AKAdb
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Hello Head-Fi. Complete noob here; just registered today.
Doing some pre-shopping investigation, I came across your site, and it looks like the right place for what I'm looking for. I hope you guys can help me.
I'm sure this question has been asked probably a million times already, but I did some searches in the forums, read through the buying guides you have, and I'm afraid I got a little bit overwhelmed with all the information available.
I apologize if this is not the right etiquette around here; please let me know if I should be introducing my question differently.
So, here it is. I'm looking for a headphone (or headset?), for casual, non competitive gaming, voice chat (Skype and similar), and maybe -secondary need- listen to some music on the go.
I'm nothing close to an audiophile; I do like music but I don't have a trained ear.
Also, I'm on a tight budget (ideally not more than $ 40/50; $ 70/80 tops), so I'm afraid great audio quality is not my first priority. Although I'd of course like to have as good as possible sound, within my limitations!
Needless to say, I'm not looking for anything that requires a separate amp, or any kind of of modding.
I'd mainly use the device at home. I don't want to bother others with my sounds, so I guess open cans are out of the equation.
I have little kids. I'd like some level of isolation from their cries and noises, but I still I need to be able to hear if something important happens, so no complete isolation either.
I want a wireless device, in order to be able to move around a little bit and not get tangled with the wire (also, to prevent the kids from messing up with it). As far as I can think of, it can be bluetooth, USB dongle, whatever; I have no specific preferences, unless somebody tells me there's a good reason to want one technology over the others.
I want something full-sized. It can be on-ear or over-ear; I don't care too much. I just don't want earbuds or IEMs.
I need a microphone. I'm willing to consider a separate mic (BoomPro or similar), but I think that'd defy the wireless purpose, right? I've read about the Noble BTS, which looks interesting, but unfortunately it'd take me over my current budget.
For your reference, I currently use a pair of old Sony MDRJ10B's, combined with my laptop's built-in microphone, so you can see it wouldn't really take too much to improve my experience...
Also, for further reference, I've recently borrowed my son's Philips SHL3000's for a while, and I thought I'd be OK with that level of sound quality and isolation. I didn't wear them for too long though, so I'm not sure how comfortable they can be for longer sessions...
So, that's it.
Again, I hope it's OK to present my question like this, and I'm looking forward to hearing back from the community.
Cheers!
Doing some pre-shopping investigation, I came across your site, and it looks like the right place for what I'm looking for. I hope you guys can help me.
I'm sure this question has been asked probably a million times already, but I did some searches in the forums, read through the buying guides you have, and I'm afraid I got a little bit overwhelmed with all the information available.
I apologize if this is not the right etiquette around here; please let me know if I should be introducing my question differently.
So, here it is. I'm looking for a headphone (or headset?), for casual, non competitive gaming, voice chat (Skype and similar), and maybe -secondary need- listen to some music on the go.
I'm nothing close to an audiophile; I do like music but I don't have a trained ear.
Also, I'm on a tight budget (ideally not more than $ 40/50; $ 70/80 tops), so I'm afraid great audio quality is not my first priority. Although I'd of course like to have as good as possible sound, within my limitations!
Needless to say, I'm not looking for anything that requires a separate amp, or any kind of of modding.
I'd mainly use the device at home. I don't want to bother others with my sounds, so I guess open cans are out of the equation.
I have little kids. I'd like some level of isolation from their cries and noises, but I still I need to be able to hear if something important happens, so no complete isolation either.
I want a wireless device, in order to be able to move around a little bit and not get tangled with the wire (also, to prevent the kids from messing up with it). As far as I can think of, it can be bluetooth, USB dongle, whatever; I have no specific preferences, unless somebody tells me there's a good reason to want one technology over the others.
I want something full-sized. It can be on-ear or over-ear; I don't care too much. I just don't want earbuds or IEMs.
I need a microphone. I'm willing to consider a separate mic (BoomPro or similar), but I think that'd defy the wireless purpose, right? I've read about the Noble BTS, which looks interesting, but unfortunately it'd take me over my current budget.

For your reference, I currently use a pair of old Sony MDRJ10B's, combined with my laptop's built-in microphone, so you can see it wouldn't really take too much to improve my experience...

Also, for further reference, I've recently borrowed my son's Philips SHL3000's for a while, and I thought I'd be OK with that level of sound quality and isolation. I didn't wear them for too long though, so I'm not sure how comfortable they can be for longer sessions...
So, that's it.
Again, I hope it's OK to present my question like this, and I'm looking forward to hearing back from the community.
Cheers!