ggNoRe
New Head-Fier
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Hi to all.
I am by no means an audiophile in fact I never even have heard of the word til' today. However, I have decided that it's time for my 30$ plantronics headset to hit the road and thus have spent the past 6-7 hours doing research on which headset/build I should purchase. First a little background, my #1 concern is gaming, specifically cs1.6 and a mmorpg I play which means good directional sq as well as comforbality to wear for long periods. My system is a Vista32Home, 4gigs memory, AMD64X X2 Dual Core, KA3MVP motherboard, 550 or 600watt PSU(iirc), and all I get when looking at my audio device in device manager is High Def. Audio Device which has Realtek 8-channel audio Codec/Compliant with High Def. Audio Codec. My last headphones where really uncomfortable mainly due to he fact that I wear glasses so they hurt me wear the glasses go behind my ears as well as pressing them down on my nose which I'm trying to avoid from reoccuring.
I have came down to 2 prospects as far as a headset goes Amazon.com: Beyerdynamic MMX 2 PC Gaming Multimedia Digital Headset with Microphone: Video Games and Amazon.com: Audio Technica ATH-AD700 Open-air Dynamic Headphones: Electronics. From what I've read the ad-700 is probably the better headphones overall however I really like having a headset which makes it easier for me to talk w/o disturbing my parents. This is what most of the 6-7 hours compromised of and I'm still undecided on which..
I wasn't planning on buying a soundcard but after my research I'm now considering buying a $50-$100 one and this is the one I stumbled upon Amazon.com: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Card: Electronics ($250 new but can get for $60
). I'm a complete n00b to these things so any advice on 1. Do I really need a soundcard? 2. Is this a good one for my criteria? 3. Will I have any compatibility issues or problems installing it?.. would be appreciated.
Lastly, I have seen that people are also using amplifiers for their headphones. From what I've read this is probably unnesseccary for the grade of headphones I'm looking to purchase but if I'm wrong please inform me and maybe point me to a cheap amp that would significantly increase SQ. Thanks for your time and congrats for making it through my horridly long post.
I am by no means an audiophile in fact I never even have heard of the word til' today. However, I have decided that it's time for my 30$ plantronics headset to hit the road and thus have spent the past 6-7 hours doing research on which headset/build I should purchase. First a little background, my #1 concern is gaming, specifically cs1.6 and a mmorpg I play which means good directional sq as well as comforbality to wear for long periods. My system is a Vista32Home, 4gigs memory, AMD64X X2 Dual Core, KA3MVP motherboard, 550 or 600watt PSU(iirc), and all I get when looking at my audio device in device manager is High Def. Audio Device which has Realtek 8-channel audio Codec/Compliant with High Def. Audio Codec. My last headphones where really uncomfortable mainly due to he fact that I wear glasses so they hurt me wear the glasses go behind my ears as well as pressing them down on my nose which I'm trying to avoid from reoccuring.
I have came down to 2 prospects as far as a headset goes Amazon.com: Beyerdynamic MMX 2 PC Gaming Multimedia Digital Headset with Microphone: Video Games and Amazon.com: Audio Technica ATH-AD700 Open-air Dynamic Headphones: Electronics. From what I've read the ad-700 is probably the better headphones overall however I really like having a headset which makes it easier for me to talk w/o disturbing my parents. This is what most of the 6-7 hours compromised of and I'm still undecided on which..
I wasn't planning on buying a soundcard but after my research I'm now considering buying a $50-$100 one and this is the one I stumbled upon Amazon.com: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Card: Electronics ($250 new but can get for $60
Lastly, I have seen that people are also using amplifiers for their headphones. From what I've read this is probably unnesseccary for the grade of headphones I'm looking to purchase but if I'm wrong please inform me and maybe point me to a cheap amp that would significantly increase SQ. Thanks for your time and congrats for making it through my horridly long post.