decaprime
New Head-Fier
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I've been reading head-fi for the last few days trying to gather enough research to be able to make a semi-educated post and narrow down some options (there are a lot of them =P).
On a whim during blackfriday shopping I picked up a pair of Razer Barracuda headphones *duck*. I can't stand them- and when I go back home for chrismas break I am going to return them. That being said i'm in the market for a decent pair of headphones. I've learned my lesson about surround sound/gaming headsets.
I play mainly FPS games, though not limited to that genre, positional audio is important. I listen to classical/modern rock about equally. While quality sound is definitely important- comfort is at least equally important (The barracuda's gave me a headache almost instantly).
I don't really have a strong preference as to open or closed- I could be convinced to either, 99% of the time I will be using these at home plugged into an x-fi fatalty soundcard.
My budget is around $100 so far (from other thread's suggestions) i've looked at these:
HD555
ATH-A500/700s
RP-21
ATH-ES7
I'm open to any other suggestions. I would really prefer to be able to use them unamped for budget reasons though i'm not completely adverse to getting one in the future(but it would be awhile).
On a whim during blackfriday shopping I picked up a pair of Razer Barracuda headphones *duck*. I can't stand them- and when I go back home for chrismas break I am going to return them. That being said i'm in the market for a decent pair of headphones. I've learned my lesson about surround sound/gaming headsets.
I play mainly FPS games, though not limited to that genre, positional audio is important. I listen to classical/modern rock about equally. While quality sound is definitely important- comfort is at least equally important (The barracuda's gave me a headache almost instantly).
I don't really have a strong preference as to open or closed- I could be convinced to either, 99% of the time I will be using these at home plugged into an x-fi fatalty soundcard.
My budget is around $100 so far (from other thread's suggestions) i've looked at these:
HD555
ATH-A500/700s
RP-21
ATH-ES7
I'm open to any other suggestions. I would really prefer to be able to use them unamped for budget reasons though i'm not completely adverse to getting one in the future(but it would be awhile).