[AxelCloris]

To my knowledge nobody has tested that yet. I'm hoping to hear one soon, so if nobody tests that before then I will.

 

[kayan]

Has anybody used the Nighthawk for gaming? How is it for clarity, sound stage, and positional cues?

 

[Hi-Fi EDU]

Has anybody used the Nighthawk for gaming? How is it for clarity, sound stage, and positional cues?

 
I have and do. IMO, very good in all three respects. Capable yet enjoyable/immersive.

 

[rudyae86]

BH Photo has the Sennheiser GX 1000 for preorder if any of you want to buy it.
 
Personally, I'd rather wait for Amazon to have it in stock again because of their ease to return a defective product.
 
Sennheiser GSX 1000

 

[Fegefeuer]

don't have any resources right now, need to sell of a lot of stuff and have other important payments. Else I'd be all over it for you guys. 

 

[Rambi83]

OK, I have been reading daily for the last month about soundcards, dac/amps, internal and external solutions to drive my fidelio X2.
People are all over the place what is best for gaming and especially positional audio, so can i have black on white what will give me the clearest directional/positional sound, 1.External DAC and stereo setting or 2. Propper sound card and some sort of surround software ex; Dolby Headphone.
 
I will keep the headphones, maybe buy a set off 700x seeing that one is for sale nearby just to try them.
But, as i stated above, Dac or say X7?
 
Games; BF1/4
 
Cheers
Chris

 

[Fegefeuer]

X7-> X2 for SBX goodness
X-Fi Titanium HD -> X2 for CMSS-3D
X-Fi Titanium/Sound Blaster Z -> Modi/Magni -> X2 for CMSS-3D/SBX
 
CMSS-3D is sharper/clearer in imaging than SBX (mostly due to lesser bass and frequency masking) but that doesn't matter for Battlefield. Not at all. It could matter in Siege if you play it as competitiveness in Siege relies on you hearing tiny details whereas BF is much more about immersion.
 
so you could get a X7 to your X2 and have a good night, sweetest of all princes!

 

[Rambi83]

Thank you for a swift reply.
If we play with the thought that money did not matter and the focus was to get the best FPS positioning possible, is there something else "soundcard" that should be considered except for the X7 and X-FI?

 

[Fegefeuer]

SBX is unbeaten as an allrounder, not a lot point in alternatives unless you want hardcore skeletal precision and go with CMSS-3D

SBX has the best balance and least quality loss in the end. CMSS is sometimes hard for those unmodded HD800s.

BF games are all about immersion, DHP also works there but the echo where it doesn't belong can sometimes make the experience a bit "unrealistic"

 

[caens]

Hello guys, I'm from Turkey.

I'm looking around a $70(max) headset. I will use it %60 fps gaming / %40music and film.

There may be open-back or closed-back designs. İt doesnt matter. These are my findings;

Creative Aurvana Live!
https://www.amazon.com/Creative-EF0060-Aurvana-Live-Headphones/dp/B000ZJZ7OA

Philips SHP9500
https://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHP9500-Precision-Over-ear-Headphones/dp/B00ENMK1DW/ref=sr_1_1?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1479487221&sr=1-1&keywords=shp9500

Audio Technica AD500x
https://www.amazon.com/Technica-AUD-ATHAD500X-Audiophile-Headphones/dp/B009S333U4/ref=sr_1_16?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1479487221&sr=1-16&keywords=shp9500

HyperX Cloud 2
https://www.amazon.de/HyperX-Cloud-Gaming-Kopfh%C3%B6rer-metal/dp/B00SAYCVTQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1479487490&sr=8-2&keywords=hyperx+cloud+2

I'm especially interested in SHP 9500. How a headset for fps gaming?

Thanks everyone already!

 

[Yethal]

Overwatch is free this weekend on all platforms. Those of you who play on PC, this game has built in headphone surround virtualization. Give it a try.

 

[Rambi83]

SBX is unbeaten as an allrounder, not a lot point in alternatives unless you want hardcore skeletal precision and go with CMSS-3D

SBX has the best balance and least quality loss in the end. CMSS is sometimes hard for those unmodded HD800s.

BF games are all about immersion, DHP also works there but the echo where it doesn't belong can sometimes make the experience a bit "unrealistic"

I see, X7 it is

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

X7 isn't without some issues, but those are on the software end, and not sound quality related. You start getting used to sometimes having to unplug your headphones when turning the X7 on so that when you plug them back in, the X7 registers that a headphone is connected.

 

[octiceps]

Overwatch is free this weekend on all platforms. Those of you who play on PC, this game has built in headphone surround virtualization. Give it a try.

Will do. Itching to try a game with a built-in headphone mode that actually works. Just have to get home from work first. QQ

 

[lenroot77]

WOW! Mr Speakers open sourced the Alpha Dogs! How frickin cool is that!