[zombiekiller222]

I'm currently in Australia, we have an extremely limited range of headphones (mostly just gaming headsets) and I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a pair of headphones. I would like a headset better, but I heard you get better value for money if you buy one with no microphone. I'll mostly be gaming and listening to bass music such as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b6nVrshf68. Currently I'm borrowing a DT 234 pro, anyone heard of it? Also, it might help to note that I'll be using the onboard sound card of the Extreme3 Gen3 motherboard, anyone had experiences with it?
 
Another thing, if open ear headphones are better value then I might consider one.

 

[jc222284]

M50 would be a good headphone for you. Try to get them when On sale or a used pair.

 

[Droenix]

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M50 would be a good headphone for you. Try to get them when On sale or a used pair.

I wish you luck in trying to find a pair of M50's for around $60-70. It is possible, but I think it will be a long journey...

 

[Kerry56]

zombiekiller
It is difficult to blindly recommend sets for you, not knowing what is available in your local market.  Perhaps you could list a few that are in your price range that you could actually get?
 
I would recommend the Creative Aurvana Live!, but have no idea if they can be bought in Australia, or what their price would be there. 

 

[jackwess]

I guess you need a gaming headset. M50's is not for gaming, dreadful soundstage

 

[zombiekiller222]

http://headphones.com.au/psingle?productID=203
http://headphones.com.au/psingle?productID=457
 
Locally we have these:
 
http://www.msy.com.au/default.jsp?category=85&page=3
http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=2
 
Also, a great place to search for hardware (not many headsets atm) is on staticice.com.au and google shopping au.
Another thing, my onboard sound is 7.1 surround realtek.

 

[Snag1e]

I would probably go for the AKG K518 LE, and a clip-on mic.

 

[kenchi1983]

Another vote goes to the Aurvana Live. I have had them for about a week. I prefer them over my grado sr80s.  I also play battlefield 3 and the soundstage (able to distinguish the distance of sounds) is quite good. They have jumped back to retail $99 since I last purchased them for $64 (amazon).  They do well too with bassy tracks like dubstep.

 

[zombiekiller222]

I ended up getting the 

[size=1.4em] AKG:
K512[/size]

From addictedtoaudio.com.au, $48. Free express postage too ($11 cheaper than headphonic).