DSG3002
New Head-Fier
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I've been asking in several different places for the right headphones to get but have yet to decide on one to actually spend my money on. Primary use will be for all kinds of metal music, including (but not limited to) Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Deathcore, etc. Basically all metal, which means they need to work well with all kinds of levels of treble/mids/bass. (This sounds a LOT different than this.) I also listen to dubstep, mainly the heavier stuff, so while I want the headphones to have room for a lot of levels of bass (sub/mid/low bass), it's pretty much more important that they play the metal well without draining out the highs from a shredding solo. And last on the list is gaming; I know it's hard to find headphones that are good for both music and gaming, so this isn't really as important or worth sacrificing quality in other areas for, but it would be nice if they were decent for playing PC games as well.
Important things to point out are that I don't have a sound card or headphone amp, I'd prefer low leakage, and I don't necessarily want to dish out more than $100-ish on the headphones unless there happens to be something at like $120 that is exactly what I'm looking for, then I might go for it. Also, the headphones I've been considering so far are the Sennheiser HD280, HD555, Sony MDR-V6, MDR-XB700, and MDR-XB500. I've heard mixed things about all of them, and while I'm leaning towards the MDR-XB700 I get the feeling from reading reviews that they're too bass-heavy for what I'm looking for and that guitar solos or higher-ranged singing/screaming won't sound good.
I realize that there have probably been threads like this before, but I tried searching for threads that had metal as a priority before dubstep in the same price-range and didn't find anything that matched my situation.
Help would be much appreciated! Thanks!
Important things to point out are that I don't have a sound card or headphone amp, I'd prefer low leakage, and I don't necessarily want to dish out more than $100-ish on the headphones unless there happens to be something at like $120 that is exactly what I'm looking for, then I might go for it. Also, the headphones I've been considering so far are the Sennheiser HD280, HD555, Sony MDR-V6, MDR-XB700, and MDR-XB500. I've heard mixed things about all of them, and while I'm leaning towards the MDR-XB700 I get the feeling from reading reviews that they're too bass-heavy for what I'm looking for and that guitar solos or higher-ranged singing/screaming won't sound good.
I realize that there have probably been threads like this before, but I tried searching for threads that had metal as a priority before dubstep in the same price-range and didn't find anything that matched my situation.
Help would be much appreciated! Thanks!