joomongj
Headphoneus Supremus
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This will be my 1st post here. I'm a pretty hardcore competitive FPS gamer (Crysis Wars mainly) and even though I don't play games for a living, I'm confident enough to say my skills are at least on par w/ some of the pro players around in the community. Anywayz I've been digging in this forum for a while in search of a decent headphone for the past 2 weeks or so, which I will drive it w/ my Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer Pro Series soundcard. I had originally considered alongside HD555, HD595, HD600, HD650 and narrowed it down to HD595 but AD900 came up a few times and read a lot of reviews saying it's better for gaming. So I'd like to ask your opinions on the choice of AD900 w/ the Creative soundcard. I am not sure if this combo will be a waste of money. Do I need a better soundcard to fully utilize the headset? Buying a dedicated amp is out of my budget for the time being, so I'd appreciate if you can deflect feedback in that direction. I will be upgrading from Steelseries 5H V2 headset. It cost me 140 CAD and from what I see AD900 costs around 300 +/- 20 USD after shipping, so this will be a fairly significant step-up. The primary usage will be for FPS gaming and while that won't be the only purpose, I do listen to/watch occasional music/movies like many others.
Also I can hardly find any thread on where to purchase these mid/high-end audio products. Ebay is the obvious one but I prefer not to. I'd greatly appreciate if you can list some sites that ship internationally. I did come across audiocubes, audiocubes2.com but the reviews are pretty mixed w/ most of the negative reviews noting they take forever to process the order (even up to 3 weeks).
So sum up, 2 questions basically:
1. What do you think of AD900 + Creative SC? Will it be a waste? Will I notice better sound qualities?
2. Sites that sell & ship AD900 overseas (my location: Canada) w/ good reviews that I can trust since I will be dropping a fair amount of cash on this purchase anyway.
Thanks a lot.
Also I can hardly find any thread on where to purchase these mid/high-end audio products. Ebay is the obvious one but I prefer not to. I'd greatly appreciate if you can list some sites that ship internationally. I did come across audiocubes, audiocubes2.com but the reviews are pretty mixed w/ most of the negative reviews noting they take forever to process the order (even up to 3 weeks).
So sum up, 2 questions basically:
1. What do you think of AD900 + Creative SC? Will it be a waste? Will I notice better sound qualities?
2. Sites that sell & ship AD900 overseas (my location: Canada) w/ good reviews that I can trust since I will be dropping a fair amount of cash on this purchase anyway.
Thanks a lot.