Magicthyse
Better to look good than to sound good!
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How much noise do the Eggos (D22 I would be referring to) block? And what is the quality of the sound like?
Reason is, I'm looking to replace all of my gaming PC's phones.
I polled the guys who come around to my house for the occasional gaming sesh, and it turns out they don't like the KSC-50's much. So, it looks like I'll have to look for something else.
Adding more of the existing 497 is fine - It's a contender, but the double-cable arrangement is an issue - that's possibly the only thing really wrong with it.
The HD212 Pro is a V700-lite... Very bass-heavy, and needs quite a lot of tweaking of the PC EQ to make it sound good. It's fine once it's tweaked, but the overall sound doesn't IMHO lend itself to gaming. The same double-cable problem, and it's also a little too closed for my application.
The Beyerdynamic DT231 Galaxy (which is actually more or less the same price as the 497/212Pro here in the UK) has a single-sided cable and excellent clear, full-range sound - could almost be called an HD280-lite (without the standout isolation - this may be closed, but it doesn't isolate and it leaks - which is not a problem in this application).
Excellent response on all fronts - maybe a little weak in the mids because the highs and lows are more pronounced - but pretty good - in fact, outstanding for £40 or less.
The cheapest I've been able to find the Koss UR40 for is £55 (- and they haven't got it in stock yet), which is a bit much when you take into account the performance of the competing phones.
So as you might be able to surmise, the DT231 Galaxy is the favourite at the moment.
Which brings me back to the Eggos - they'll end up about the same price as the other phones once I've imported them. Can anyone provide any comparisons to the phones above?
Reason is, I'm looking to replace all of my gaming PC's phones.
I polled the guys who come around to my house for the occasional gaming sesh, and it turns out they don't like the KSC-50's much. So, it looks like I'll have to look for something else.
Adding more of the existing 497 is fine - It's a contender, but the double-cable arrangement is an issue - that's possibly the only thing really wrong with it.
The HD212 Pro is a V700-lite... Very bass-heavy, and needs quite a lot of tweaking of the PC EQ to make it sound good. It's fine once it's tweaked, but the overall sound doesn't IMHO lend itself to gaming. The same double-cable problem, and it's also a little too closed for my application.
The Beyerdynamic DT231 Galaxy (which is actually more or less the same price as the 497/212Pro here in the UK) has a single-sided cable and excellent clear, full-range sound - could almost be called an HD280-lite (without the standout isolation - this may be closed, but it doesn't isolate and it leaks - which is not a problem in this application).
Excellent response on all fronts - maybe a little weak in the mids because the highs and lows are more pronounced - but pretty good - in fact, outstanding for £40 or less.
The cheapest I've been able to find the Koss UR40 for is £55 (- and they haven't got it in stock yet), which is a bit much when you take into account the performance of the competing phones.
So as you might be able to surmise, the DT231 Galaxy is the favourite at the moment.
Which brings me back to the Eggos - they'll end up about the same price as the other phones once I've imported them. Can anyone provide any comparisons to the phones above?