NickyaKillah
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Hi there Head Fi community. This will be my first post, as I need a little help (fitting that it must be posted in help and recommendations).
I have been wanting a better pair of headphones for gaming and music listening for a while now (70% gaming, 30% music). Strictly home use, and was wondering what I could get.
I have a pair of the well-known Audio Technica ATH-M50X headphones currently for mobile and home use, and I find the sound staging to be little... Well lackluster when playing games that really require a good sound stage (i,e. CS:GO). I also found the sound to be a little recessed in the mid-ranges. I also have a pair of recently acquired V-MODA M-100 headphones currently as gaming cans, but I plan to return them, as the genre-specific nature really doesn't suite me well when doing anything but gaming.
But this isn't a headphone review (that's for later), so lets get to some more parameters for the recommendation, which are laid out here:
-Under $250, period.
-No used or refurbished stuff
-Sound staging is a very large aspect in all of this
-Preferably open dynamic, but will consider closed (SIDE NOTE: If the recommendation is closed-back, it must have a good build quality, plastic is acceptable but it should be able to travel from a home location to school and back every day.
-Must not be super bassy (learned the hard way with the V-MODAs and the XL pads), but I wouldn't mind a bit of a nice extra bump.
Another note, I also have a small portable amp, the Fiio A3 (or E11K), which is recommended for impedance ranges of 16-150 ohms. This is also a factor in the recommendation, for if the cans can't be driven by that amp, it's not happening, and sadly that excludes most Beyerdynamics.
Welp, that's pretty much it. Thanks for your input, and yeah.. Have a nice day.
I have been wanting a better pair of headphones for gaming and music listening for a while now (70% gaming, 30% music). Strictly home use, and was wondering what I could get.
I have a pair of the well-known Audio Technica ATH-M50X headphones currently for mobile and home use, and I find the sound staging to be little... Well lackluster when playing games that really require a good sound stage (i,e. CS:GO). I also found the sound to be a little recessed in the mid-ranges. I also have a pair of recently acquired V-MODA M-100 headphones currently as gaming cans, but I plan to return them, as the genre-specific nature really doesn't suite me well when doing anything but gaming.
But this isn't a headphone review (that's for later), so lets get to some more parameters for the recommendation, which are laid out here:
-Under $250, period.
-No used or refurbished stuff
-Sound staging is a very large aspect in all of this
-Preferably open dynamic, but will consider closed (SIDE NOTE: If the recommendation is closed-back, it must have a good build quality, plastic is acceptable but it should be able to travel from a home location to school and back every day.
-Must not be super bassy (learned the hard way with the V-MODAs and the XL pads), but I wouldn't mind a bit of a nice extra bump.
Another note, I also have a small portable amp, the Fiio A3 (or E11K), which is recommended for impedance ranges of 16-150 ohms. This is also a factor in the recommendation, for if the cans can't be driven by that amp, it's not happening, and sadly that excludes most Beyerdynamics.
Welp, that's pretty much it. Thanks for your input, and yeah.. Have a nice day.