[Submarinesailor]

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Originally Posted by ayt999 naw, it was a good typo. I really do listen to music not related to the game on my headphones while I game. who cares about ambushes when you are in audio bliss.

zachary80, ayt999's right. You could have said: "Do you prefer to hear the game through your headphones or speakers?"

 

[SumB]

Speakers hands-down. The 360 degree soundfield is fatiguing with headphones, and detailed cans bring out the worst in compressed and hyped-up game audio. The lack of strong front/back imaging and visceral full-body bass is are other areas they fall flat.

 

[Stephonovich]

I'm suprised no one's mentioned the double whammy... get some closed cans, and crank your speakers up. Or, better yet, just hook up the sub. I do that if there's no one around to bug me; that way, I get the BOOM, and the positioning.

(-:Stephonovich

 

[Ctn]

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Originally Posted by SumB Speakers hands-down. The 360 degree soundfield is fatiguing with headphones, and detailed cans bring out the worst in compressed and hyped-up game audio. The lack of strong front/back imaging and visceral full-body bass is are other areas they fall flat.

What do you play? Simcity?

Speaker positioning SUX.

Sure you can hear him frag you from behind, but you wont hear him comming.
I agree with your reference to detailed cans though, that's why I dont use them, mainly because detailed cans dont position good period. "visceral full-body bass" is annoying and distracting. True headphones do lack "strong front/back imaging" but I can pin point their position with headphones better regardless of their position by simple moving a few degrees in either direction. You have to turn around anyway so why not get his position while turning. It's more accurate. More speakers = more confusion.

Headphones is like a wallhack compared to speakers IMO. It gives the user a HUGE advantage.

 

[SumB]

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Originally Posted by Ctn What do you play? Simcity? Speaker positioning SUX. Sure you can hear him frag you from behind, but you wont hear him comming. I agree with your reference to detailed cans though, that's why I dont use them, mainly because detailed cans dont position good period. "visceral full-body bass" is annoying and distracting. True headphones do lack "strong front/back imaging" but I can pin point their position with headphones better regardless of their position by simple moving a few degrees in either direction. You have to turn around anyway so why not get his position while turning. It's more accurate. More speakers = more confusion. Headphones is like a wallhack compared to speakers IMO. It gives the user a HUGE advantage.

IMO the headphone advantage died with Aureal and Sensaura (companies with good headphone algorithms). With the Creative products the only thing missing with speakers is the fine detail, and the extreme separation that leaves my head throbbing.

 

[Stephonovich]

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Originally Posted by Ctn Headphones is like a wallhack compared to speakers IMO. It gives the user a HUGE advantage.

You aren't dissing headphones, I hope...

But yes, I've heard of people in CS being accused of cheating because they can tell where people are when using headphones. (580s were the most common one cited, actually...)

(-:Stephonovich

 

[Ctn]

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Originally Posted by Stephonovich You aren't dissing headphones, I hope... But yes, I've heard of people in CS being accused of cheating because they can tell where people are when using headphones. (580s were the most common one cited, actually...) (-:Stephonovich

I've been accused of that so many times now, it starts to get annoying.
I dont play anymore as a result.

 

[Stephonovich]

I haven't played CS since 1.6 came out. Tried it a few times, hated the long wait download times (on dial-up, remember), and the shield. The shield is evil.

I'm gonna try it again this weekend when I got down to UNL for a Tech Team meeting (T3 pipe...), though. Also going to download the latest version of Natural Selection. Now that's an awesome mod. Not many idiots on, either. And you have to be much more careful (at least if you're an alien) than with CS. Death comes much easier. Besides, how cool is a flying alien that shoots acid rockets?

(-:Stephonovich

 

[kberta]

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definitely headphones. my headphones are much better at directionality than 2.1 speakers, especially in fps (first person shooter) games.

Interesting. Never really considered directionality for a gaming setup but it makes a lotta sense. Currently looking for something that'll work best for gaming (ps3) and blue-rays. Would probably give in to sacrificing a bit of directionality for overall sound quality on the movie side of things...
 

 

[derycksan]

Depends on the game. 
 
RTS/RPG/MMO - Speakers all the way
FPS or when I want to be drawn into the environment - headphones

 

[SixthFall]

 
CLEAR!!!! This thread just got revived from the dead!