jupitersj
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HI everyone!
This will be my first set of "introductory hi-fi" headphones. I've never owned decent speakers(though I have extensively researched diy home theater previously...but the funds fell through
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I am finishing up a new computer build and these headphones will be primarily used for gaming. I do listen to music but nowhere near as much as all of you! Once in a bluemoon I'll pop on some Pink Flyod/Grateful Dead/Jazz/Metallica/Classical but it was usually while raiding in EverQuest(gave up that 9 year "hobby" last year).
Now there is a clincher...I was looking at headphones instead of speakers because they isolate more and I do play at night...so I originally was set on the a700's. However they are 25% more expensive at places I can trust like AC and the marketplace sellers on amazon for these have poor reseller ratings(except adorama which I couldn't find doing a search here). This room is 12x9 and I will be the only person in said room gaming. There is a small guest room that shares a wall with mine across the other side from where I sit to game(shortwise, not longwise... picture the room as a rectangle). My tv(Sony KD-36XS955) is against that shared wall as are my wall mounted speakers(part of a garbage $200 receiver+speaker 5.1).
My mother sleeps in the guest room frequently and apparantly has dog hearing because she even hears the tv and/or speakers at night with my computer room door closed when I'm listening at low settings.
Suggestions? I'm hoping that even though the ad700's leak that they wouldn't leak so loud as to pass through the opposite wall/ or under door to that room enough to be heard. They are cheaper and easier to find at good prices through reputable dealers and seem like they would be more comfortable.
Also, how are clip-on mics with open air headphones? I was going to get a zalman clip-on but it's not like the boom type with the big foam covering like traditional headsets so I was wondering if the ath-ad700's sound will come out and affect the mic in games?
thank you,
jupitersj
This will be my first set of "introductory hi-fi" headphones. I've never owned decent speakers(though I have extensively researched diy home theater previously...but the funds fell through
I am finishing up a new computer build and these headphones will be primarily used for gaming. I do listen to music but nowhere near as much as all of you! Once in a bluemoon I'll pop on some Pink Flyod/Grateful Dead/Jazz/Metallica/Classical but it was usually while raiding in EverQuest(gave up that 9 year "hobby" last year).
Now there is a clincher...I was looking at headphones instead of speakers because they isolate more and I do play at night...so I originally was set on the a700's. However they are 25% more expensive at places I can trust like AC and the marketplace sellers on amazon for these have poor reseller ratings(except adorama which I couldn't find doing a search here). This room is 12x9 and I will be the only person in said room gaming. There is a small guest room that shares a wall with mine across the other side from where I sit to game(shortwise, not longwise... picture the room as a rectangle). My tv(Sony KD-36XS955) is against that shared wall as are my wall mounted speakers(part of a garbage $200 receiver+speaker 5.1).
My mother sleeps in the guest room frequently and apparantly has dog hearing because she even hears the tv and/or speakers at night with my computer room door closed when I'm listening at low settings.
Suggestions? I'm hoping that even though the ad700's leak that they wouldn't leak so loud as to pass through the opposite wall/ or under door to that room enough to be heard. They are cheaper and easier to find at good prices through reputable dealers and seem like they would be more comfortable.
Also, how are clip-on mics with open air headphones? I was going to get a zalman clip-on but it's not like the boom type with the big foam covering like traditional headsets so I was wondering if the ath-ad700's sound will come out and affect the mic in games?
thank you,
jupitersj