[Mad Lust Envy]

@Mad Lust Envy
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Make no mistake everybody, Comic Sans was chosen on purpose.

You are a beast. <3

 

[MAJT]

If your daughter is asleep I wouldn't worry about open headphones especially if I are chatting. My experience with my son who is about 30 feet away is once he's down he's down. The leakage is not much louder than say a fan running. And if I are playing games and chatting your voice will be louder anyhow.

The dt990's are great for games and movies as well. I've had them a couple times. But if u really are against open headphones maybe consider the dt770's.

Do you have any experience with the DT880's? They're semi-open, is the leakage greatly reduced but still offers a better soundstage than the closed DT770's? Do they bridge the gap of both open/closed worlds best? thanks

 

[lenroot77]

Do you have any experience with the DT880's? They're semi-open, is the leakage greatly reduced but still offers a better soundstage than the closed DT770's? Do they bridge the gap of both open/closed worlds best? thanks

I have experience with the dt880's, sorry.

 

[lenroot77]

Received my Vali 2 today. Sounds great coming out of the G5 with my 400i's.
Happy I picked it up!

 

[Change is Good]

How does the 400i sound straight out of the G5?

 

[lenroot77]

How does the 400i sound straight out of the G5?

It's sounds really good... The G5 has plenty of power for them. The vali 2 just warms them up and gives them a little extra juice. I'd say for just gaming the G5 is plenty for the 400i's.

I just wanted a bit more for listening to music. This is probably because last time I had the 400i's they were being driven by a Gustard h10.

 

[Sam21]

I sold my E5 and got the U7 echelon, same DAC/ADC chip but with DHT4 and the sonic radar....now I have two different virtual surround devices, one with SBX and the other with DH.
 

 

 

 

[Change is Good]

It's sounds really good... The G5 has plenty of power for them. The vali 2 just warms them up and gives them a little extra juice. I'd say for just gaming the G5 is plenty for the 400i's.

I just wanted a bit more for listening to music. This is probably because last time I had the 400i's they were being driven by a Gustard h10.

Nice. I may look into the G5 in the later future after firmware updates and such.

 

[shuto77]

It would be great to hear a head-to-head comparison of the X7 to the G5. Then a comparison of the X7 to the G5 plus a decent $300-ish amp.

 

[Change is Good]

Honestly I wish Creative would just make something like the 5.8 for consoles. I find it very hard to compromise simplicity for they are currently offering.

 

[shuto77]

Out of curiosity, I plugged in my Xiaomi Piston iems into the ps4 controller and clipped it to my shirt, then sent the game audio to my X7.

Is there any reason why we're not just connecting a lapel mic to the ps4, and let the X7 do the mixing?

Is anyone else doing this? It would obviate the need for the Creative BT dongle.

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

Because doing that, you can't hear people talk back to you? Unless their voices are mixed in with game audio (which tends to sound far worse than them being separated).

 

[jthom320]

It would be great to hear a head-to-head comparison of the X7 to the G5. Then a comparison of the X7 to the G5 plus a decent $300-ish amp.

 
I wish so much you could plug an external amp into the X7 and maintain the headphone surround.  
 
I'm shocked that this isn't an included feature.  It's not that the amp/dac in the X7 is bad.  I'm actually quite impressed.  Listening to music right now through it and it's perfectly clear and driving my rather power hungry 712's perfectly.  Been consistently impressed in that respect actually.
 
Buuut it'd be nice to hook something like a Vali 2 up to it like the gentlemen above to be able to color things a bit when the mood strikes.  

 

[shuto77]

Yes, I agree completely.

I'm ready to upgrade to a decent amp, but I'd love to connect it to my X7 for gaming.

 

[jthom320]

Yes, I agree completely.

I'm ready to upgrade to a decent amp, but I'd love to connect it to my X7 for gaming.

I hear you.  What it's going to force me to do when I eventually go down that road is separate my music and my gaming set ups.  Which considering the idea the X7 was built around (all in one) and the price of the thing is a shame.
 
I realize this point has been rehashed quite a bit and for most people is moot as the X7 is perfectly adequate on it's own.  It just seems like such a no-brainer feature and I'm curious why Creative never added it despite the many requests.