No one "reccommended" I was just curious, and asked a bunch of people.. And it was pretty 50/50

I just recently bought HD555s, and am wondering if I should be setting it on "headphones" or speakers.. I asked a bunch of people that have the same headphones as me and the answers were mixed.. So I figured I'd come and ask you guys

Quote: Originally Posted by aZn_plyR Hmmmm let's see I played CS with the HD555 and now own the DT770 Pro's. It's not a big difference, your icemat are crap though. You can hear the footsteps fine with the HD555, sennheisers headphones in general have a different sound signature...

Any other opinions?

Quote: Originally Posted by Kasp3r Closed and open make a difference if you are planning to lan, and the lans that i went to were very loud. Thats why I went ahead and got a closed headphone. I would go ahead and get either 555,595,a500. Yea, true. As far as LANing goes, I go...

As far as open or closed goes it doesn't really matter than much. I've got a Audigy 2ZS soundcard. I'll listen to music a little bit, but not overly alot, primarily gaming. I've got a somewhat big head, yea.. Looks kind of matter, as long as they aren't hideous i'm fine . Thanks^^

I've been looking to upgrade from my ****ty old Icemat Siberia's to something quite a bit better. My price range is ~160 max. (i'm in Canada, cheapest I can get 555s are 140) I play Counter-Strike mainly, so I need to hear footsteps and all that jazz.. The headphones of choice around the...