VitoGenovese
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Hello everyone. I'm new to the community. My name is Matt. Recently I had a friend who was interested in picking up a cheap pair of headphones and I, being the deal searcher that I am, deciding to scour the internet for all of her best options. I have been so surprised to find everything That I have. I never thought there was anything more than $40 pairs.
I thought the best deal I found for a good quality unit was the Sennheiser HD280Pro for $100 instead of MSRP $200. I began investigating further reading through specs and review after review and hundreds of opinions. I keep discovering new brands I have never heard of and alternate options. I read so many reviews for each pair that sound great until I find some common negative things people have to say and I am steered towards another pair again and again.
My friend already decided on some cheaper Skullcandy pair, but now I am looking for myself. For years now I had been using a pretty decent set of 2.1 Labtec speakers for my desktop PC and onboard audio. Within the last two weeks I have picked up a Logitech Z-2300 set and a CreativeLabs SB X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatality Professional Series sound card. I really like the sound that is being put out and notice big improvements in the distinctions of sounds as well as positional audio compared to my old setup. The problem is that I live in a house with my girlfriend and 3 other roommates. We all spend just about all of our time in the living room where we have a bunch of computers set up, the htpc, projector, receiver and speakers everywhere. Somehow my roommates all feel that anytime they decide to watch tv or a movie they should have audio priority and the right to blare their sound as loud as they like but if can can even marginally hear my speakers then it's too loud for them. This has led me to wanting my own headphones.
So far I have been interested in the Sennheiser HD280Pro, Denon D1001K, and Audio Technica A700 / AD700. This is not an exclusive list and am willing to listen to any advice. The problem is that I am finding so many options and conflicting opinions that I cannot figure out how to make a good decision. I am hoping that if I can describe my scenario that you all can help me pick a good set for my conditions.
I only plan on using these with my PC. Their main purpose should be for gaming. I want something with great sound quality and also being able to hear "direction" would be wonderful, especially with the EAX and CMSS features if they are as good as advertised. It would not be unexpected for me to listen to music as well. My tastes involve any genre with the word "rock" in it or have some rock influence. I have also begun to take a liking to all kinds of electronic sounds. The whole purpose of getting headphones is so that my roommates won't be giving me a hard time about having my speakers at 20% volume being too loud for them. So sound leakage will be an issue. A little bit should be fine, but I can't have something that sounds as loud to them 15 feet away as it does to me between the headphones. Isolation from outside sounds might be nice, but is not necessarily a feature that should affect the outcome very much. As long as I can hear my own sounds, that's great. If I can still hear my roommates and the tv, well that's okay I guess. If I can't hear them, then I won't pretend to be disappointed. I am looking for something that falls under the $150 price range.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and helping me with my decision. This is a whole new world of sound to me that I never knew existed.
I thought the best deal I found for a good quality unit was the Sennheiser HD280Pro for $100 instead of MSRP $200. I began investigating further reading through specs and review after review and hundreds of opinions. I keep discovering new brands I have never heard of and alternate options. I read so many reviews for each pair that sound great until I find some common negative things people have to say and I am steered towards another pair again and again.
My friend already decided on some cheaper Skullcandy pair, but now I am looking for myself. For years now I had been using a pretty decent set of 2.1 Labtec speakers for my desktop PC and onboard audio. Within the last two weeks I have picked up a Logitech Z-2300 set and a CreativeLabs SB X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatality Professional Series sound card. I really like the sound that is being put out and notice big improvements in the distinctions of sounds as well as positional audio compared to my old setup. The problem is that I live in a house with my girlfriend and 3 other roommates. We all spend just about all of our time in the living room where we have a bunch of computers set up, the htpc, projector, receiver and speakers everywhere. Somehow my roommates all feel that anytime they decide to watch tv or a movie they should have audio priority and the right to blare their sound as loud as they like but if can can even marginally hear my speakers then it's too loud for them. This has led me to wanting my own headphones.
So far I have been interested in the Sennheiser HD280Pro, Denon D1001K, and Audio Technica A700 / AD700. This is not an exclusive list and am willing to listen to any advice. The problem is that I am finding so many options and conflicting opinions that I cannot figure out how to make a good decision. I am hoping that if I can describe my scenario that you all can help me pick a good set for my conditions.
I only plan on using these with my PC. Their main purpose should be for gaming. I want something with great sound quality and also being able to hear "direction" would be wonderful, especially with the EAX and CMSS features if they are as good as advertised. It would not be unexpected for me to listen to music as well. My tastes involve any genre with the word "rock" in it or have some rock influence. I have also begun to take a liking to all kinds of electronic sounds. The whole purpose of getting headphones is so that my roommates won't be giving me a hard time about having my speakers at 20% volume being too loud for them. So sound leakage will be an issue. A little bit should be fine, but I can't have something that sounds as loud to them 15 feet away as it does to me between the headphones. Isolation from outside sounds might be nice, but is not necessarily a feature that should affect the outcome very much. As long as I can hear my own sounds, that's great. If I can still hear my roommates and the tv, well that's okay I guess. If I can't hear them, then I won't pretend to be disappointed. I am looking for something that falls under the $150 price range.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and helping me with my decision. This is a whole new world of sound to me that I never knew existed.