AmB3r
New Head-Fier
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Hey guys,
New here to the forum, I've been readin a lot of threads and reviews on here for the past week or so, but I've run straight into a brick wall so to speak. Trying to figure out which cans to get... Apologies for the long read
Let me start by explaining my situation:
I'm a pc gamer and music entusiast by nature. I'm basically finish building my new rig. Got myself the Roccat Kave 5.1 gaming headset. Awesome - or not...
Issues I ran into are the following:
Whilst gaming is nice using this headset, listening to music is absolutely disasterous, it's very heavy, starts to hurt my head after a couple hours and I don't use the 5.1 feature as it's a mission to plug my speakers out of the onboard sound to plug in the headset, so I normally just plug it into the front audio jack. So I'll be looking for a good set of cans and I'll just get a desk mic for the gaming.
This basically lead me to start searching for a proper set of headphones that will be amazing all round for my music, movies and gaming. After reading up I've decided to get the ASUS Xonar Essence STX sound card - easy enough, but I've no idea which cans to get.
Now I know going into proper headphones is not a cheap game to play, so I need to be sure as I can't buy a set and not be happy with them and replace them. First set needs to be the right set.
Initially I decided on the Sennheiser HD 280 Pro's - until I heard that the headband breaks easily. Then I thought I should get the HD 25's - price is a bit high and they're supraaural which I'm afraid might hurt my ears after prolonged use.
A music store that I've bought some of my instuments from have the Roland RH-D30's, which I've managed to test and they sound really nice. Only problem is I can't find any review on them to get a professional opinion. At the moment I'm quite leaning towards them, from their feel and sound to the tech specs I've seen online.
I haven't been able to test the above Sennheisers but I've tested the HD 595's and they're quite nice too, but I don't think open back phones will work for me as I don't want to disturn people around me and I go to LAN's quite often and I don't want them to disturb me.
I've tested the M-Audio Studiophile Q40 for comparison, but these seem to have a very pronounced top end.
I'm in South Africa, so a lot of the cans I can get seem to be at a premium price in comparison to Europe.
To give you an idea, the cans are about the following prices:
HD280Pro / HD25SP-II - R2000
HD25-1-II - R3800
Roland RH-D30 - R2300 (I think this is a discounted price, guy recons sale price is R4000)
M-Audio Studiophile Q40 - R1800 (Discounted price)
Total budget I have to spend is roughly R5000 (sound card is R1500, which leaves me with R3500 for the cans, but I'd like to spend less if possible, without compromising on the quality too much)
Does anyone have any suggestions or comments / advice to dish out?
New here to the forum, I've been readin a lot of threads and reviews on here for the past week or so, but I've run straight into a brick wall so to speak. Trying to figure out which cans to get... Apologies for the long read
Let me start by explaining my situation:
I'm a pc gamer and music entusiast by nature. I'm basically finish building my new rig. Got myself the Roccat Kave 5.1 gaming headset. Awesome - or not...
Issues I ran into are the following:
Whilst gaming is nice using this headset, listening to music is absolutely disasterous, it's very heavy, starts to hurt my head after a couple hours and I don't use the 5.1 feature as it's a mission to plug my speakers out of the onboard sound to plug in the headset, so I normally just plug it into the front audio jack. So I'll be looking for a good set of cans and I'll just get a desk mic for the gaming.
This basically lead me to start searching for a proper set of headphones that will be amazing all round for my music, movies and gaming. After reading up I've decided to get the ASUS Xonar Essence STX sound card - easy enough, but I've no idea which cans to get.
Now I know going into proper headphones is not a cheap game to play, so I need to be sure as I can't buy a set and not be happy with them and replace them. First set needs to be the right set.
Initially I decided on the Sennheiser HD 280 Pro's - until I heard that the headband breaks easily. Then I thought I should get the HD 25's - price is a bit high and they're supraaural which I'm afraid might hurt my ears after prolonged use.
A music store that I've bought some of my instuments from have the Roland RH-D30's, which I've managed to test and they sound really nice. Only problem is I can't find any review on them to get a professional opinion. At the moment I'm quite leaning towards them, from their feel and sound to the tech specs I've seen online.
I haven't been able to test the above Sennheisers but I've tested the HD 595's and they're quite nice too, but I don't think open back phones will work for me as I don't want to disturn people around me and I go to LAN's quite often and I don't want them to disturb me.
I've tested the M-Audio Studiophile Q40 for comparison, but these seem to have a very pronounced top end.
I'm in South Africa, so a lot of the cans I can get seem to be at a premium price in comparison to Europe.
To give you an idea, the cans are about the following prices:
HD280Pro / HD25SP-II - R2000
HD25-1-II - R3800
Roland RH-D30 - R2300 (I think this is a discounted price, guy recons sale price is R4000)
M-Audio Studiophile Q40 - R1800 (Discounted price)
Total budget I have to spend is roughly R5000 (sound card is R1500, which leaves me with R3500 for the cans, but I'd like to spend less if possible, without compromising on the quality too much)
Does anyone have any suggestions or comments / advice to dish out?