Hey guys, I am starting college in two weeks and need a pair of gaming headphones that won't disturb my roommate. I need something under $100 and am totally confused what to buy. I have never owned a pair of headphones in my life and hope I can get help here. I am looking for recommendations, you don't need to read the details below the italics if you don't want.
Budget: $100
Setup: Xbox 360 - Video: Computer Monitor - Sound: Integrated Sound Card
Type of Gaming: A balanced mix of multiplayer and singleplayer
Requirements: Must not disturb roommate when played at moderate volume levels
After reading the first post (really love what you did Envy), the AD700s sound perfect for me. I play a lot of singleplayer, but I read they still have bass, just not as defined. It would be my first set of cans and the soundstage and clarity sound really nice.
However, I read that open-backed headphones, like the AD700, will cause a lot of noise leakage. Is this true? I'm not worried at all about outside noise bothering me, but I will need to be respectful and keep the headphones quiet and not disturb my roommate.
If they will cause too much noise even at moderate volume, could someone recommend me a few pairs of headphones that won't disturb my roommate?
Here are a few pairs I was considering or was recommended: (All links go to Amazon, just shortened them up)
AD700 - Highly recommended everywhere really, but lack bass. I'm worried about noise leak http://tinyurl.com/3jf2yne
HD280 Pro - Recommend Ultra Highly for sound isolation; Envy says they are terrible for gaming though http://tinyurl.com/25flp4b HD428 - Only $50 and are closed cans, I can't find much info about gaming though. http://tinyurl.com/3msr5vp
JVC HARX900 - These were strongly recommended to me by the creator of a headphone sticky. But they weigh 1.6 pounds which is a turn-off. http://tinyurl.com/6fxqgjv
I'm considering just picking up the Sennheiser HD201s (http://tinyurl.com/6hdocck) for now since they are only $20, if they won't disturb the roommate. Mad Lust Envy rated them OK and it would give me time to figure out if I can get away using open-backed cans or not.
Sorry for the wall of text here, I just wanted to give out a lot of detail and to see if my choices are any good. Thank you guys for the help!