Quote: Originally Posted by stewgriff Man, so ahead of you...refused Xbox 360 for Beyer DT990. Then again, I don't have an HDTV, Halo 3 won't come out 'til end of 2007 at the least, and Wii here is even more outta stock than PS3... I'll stick to buying up the "platinum hits" bin for...

Quote: Originally Posted by Vagabond Audio: Winamp or WMP11 Video: VLC or WMP11 Syncing: MediaMonkey. How is it that nobody's mentioned this one? Thats my setup exactly... I also install ffdshow and set it to handle all codec actions. I've tried other mediaplayers but for...

If your somewhere that has a FS you might be able to get to a TigerDirect store that carries so decent equipment, both the HD485 - http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=S302-1142 - and the CX300 - http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...045&CatId=2381 - are well reviewed and well within...

Try the Antec p180 - http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=81800 - it's a case built to reduce noise. I've got some friends who are the "hardcore" gamer types who use this case and I have to say it's pretty damn effective.

Yes, but you'd have to have a DAC that accepted a digital (S/PDIF or Toslink) connection not one with a USB connector. Checking Creative's site the Front Panels a bit on the expensive side but you could use the digital I/O dongle if you wanted for about 15USD+ shipping from them, might be...

I don't find my 485's particularly bassy either... maybe fresh out of the box but after a few weeks of listening they calmed down significantly and leveled out quite a bit but YMMV. Their easily my favorite budget cans.

Cool, I only briefly heard one of these in a store once so let us know how they sound/work for gaming.

Yep anything from Sennheisers gaming headset line should do the trick nicely if your really opposed to adding a clip on mic.

Sweet, although almost insulting to the Senns to have to touch something so inferior

X2 on the idea of combining a good set of headphones with a clip-on mic, for gaming I'm using the HD485 + the Zalman clip-on and couldn't be happier.

I'd really take a look at the HD485s... their pretty under appreciated here being a budget headphone but I have a set that works pretty well for what I paid for them... this thread and another one elsewhere is what sold me - http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...ighlight=HD485