Hello, I'm from Lithuania. Currently i have Sony over ear open back headphones for around 20-25 euro, sadly they don't have any model written on them, got them a couple of years ago. They sound kinda ok, but i want to get something better.
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I'm willing to spend 40-70 euro on new ones. 3m cable would be very nice, to lay on the couch with them. Usually i play some casual games (no fps), watch movies, listen to music. So i guess i need them to be balanced, between low's mid's and high's.
I'm a bit worried about getting closed back ones, because people say they have worse sound quality and need to sit tight, though at night they might not disturb other people in my room.
I have Realtek® ALC1150 Codec on my msi z710a gaming m3 mobo, if that's important.
Went to local stores, found only a few headphones to try out, so i can't really judge anything, from listening perspective.
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I've found this website with some tests:
http://www.pcgamer.com/we-tested-23-mainstream-gaming-headsets-to-find-the-best/7/
Interesting that Turtle Beach Ear Force Z60 have all 3 categories on a high level and they only cost 42 euro in my country, while on this website it says 80$.
Also the brand states that this is a: 7.1 Channel Surround Sound PC Amplified Gaming Headset, Delivering incredible bass response.
Microphone Removable Omni-Directional (don't really need a second one..)
Cable length 0.91 / 2.1 m ( so as i understood the cable can be extended, which is super nice to switch between sitting at desktop and lying on the couch )
Driver units 60 mm with Neodymium magnets ( i've read that after 42mm drivers, sound may get a bit weird on high bass)
Frequency Range 20Hz - 20kHz ( quite typical ).
All in all, the price is very low and sounds too good to be true, considering it's a headset, not headphones, with all that "7.1" nonsense (which i read is only an advertisement move), and increadible bass? does that mean they are more focused on low's but bad at mid-high's?
Any experience on them and any thoughts?
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The only thing that catched my eye in stores was Audio Technica AVA400 for 70 euro, they look very comfy, especially those ear pads mmmm yeah. Wonder about sound quality.. are they worth it, because quite expensive.
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Other brands that i've read should be good, except the one above, should be AKG, BEYERDYNAMIC, CORSAIR, JBL, SENNHEISER, SONY?, STEELSERIES?, SUPERLUX to name a few. Am i right? Anything else, any suggestions/models?
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And my last part, i would like to clarify some points:
Frequency response - higher is better right, usually they don't go below 20k, but is there a big difference, lets say 20 and 25k, and what should i look for, is 20k quite good enough or 22-25 something should be a must have to sound good/great?
If it is stated (-3db) what does that give me exactly?
Driver size - well i guess i'm going not less than 40mm, but is 60 too much?
Impendance - this is resistance or power consumption? so higher is always better? differs too much on sound quality or not?
Sensitivity - so as i understand the higher this is the better, if one headphones have 110 db and others 90, at the same volume you will hear more loudly with the 110 ones right? That should make them more louder on max volume and barely noticeable sounds should be heard more clearly/easily? Is this correct?
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Any advice is highly appreciated, sorry for the long text. Thank you.
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I'm willing to spend 40-70 euro on new ones. 3m cable would be very nice, to lay on the couch with them. Usually i play some casual games (no fps), watch movies, listen to music. So i guess i need them to be balanced, between low's mid's and high's.
I'm a bit worried about getting closed back ones, because people say they have worse sound quality and need to sit tight, though at night they might not disturb other people in my room.
I have Realtek® ALC1150 Codec on my msi z710a gaming m3 mobo, if that's important.
Went to local stores, found only a few headphones to try out, so i can't really judge anything, from listening perspective.
---
I've found this website with some tests:
http://www.pcgamer.com/we-tested-23-mainstream-gaming-headsets-to-find-the-best/7/
Interesting that Turtle Beach Ear Force Z60 have all 3 categories on a high level and they only cost 42 euro in my country, while on this website it says 80$.
Also the brand states that this is a: 7.1 Channel Surround Sound PC Amplified Gaming Headset, Delivering incredible bass response.
Microphone Removable Omni-Directional (don't really need a second one..)
Cable length 0.91 / 2.1 m ( so as i understood the cable can be extended, which is super nice to switch between sitting at desktop and lying on the couch )
Driver units 60 mm with Neodymium magnets ( i've read that after 42mm drivers, sound may get a bit weird on high bass)
Frequency Range 20Hz - 20kHz ( quite typical ).
All in all, the price is very low and sounds too good to be true, considering it's a headset, not headphones, with all that "7.1" nonsense (which i read is only an advertisement move), and increadible bass? does that mean they are more focused on low's but bad at mid-high's?
Any experience on them and any thoughts?
---
The only thing that catched my eye in stores was Audio Technica AVA400 for 70 euro, they look very comfy, especially those ear pads mmmm yeah. Wonder about sound quality.. are they worth it, because quite expensive.
---
Other brands that i've read should be good, except the one above, should be AKG, BEYERDYNAMIC, CORSAIR, JBL, SENNHEISER, SONY?, STEELSERIES?, SUPERLUX to name a few. Am i right? Anything else, any suggestions/models?
---
And my last part, i would like to clarify some points:
Frequency response - higher is better right, usually they don't go below 20k, but is there a big difference, lets say 20 and 25k, and what should i look for, is 20k quite good enough or 22-25 something should be a must have to sound good/great?
If it is stated (-3db) what does that give me exactly?
Driver size - well i guess i'm going not less than 40mm, but is 60 too much?
Impendance - this is resistance or power consumption? so higher is always better? differs too much on sound quality or not?
Sensitivity - so as i understand the higher this is the better, if one headphones have 110 db and others 90, at the same volume you will hear more loudly with the 110 ones right? That should make them more louder on max volume and barely noticeable sounds should be heard more clearly/easily? Is this correct?
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Any advice is highly appreciated, sorry for the long text. Thank you.