Anyone knows how soundblaster Recon3D mix the game and chat audio, works likes mixamp? Can I control in the device how much audio goes to game and chat? Or is a fixed value setting on PC?
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You can always adjust chat volume on PC, you just turn up the volume on the Recon3D/external amp till the chat is loud enough, then go into the game's settings menu and turn down the game volume till you have a good balance.
But during a chatting game, can I adjust Recon3D over PS4 settings, how people do?
Is the only question that is holding me to purchase a unit.
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Even most console games have settings options with a volume control, so you can adjust games the same way as I mentioned above for PC.
Keep in mind you can also boost mic gain if people say you're too quiet; there's a switch in the side of the recon3D to set mic gain to three positions, and if you regularly play with someone else and they are too quiet, you can tell them to go into their PS4 settings>devices>audio settings>microphone settings and adjust the mic gain slider.
What is the ultimate competitive FPS gaming headphone? I have the HD800s for gaming right now. Both AD700x and K701 got 10/10 for competitiveness. How does the HD800s compare? The sound engine on BF4 is pretty poor, but it's still nice to try to get the best positional setup I can, and maybe for when I play another FPS game.
Rather than waiting for someone to review the HD800 + gaming + surround, think about what you know about it's sound and connect the dots with what sound characteristics make for an extra competitive headphone...
•easy to hear lots of detail
•a sense of distance and instrument separation (soundstage)
•audible but not distracting bass that also doesn't bleed over other sounds and hide details.
•Comfortable enough not to distract you during extended gaming sessions.
Any headphone that exhibits these traits will be a very good competitive headphone and really respond well to virtual surround processing, as said in all of the headphone reviews that were marked as particularly good for competitive awareness. Just having a lot of sonic information doesn't make you a great gamer though, you still have to be able to take in information and analyze and extrapolate to understand what's happening next and your options for how to react.
So yeah, the HD800 has been many times over reviewed as the greatest ever headphone to do all the things I listed for a competitive headphone, which you should already realize if you spent the money and already own/listen to the headphone, but if you don't already realize that the HD800 is capable to the point of overkill then it probably won't make you a more skillful player.
