much sense that these sounds are taking place outside your head as the big open-backed flagships. I wager that you'll still be impressed and pleased.

The Turtle Beach DSS and Asus Xonar U3 are simply the cheapest price-for-entry devices to get virtual headphone surround, for consoles and PCs respectively. I wish Creative would make a Z-Series update of the Recon3D USB device that worked with basically any input, the existing device is very practical and good yet could be improved with Creative's latest processing and a little improvement of the device itself (refining and streamlining the physical hardware, mostly).


Chubtoad,
Stay tuned till tomorrow, when I'm not sleep-loopy!
 
Jul 11, 2013 at 1:36 AM Post #15,069 of 48,566
For anyone interested in the Vmoda Boom Mic, I cannot recommend it enough compared to other options. If you are like me, and hate cable clutter, this is ideal compared to the Modmic and various clip on mics. My only complaint is that it has a volume box on the cable which I would have left off. X1+BoomPro = match made in heaven. 
 

 
Jul 11, 2013 at 9:57 AM Post #15,070 of 48,566
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happy bullets said:
For anyone interested in the Vmoda Boom Mic, I cannot recommend it enough compared to other options. If you are like me, and hate cable clutter, this is ideal compared to the Modmic and various clip on mics. My only complaint is that it has a volume box on the cable which I would have left off. X1+BoomPro = match made in heaven. 
 
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Looks like the perfect match!  Other companies with detachable cables definitely need to look into this...there really should be an AKG mini-XLR version.  I've already got a ModMic, but for anyone that has the X1 or cans with the TRS cup connector...great addition!
 
Jul 11, 2013 at 10:57 AM Post #15,071 of 48,566
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modulor said:
Looks like the perfect match!  Other companies with detachable cables definitely need to look into this...there really should be an AKG mini-XLR version.  I've already got a ModMic, but for anyone that has the X1 or cans with the TRS cup connector...great addition!
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For the AKG Mini XLR cable on my Q701s I simply braided a modmic and the cable together. The result was a shorter cable for gaming with my computer with an "integrated" microphone. The results turned out fairly well. But I have been eyeing this mic as well, especially if I do end up ordering the X1 for home or M100 for traveling use.
 
Jul 11, 2013 at 1:02 PM Post #15,072 of 48,566
Today, gamer friends...today is the day!
 

 
Jul 11, 2013 at 6:04 PM Post #15,075 of 48,566
Any suggestions on good buys?
 
I was always more of a console gamer so I've missed out on pretty much everything :p
 
Just got Counter Strike: Complete.... tempted to get Skyrim Legendary Edition.
 
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