[bonoscot]

Guys im awaiting my pair of New Sony mdr-1r headphones being received in the mail.....managed to get a brand new pair for £85,these phones will be used for, my on the move listening.
 
I am looking for a great pair of cans for home Cinema and gaming....I was told that the beyerdynamic are the best for this,however im stuck between 770/990 pro......can you guys help?
 
Do any of yous have these and suggest a pair that are superior over another?....I have never owned a pair of headphones in my life.
 
Is akg any better?

 

[amigomatt]

I would say that the Sennheiser HD598 are a fabulous choice for watching films on.  They are supremely comfortable and have great detail and a wide and open soundstage.  They look awesome as well!  For music, they are not my favourite headphones, but I've never been short of astonished watching movies on them.  I couldn't want for more.

 

[bonoscot]

struggle to get them in the Uk at a reasonable price.....how are they for gaming?
 
I can get both beyers for £120

 

[amigomatt]

I use mine for gaming too and, as with movies, amazing.  The engine sounds on NFS are huge on them.  Because they have such a good soundstage, positional audio is great on them too.  I've never heard the DT990s, but I gather they have more top and bottom end than the DT770s.  They are also supposed to have a better soundstage as well.  The DT770s are flatter, the DT990s more fun (as far as I can remember, but don't quote me).  I have loaned a pair of DT770s though, when I was interested in getting some Beyer headphones.  I much preferred my HD598s and would pay the extar for that.  Try and get somewhere you can try them out, if possible.

 

[bonoscot]

Do you have a preferred amplifier for the headphones?

 

[amigomatt]

The HD598s are known to operate fine without additional amplification.  They will play out of any portable device, although won't reach ear-splitting volumes.  If needed, I will use my Fiio E11 with my portables.  On my PC, I'm listening to them through an ASUS Xonar Essence STX sound card, which has a very good and powerful headphone amp inside it.  Listening to them through any home cinema amp/receiver would be more than enough power for them.  As I said, a portable device may not crank it up as loud as you may want, though it's not too quiet either.

 

[JP2206]

Hi all, this is my first post, pardon my English (I'm from the Netherlands).
 
I use the Sony MDR DS6500 now for a week. I discovered a couple of things I now hate about 'wireless headphones'.
 
Let me tell you about my situation;
All of my devices are connected by HDMI-out to HDMI-in on my Onkyo SR605 receiver. Therefor all my video outputs 1080p and uncompressed lossless audio straight into the receiver. 
 

• even if my Onkyo SR605 did had a optical-out (which it doesn't), I (think) it wouldn't be able to output audio to the optical-in on the Sony.
  As far I know, HDMI in > to optical-out doesn't work. If anyone bag the difference, please tell me!
  * even if it works: hdmi can handle all formats (including 7.1) - optical/spdif will always downscale it because it can't handle formats > 5.1 DD.
• Conncecting the Sony set to a keyboard * (line out > line in Sony) => there's is a delay about 200ms.
  So every key I touch will sound later in my ears. That is the reason I will send it back.
• Due to point 1. I tried to attacted the Sony's set directly on the optical-out on my devices (like a mediaplayer). Optical-out > Optical-in sounds better. But then again: if you play (for example) a 7.1 MA it will downscale the signal to max. DD 5.1. 
  To be clear: I'm completly frustrated by the fact, no manufactur build a HDMI Wireless headphone!!!
  You ALWAYS make an offer by outputting audio-signals higher dan DD 5.1. I really hate it.
• Directly attached to device also means: you always have to switch the optical cable between tv-receiver, mediaplayer, ps3 etcetera.
  Very annoying carrying the thing arround between pc, mediaplayer, tv, ps3.

 
Because you cannot attached a cable directly in the headphone (for direct output *), I now consider to replace them for a stereo-headphone (analog). Wireless gives me to much (connection) limitations.
 
Can anyone help me with a couple of questions? I did my research and doubting between the;
- Audio Technica ATH-M50
- Beyerdynamics DT770 PRO
- V-Moda Crossfade M100
- Sennheiser RS180 or RS220
 
I want to use it on my keyboard (6.3 jack), pc (3.5) and my Onkyo home-cinema receiver:
I don't want to use the front PHONO output jack. If I do, it disables the speakers and that's not what I want.
On the back of the Onkyo SR605, there are 2 analog outputs:
REC-OUT
ZONE2-out (to switch sources that are analog connected).
 
Can I use one of these? I don't like to buy another headphone-amp (i think Zone2 needs that?).
 
Any thoughts, advice or suggestions will be highly appreciated! Thanks.