Gaming/music headphones

The Mad Lust Envy thread is a good place to start. (Only bringing this up because you mentioned Call of Duty; were it League of Legends alone, I don't think synergy with Dolby Headphone or CMSS-3D Headphone or similar binaural surround filters would matter much, just clean sound quality.)

However, there's a lot of open models mixed in with closed ones, and some of them do require amplification to sound their best...though the bigger issue at hand is that a lot of the headphones mentioned exceed a $150 budget, though not all. (Welcome to Head-Fi; sorry about your wallet.) If anything, it's the requirement for isolation during plane trips that complicates things immensely; a lot of the well-regarded headphones around here are open designs, which have practically no isolation as you'd expect. Noise in, noise out.

For the mic, the ModMic should take care of that quite easily.

Getting a set of audiophile heapdhones and using a Zalman clip on looks best

Now we get into open or closed headphones. closed would isolate the sound.however open has a bigger soundstge. meaning he can hear, how far away the person is, how close they are, and exactly where they are. they can't be used in public though.

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Originally Posted by ryan850 

Reading through some of the threads about gaming headphones, a couple of choices seemed to be mentioned several times

 

Samsung sr850 + fiio e10 amp 

 

ad700's (people say they have less bass)

 

sennheiser hd5xx's

 

 

The reason why I added in the plane listening capability was for added functionality. The phones will be used for gaming 80-90% of the time but for that off chance they could be used while on business then that would be a bonus. 

 

Mainly, need these for pc gaming and pc music listening. 

 

Also, some detachable mic suggestions would be nice. 

Samson SR850. not samsung. and yes, i hear they are good too they are mad cheap. the reason they are good is due to their brightness, and soundstage(open design) they aren't perfect but for the price, very good. :)

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Originally Posted by bowei006 

Getting a set of audiophile heapdhones and using a Zalman clip on looks best

 

I have one of these, really is quite useless. Nothing you can attach it to, my lips practically have to be touching the mike for it to be heard, which makes it sound quite poor. The sound i can get out of it when not isnt so bad, but the fact that i literally had to pick it up and put it to my mouth made it quite a wastefull investment for me. ($10 not investment but still)

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Originally Posted by Deathdeisel 

I have one of these, really is quite useless. Nothing you can attach it to, my lips practically have to be touching the mike for it to be heard, which makes it sound quite poor. The sound i can get out of it when not isnt so bad, but the fact that i literally had to pick it up and put it to my mouth made it quite a wastefull investment for me. ($10 not investment but still)

OO i only added it bc many people talk about using them. I will add your thoughts to my knowledge base :) but there are mic add ons out there.

I use the same zalman clip mic and don't have any trouble with it. Though admittedly most cables are a tight fit for the clip it works. Mine rests on my shoulder and I am told it sounds nice and clear.

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Originally Posted by Dustandshadow13 

I use the same zalman clip mic and don't have any trouble with it. Though admittedly most cables are a tight fit for the clip it works. Mine rests on my shoulder and I am told it sounds nice and clear.

i hear good things about the Zalman's might jsut be a porblme death has with  his

Check out the Beyerdynamic DT700 pro's....

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Originally Posted by Dr.Love 

Check out the Beyerdynamic DT700 pro's....

Those are waaay too bassy(and muddy at that) rock, especially hard rock does not seem to be a great choice.

Hmm, ill have to try a different software or something of the sort. Because even if i had it on my collar, for it to pick me up in that spot was impossible, shouting only barely worked. 

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Originally Posted by Deathdeisel 

Hmm, ill have to try a different software or something of the sort. Because even if i had it on my collar, for it to pick me up in that spot was impossible, shouting only barely worked. 

hmm i;ll have to look at reveiws i see them recommended a lot so it might jsut be you.

but to the thread starter

teh SR850's are nice. they aren't as refined as their legit cousins. but for the price. you can't go wrong