[DaHoboFest]

I'm getting 50 back to spend on headphones our exchange student broke. So, I would like to get some for gaming...

criteria in order of importance.

1. very comfortable

2. Good Soundstage

3. Good Bass

4. Good SQ

5. long cord

 

[mmmmcheese]

I you could strech your bugdet by about 50 buck you could get the A500. It has a long cord, ver comfy, great soundstage, but i am not sure on how threy sound. Which cans were broken?

EDIT: forgot to give you the link for discount...

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=124462

 

[DaHoboFest]

can't really go up that high, they are Panasonics that suck, but they were my $50 i spent on them.

 

[mmmmcheese]

What about the Sennheiser HD280? I think that they can be found use far around 50-65.

Thats all I can think of right now or maybe you could get some lower end sennheisers. I don't know about soundstage though.

 

[DaHoboFest]

hd 201s?

 

[mmmmcheese]

Have not heard them. Do a search you should find lots of stuff about them.

 

[Kameleon]

I quite like the HD201s for gaming, actually. Better positioning, if a bit tinnier than my DT231s, obviously they're not gonna be as good as the DT770s I've got lined up but they'll do for now. And the value is sublime

 

[DaHoboFest]

BUMP

 

[mmmmcheese]

Have you tried using your SA1Ks? I bet they would do great for games.

 

[gshan]

What soundcards are you people running? Source is still important. Even <$100 headphones/earphones are known to provide awesome positioning in newer games when paired with good gaming cards.

 

[DaHoboFest]

i am using it, but i dont want to keep changing from cmoputer to music everytime. And, i have money to spend, lol.

 

[kukyfrope]

I will get shot for saying this here but...

I love HD570's for gaming. Excellent comfort for long-term use and good positioning. Game sounds are defined and the lowends are full enough for gunshots and such (I play Counter-Strike). Try to get some on Ebay for around your price range.

 

[gshan]

I won't shoot you kukyfrope.

I've had some very strange gaming synergy experiences. Used to play CS 1.0+ with PII 350 and weird onboard sound system paired with $2 oldschool sony walkman headphones, and I had wallhack-like sound. Got the "h4x" and boot a lot, but also didn't help that I played with dialup back then...

 

[jerryg]

try that Zalman 5.1 heaphone, for serious gamer!