SamNavy
New Head-Fier
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...and then I came to this website. Some of you guys have achieved a whole new realm of uber-geek with this headphone stuff. It's pretty impressive how involved it can get. I didn't come here with any expectations, but what I've discovered is that there is definitely something I need to add to my arsenal of audio/video.
I fly the E2 Hawkeye for the USNavy and so far my hearing is just as good as when I started flying 8 years ago... I double up on protection as required but am religious about protection outside of work. I never want to reach a point later in life when I can't enjoy the nuances of a good track.
I do like my music loud and precise and have always had decent equipment. My dedicated HT runs a Panny900u Projector on a 92" screen, an Onkyo 603 and Klipsch Synergy's with a Dayton 12" DIY sub. It's plenty for a 12x15 room.
I enjoy online FPS games... currently playing XBOX360 COD4 about 6hours per week, and I need to be quieter at times. I thought there would be numerous audiophile solutions for guys wanting to upgrade the absolute POS Microsoft headset options... but I've been left wanting. I'm a fairly astute online searcher and have exhausted every technique I know of for finding the elusive easy solution and have found none.
The guys I play with are HUGE into real-time in-game voice and we talk a lot. I always play the in-game-voice through the speakers and bypass the headset speaker entirely. I've never had a problem with the mic pickup but I know there's room for improvement.
I have tossed the idea of a headset because they're universally shunned, so the TurtleBeach et.al is out and there's no true direct plug&play solution for the XBOX. So I'm going separates.
For headphones, the list is long but getting shorter.
Beyerdynamics-AudioTechnica-AKG-Ultrasone-Koss, all companies have various recommended models and I'll pick one frontrunner here shortly. For now I'll just plug it into the jack on my Onkyo... perhaps future funds and interest will lead me to the JVC amp/processor setup for some more depth and imaging to my online gameplay.
For the mic, I'm going to purhcase a Zalman clip-on and hack it into the wires of my current XBOX headset cord.
Thanks to all the guys on this forum who've helped me without knowing it, you guys do geeks around the world proud... and I mean that in the most awesome way.
I fly the E2 Hawkeye for the USNavy and so far my hearing is just as good as when I started flying 8 years ago... I double up on protection as required but am religious about protection outside of work. I never want to reach a point later in life when I can't enjoy the nuances of a good track.
I do like my music loud and precise and have always had decent equipment. My dedicated HT runs a Panny900u Projector on a 92" screen, an Onkyo 603 and Klipsch Synergy's with a Dayton 12" DIY sub. It's plenty for a 12x15 room.
I enjoy online FPS games... currently playing XBOX360 COD4 about 6hours per week, and I need to be quieter at times. I thought there would be numerous audiophile solutions for guys wanting to upgrade the absolute POS Microsoft headset options... but I've been left wanting. I'm a fairly astute online searcher and have exhausted every technique I know of for finding the elusive easy solution and have found none.
The guys I play with are HUGE into real-time in-game voice and we talk a lot. I always play the in-game-voice through the speakers and bypass the headset speaker entirely. I've never had a problem with the mic pickup but I know there's room for improvement.
I have tossed the idea of a headset because they're universally shunned, so the TurtleBeach et.al is out and there's no true direct plug&play solution for the XBOX. So I'm going separates.
For headphones, the list is long but getting shorter.
Beyerdynamics-AudioTechnica-AKG-Ultrasone-Koss, all companies have various recommended models and I'll pick one frontrunner here shortly. For now I'll just plug it into the jack on my Onkyo... perhaps future funds and interest will lead me to the JVC amp/processor setup for some more depth and imaging to my online gameplay.
For the mic, I'm going to purhcase a Zalman clip-on and hack it into the wires of my current XBOX headset cord.
Thanks to all the guys on this forum who've helped me without knowing it, you guys do geeks around the world proud... and I mean that in the most awesome way.
