bosgorilla
New Head-Fier
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Hi all,
I recently restarted gaming on my PC, and am using an old wireless Sennheiser RS 170 that I had. It has a surround button on it, but I don't really feel like it's helping me out much ingame (mostly playing CS:GO right now).
I also have a Sony MDR-7506 that I use at work for listening to music, but from what I read, it is not the best pair of headphones for gaming.
After reading some reviews on some gaming headsets such as Kingston Hypercloud II and CM Sirus 5.1 true surround, I was wondering if a decent headphone for the same budget wouldn't be better quality.
That brought me to Mad Lust Envy's Headphone Gaming Guide, and so now I have some basic questions.
Do I need to get a special soundcard to generate that Virtual surround sound? I know that MLE is a console gamer, and I notice all those Dolby Headphone devices, but are those devices also required when you have a soundcard? Or are those only required for Consoles?
I have my eyes set on the Tritton 720+ because it has the device as well as the headset for quite a low price. I don't need the mic on the headset, but it seems cheaper than getting a device and another headphone...
And I could always upgrade the headset to something better later, and keep the Tritton 720 Dolby Headphone device.
Thanks a lot for any input you could provide.
Bosgorilla
I recently restarted gaming on my PC, and am using an old wireless Sennheiser RS 170 that I had. It has a surround button on it, but I don't really feel like it's helping me out much ingame (mostly playing CS:GO right now).
I also have a Sony MDR-7506 that I use at work for listening to music, but from what I read, it is not the best pair of headphones for gaming.
After reading some reviews on some gaming headsets such as Kingston Hypercloud II and CM Sirus 5.1 true surround, I was wondering if a decent headphone for the same budget wouldn't be better quality.
That brought me to Mad Lust Envy's Headphone Gaming Guide, and so now I have some basic questions.
Do I need to get a special soundcard to generate that Virtual surround sound? I know that MLE is a console gamer, and I notice all those Dolby Headphone devices, but are those devices also required when you have a soundcard? Or are those only required for Consoles?
I have my eyes set on the Tritton 720+ because it has the device as well as the headset for quite a low price. I don't need the mic on the headset, but it seems cheaper than getting a device and another headphone...
And I could always upgrade the headset to something better later, and keep the Tritton 720 Dolby Headphone device.
Thanks a lot for any input you could provide.
Bosgorilla