[paulguru]

What is better headphone for competitive FPS gaming between these :

Fidelio X2
Sennheiser 598
Sennheiser HD600
HIFIMAN HE300

 

[vmirjamali]

The hd598 and the X1 (similiar to the x2) would amazingly for FPS gaming, you can hear the detail. With that said it's more overkill to be honest. You'd probably be just as fine with the lower end HDs like the 439's.

 

[colinallcarz]

I've used the 598 and X2 (plus the PS Gold and numerous Turtle Beach sets) and prefer the X2. The sound is more robust and "fun."

 

[Walderstorn]

I have the 600, the 598 and had the x2, 598 is the best.

 

[vmirjamali]

Any reason why you guys prefer the hd598's over the x2's or x1's? The X1's have much better bass response than the hd598's, so wouldnt that make it more fun?

 

[McGoniggle]

He said competitive, not fun. Less bass is better for competitive, since it means gunfire and explosions won't mask footsteps too much.
 
That said, I like the X2 much better than the 598. At least for CS:GO, there's a distance cutoff for footsteps (unlike 1.6 where you could hear someone in T spawn from CT spawn on any map) and either of the two will allow you to hear well within that distance cutoff. I've been using the X2 for a good while now for several FPS (CS:GO, Battlefield 4, Planetside 2) and never felt the 598 gave me an advantage. I never used my HD600 for gaming when I had it, but I doubt it's much different.

 

[rockyzz]

a bit of necro here but... 558/598 at their price point are the best headphones soundstage wise for fps games, if you are willing to pay more however AD700X, K701, K702 and Q701 are most certainly the very best headphones for fps gaming whatsoever.
 
 since most people caring about soundstage in fps games etc are people who play CSGO, as there isn't really much other main-fps competitive games currently played at toppest of levels, i can tell you that it won't matter much between something such as hyperx cloud or even ****ty siberia headsets and K701 due to CSGO's sound being completely ****, just choose whatever you want that has some good soundstage, HD 600 works great aswell, not as good as other but it doesn't matter at all in CSGO, I use HD 600 myself