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Do you need an amp for the DT880? I've got an X-Fi Fatality Pro and a Corsair 520HX.
I see the Astro Mixamp being recommended but what does that actually do? Doesn't the sound card already do the job of getting surround sound to work in games?
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You can get the 32 ohm version of the DT880 which doesn't NEED an amp, but like any headphone it will benefit from one.
The X-Fi will handle your surround sound, and personally I don't like the Astro, it's positional audio is mediocre compared to CMSS-3D. The only time I'd ever buy one is if I didn't have an X-Fi OR an amplifier and I needed a quick fix... Wait no, I'd just buy an Auzentech Forte in that situation as it gives me an X-Fi and a better amp than the Astro...
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explosions sound great on my D2000s, but I get lost when I'm trying to find out where the footsteps are coming from, on the other hand, I get lost with any headphone I use.
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JMoney pads, makes the soundstage a LOT larger. If that's not big enough, Lawton Audio wood cups, improves SQ and increases soundstage.
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How is that even slightly fair, it's $90 headphones against headphones that cost up to $999.
Regardless, I also find it VERY inaccurate, meaning his hearing is screwed or he's using poor equipment. I agree with all of his reviews of the "gaming" headsets, most are pretty god awful except for positional audio, Medusa's are the one exception I've heard, but other than that I disagree with most of his review.
On his highest rated "How far can you hear?" headphones, the HFI-780s, he said he could only hear footsteps from the corner of Long A to the opposite corner, meaning this guy either has terrible hearing or is listening at pitifully low volume for a gamer. I can hear people from the corner of Long A nearest A site all the way to Long Doors with a $50 headset, and I listen at a very reasonable sound level (SPL meter was used, forgot the exact reading but it's not nearly high enough to damage hearing).
His scores show that you can hear things further away with the AD700 than with the K702. Now I, from EXTENSIVE personal experience gaming with both of these headphones, can tell you that that is complete and utter bullsh*t. The K702 is by far the best positional audio headphone on the market, it would be better than the DT880s for gaming if it weren't for the fact that, outside of soundstage, their sound does not suit gaming even a little bit. AD700s were very good, especially for their price, but nowhere near the level of the K702.
HD650 I agree to an extent, but not fully. They aren't THAT bad, and many pro gamers use them, because with the right equipment they can be some of the best out there.
D7000s, now this made me laugh. Stock D series headphones' soundstage is PATHETIC, to say the least. Easily worse than that of the HD650, yet the HD650 received a 1/10 for how far can you hear, while D7000 received a 9.6? Something is SERIOUSLY flawed here, and yes, I do have experience with both headphones. Now that said, modded D series headphones (JMoney pads and Lawton Audio cups, for gaming markl mods/recables really have no effect whatsoever) are some of the best gaming cans I've heard, the pads and cups really enlarge the soundstage and make these top tier gaming cans.
Overall, something is very, very wrong with that review.