[williamea]

I was going to pick these up and use as a PC gaming headset but every store I try on-line is out of stock. Have these been discontinued? If so can anyone suggest another set? Primary use will be gaming and listening to music on my iPod. Budget around $150
 
-Thanks

 

[NRWalker]

Where are you from? If it's America then you need look no further than ebay... there are several sellers listing them there for around $110

 

[keanex]

Don't buy from eBay unless it's a trusted seller. There are too many fakes. Check the used section here perhaps, other than that you just have to wait for the price to go back under $100 if you want to ensure they're real.

 

[williamea]

I checked out the big gaming headset thread. The ad700 seems to be he best bang for the buck. The only major complaint seems to be the bass. Any other headphones I should be looking at?

 

[keanex]

If you want to splurge on the Ad900 they would be an upgrade from the Ad700.

 

[tibble89]

Just bought some used on ebay for just over £50 hope they're not fake, not sure how to tell. As for positioning, maybe I'm noobie but it doesn't seem too easy to tell where people are etc on xbox
 
If they don't fit that good do the "elastic band trick" actually works pretty good.

 

[Mad Max]

T50RP will give you the soundstage you are looking for, but needs modding.

 

[williamea]

If you want to splurge on the Ad900 they would be an upgrade from the Ad700.

What's the major difference between the 2?

 

[keanex]

Biggest difference in my opinion is the bass. The Ad900 still doesn't have a lot, but it's certainly more noticeable. They are certainly more engaging. The Ad900 just do everything better.

 

[Riku540]

Quote:

Just bought some used on ebay for just over £50 hope they're not fake, not sure how to tell. As for positioning, maybe I'm noobie but it doesn't seem too easy to tell where people are etc on xbox
 
If they don't fit that good do the "elastic band trick" actually works pretty good.

 
That's because you aren't using the Astro Mixamp, which is a must. AD700 without Mixamp may as well be a 3DTV without 3D glasses.

 

[NRWalker]

Sorry, I take back the ebay comment. I'd go with what the others are saying. Hope you find a decent seller! As far as a soundcard goes, I'm still waiting on my Xonar U1 to arrive - damn you Dell! 

 

[tibble89]

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That's because you aren't using the Astro Mixamp, which is a must. AD700 without Mixamp may as well be a 3DTV without 3D glasses.

 
I'm now using the mixamp, and they still don't seem to be that impressive on CoD, I'll use them more and see how it goes.
 

 

[NRWalker]

CoD has pretty awful positional sound in it. I suspect a good set of headphones will be underutilised. Have you tried them in any other games? I've been using my AD700s straight out of the laptop (while waiting for my Xonar U1 to arrive) in CS1.6 and they're still noticeably better than my old ones.

 

[tibble89]

I don't really have many games, Forza 3 on xbox did sound awesome though..
 
Wondering if there's many small mods I could do to make these sound any better, though. I got them 2nd hand relatively cheap so I'm not THAT bothered if something goes wrong

 

[ssavage]

Amazon should have them for 100.14 
If you have cable, you can tape ends together to make a circle the size of the pads and stuck them under the pads. i liked it