[Atavax]

Lust, do those Shure 1540 pads up the bass a bit? I just got some 560s, which are a lot better than my 400s in a lot of ways, but a little low in bass.

 

[Yethal]

Lust, do those Shure 1540 pads up the bass a bit? I just got some 560s, which are a lot better than my 400s in a lot of ways, but a little low in bass.

I have them on my srh1840 and yes, tey do up the bass

 

[themrmikemcd]

Had my 9500s for about the same time - I had reservations over the very light clamp but after some long gaming sessions I've come to appreciate that from a comfort point of view.  Paired with a VModa boom and they've turned into the best set of gaming headphones I've used. I've never been great at 'hearing' directional audio as such - even with them plugged into the PS4 pad I got a sense of space and direction I've never had before.  Now I've added a mixamp, they've been superb at identifying the direction of imminent attack in BF1  

yes. These are amazing headphones. I still can't believe how cheap in price these are. I love these so much. I don't suggest using these double amped however. Seems to add too much power and makes them sound bad. Explosions were getting so distorted in black Ops 3 I thought I damaged them. Mix amp is plenty of power for these.

 

[AxelCloris]

We have a pair of Astro A40 Call of Duty: Black Ops Edition headphones at the office and I've always liked the styling of Astro's headsets so I decided to grab some photos of our pair. Check out the gallery if you have a minute. Hope you guys enjoy.
 

http://www.head-fi.org/g/a/1108073/astro-a40#

 

[themrmikemcd]

Holy crap! So I decided I would change to the non leather pads for the Hyper X cloud 2 headset for music and for what ever reason I feel like the bass got tighter and better sounding. Not sure why i never changed them out before. So strange. I thought the non leather pads would make the bass less. I love music in these now with these pads on. Anyone else have these and use them with the cloth pads? I used to use these only for gaming earlier this year before getting into more expensive headphones but man, These sound great for music too!

 

[Change is Good]

Those of you in a Halloween mood should check out 'Emily wants to play' for $5. It pretty much requires listening to positional cues in order to survive, and gets pretty intense the longer you do. I'm still learning how to progress through the night but it's been a nerve-racking blast so far while using TH-X00 and mixamp.

 

[lenroot77]

The borderlands collection for Xbox one is currently free on Xbox live... get it while it lasts!!!!

 

[Fegefeuer]

Done. Thanks!

 

[Change is Good]

It's only free to play until the 30th, will be locked after it expires. Still cool for those who have time to binge play it.

And speaking of Microsoft, they announced that Dolby Atmos support will be added to the One.

 

[lenroot77]

It's only free to play until the 30th, will be locked after it expires. Still cool for those who have time to binge play it.

And speaking of Microsoft, they announced that Dolby Atmos support will be added to the One.

Dang that sucks! Ain't got time for that!

 

[nicobombai]

Guys, i saw DT770 Pro 16 ohms version. Any thoughts on that? or just stick with the 80 ohms one?
I wanna try out a closed back after using SHP9500 for a while now

 

[PurpleAngel]

  Guys, i saw DT770 Pro 16 ohms version. Any thoughts on that? or just stick with the 80 ohms one?
I wanna try out a closed back after using SHP9500 for a while now

 
As it's only 16-Ohms, it a headphone that is really intended to be plugged into a portable audio player or smartphone
or headphone amplifier with a really low output impedance.
 
If your looking for closed headphones to plug into a computer, check out the Soundmagic HP150 headphones.

 

[nicobombai]

   
As it's only 16-Ohms, it a headphone that is really intended to be plugged into a portable audio player or smartphone
or headphone amplifier with a really low output impedance.
 
If your looking for closed headphones to plug into a computer, check out the Soundmagic HP150 headphones.

 
Yep i got that point already. Will check them out thanks.

 

[PopSmith]

I'm looking to get a pair of headphones for playing Overwatch and PvP SWTOR. They are solely going to be used for gaming, with 85% of that time being group situations. I am also interested in streaming so I have a Q502USB and PDMIC58 (plus a mic boom and pop filter) sitting in a cart. That (new) equipment runs about $100. That being said, after looking over this guide I was looking at either the K612 Pro or K702. I'm not sure if it makes a difference on needing an amp or not but my current mobo is a ASUS Z170-A.
 
I'm trying to keep it all to <$500 (and I already have a camera). I'm OK with buying used gear, other than the headphones. My biggest question is about purchasing an amp, I'm really unsure of what to even look for. Does the use the Q502USB mixer change what headphone amp I should buy?

 

[PurpleAngel]

  I'm looking to get a pair of headphones for playing Overwatch and PvP SWTOR. They are solely going to be used for gaming, with 85% of that time being group situations. I am also interested in streaming so I have a Q502USB and PDMIC58 (plus a mic boom and pop filter) sitting in a cart. That (new) equipment runs about $100. That being said, after looking over this guide I was looking at either the K612 Pro or K702. I'm not sure if it makes a difference on needing an amp or not but my current mobo is a ASUS Z170-A.
 
I'm trying to keep it all to <$500 (and I already have a camera). I'm OK with buying used gear, other than the headphones. My biggest question is about purchasing an amp, I'm really unsure of what to even look for. Does the use the Q502USB mixer change what headphone amp I should buy?

 
Audio Technica ATH-AD700X headphones ($100-$140) and the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z sound card ($50-$70)
Maybe buy them used
 
The SB-Z with AD700X will give you a nice FPS gaming setup, for way under your $500 budget.