Damnations Fury
New Head-Fier
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Looking to get my first audiofile level set of headphones which will be powered off an Asus Xonar STX which should have enough grunt to power most headphones I would have thought. As a side note to all this, open headphones won't be a problem.
Have done a large amount of research, but sadly being in the UK, actually finding somewhere with a decent range range of choice in stock (if you're not in London) to compare side by side is a little tricky. This is what is making me unsure about my decision as I haven't been able to try the pair of headphones I believe I will prefer the most.
Anyway, looking for a set of headphones for gaming 60% of the time, music 30% and film 10%. While I say gaming, it will only be a very small amount of the time for competitive fps, they will be used much more for first person RPG's such as Skyrim and first person shooters, but in single player. So 3D positioning and soundstage are hugely important, but from an immersive point of view, rather than competitive. So this has led me to leave headphones like the AD-700's/900's as I want to feel like I am there. I want a decent reproduciton of the situation in 3D, not be able to be able to hear someone on the other side of the map.
Music wise it's going to be mainly metal and rock, so take of that what you will. I don't think I can say much about film other than I want to be able to enjoy the 3D sound in dolby headphone.
So far I've head a range of headphones my favourites being the Q701's as I enjoyed the precision of the bass, the strong thump and the cleanity of the sound. They did sound nice and airy in dolby headphone test too. My gripe would be that they do lack on the imerssion of bass a little and I suspect that once I got to test them in games & music more this feeling would increase.
The other headphones I enjoyed where the Sennheiser HD650's. Again they had a nice clean sound with a decent thump when called upon and I generally enjoyed the sound signature, probably more so the the Q701's. My issue with these is that they maybe lacked a little bit of the required trebble for metal and in the dolby headphone test they did feel more compact than the Q701's by a fair margin, which could take me out the game.
The headphone I believe I will enjoy the most would be the Beyerdynamic DT990's. I am happy to pay the almost double price in the UK to get the 600's over the Pro's (around £130 for the pro's and £250 for the Premiums) if it is worth it. In truth I could push my budget up to £300+ if it is worth it. From what I have read these should offer somewhere around the best mid ground (albeit with high's that I might have to EQ down a little). They should have the strong clean bass when I want it, but supposedly have a little more open soundstage than the 650's. The problem is anywhere near me that do stock them are currently out of stock, so they would be a blind purchase.
So to sum it all up i'm looking for an immersive gaming headphone that handles rock & metal well. What are people's opinions on my thoughts? I guess as a side note, I guess the HE400's are a possibility too.
Have done a large amount of research, but sadly being in the UK, actually finding somewhere with a decent range range of choice in stock (if you're not in London) to compare side by side is a little tricky. This is what is making me unsure about my decision as I haven't been able to try the pair of headphones I believe I will prefer the most.
Anyway, looking for a set of headphones for gaming 60% of the time, music 30% and film 10%. While I say gaming, it will only be a very small amount of the time for competitive fps, they will be used much more for first person RPG's such as Skyrim and first person shooters, but in single player. So 3D positioning and soundstage are hugely important, but from an immersive point of view, rather than competitive. So this has led me to leave headphones like the AD-700's/900's as I want to feel like I am there. I want a decent reproduciton of the situation in 3D, not be able to be able to hear someone on the other side of the map.
Music wise it's going to be mainly metal and rock, so take of that what you will. I don't think I can say much about film other than I want to be able to enjoy the 3D sound in dolby headphone.
So far I've head a range of headphones my favourites being the Q701's as I enjoyed the precision of the bass, the strong thump and the cleanity of the sound. They did sound nice and airy in dolby headphone test too. My gripe would be that they do lack on the imerssion of bass a little and I suspect that once I got to test them in games & music more this feeling would increase.
The other headphones I enjoyed where the Sennheiser HD650's. Again they had a nice clean sound with a decent thump when called upon and I generally enjoyed the sound signature, probably more so the the Q701's. My issue with these is that they maybe lacked a little bit of the required trebble for metal and in the dolby headphone test they did feel more compact than the Q701's by a fair margin, which could take me out the game.
The headphone I believe I will enjoy the most would be the Beyerdynamic DT990's. I am happy to pay the almost double price in the UK to get the 600's over the Pro's (around £130 for the pro's and £250 for the Premiums) if it is worth it. In truth I could push my budget up to £300+ if it is worth it. From what I have read these should offer somewhere around the best mid ground (albeit with high's that I might have to EQ down a little). They should have the strong clean bass when I want it, but supposedly have a little more open soundstage than the 650's. The problem is anywhere near me that do stock them are currently out of stock, so they would be a blind purchase.
So to sum it all up i'm looking for an immersive gaming headphone that handles rock & metal well. What are people's opinions on my thoughts? I guess as a side note, I guess the HE400's are a possibility too.