What gaming headphones to buy? - Page 345

I think these just came out, but does anyone know anything about these?

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921666253163

I wonder if they can be used with the MixAmp, or if its a PC only headset.

specs say dual mini plug, so they can be used with the mixamp... however they ARE sony, and just 40mm drivers... i suspect they may compare with the a40 or ax720, but not to most of the headphones many are using here.

I just did the mic mod today on my ad700. Came out pretty good. I am also burning in my k702 and awaiting the mic cable.

Very clean job. I love the cabling. Something that I just can't do.

why? its a couple bucks in wire mesh and shrink wrap.

Very easy to do. Just need some 1/4 inch techflex and some 1/2 inch (i think) 3:1 heatshrink (glue lined heatshrink recomended). It only takes maybe an 1/2 hour for a novice. Only about $12 worth of materials with the mic.

what cables did you buy to put it together?

part numbers?

nice and clean job :P

i will have my k702 unmoded for now, and the qc 15 too. just bought a clip mic in the meantime, but wanna mod it l8r (sidewayz). Maybe in christmas if CAL are still the best option for single, i will get ones and mod them :P

It is the stock cable. I just put the techflex over to tidy up the mic cable and the headphone cable. It does give it a nice custom look though.

The AD700s have a pretty good stock cable too. I wish all stock cables were that good. Probably the main thing I hate about the CALs is the flimsy and short cable they have. At least it comes with a generous extension cable.

Have to disagree with with that. The DT880's give me great positioning for FPS MP gaming. Just as good as the K601's, and better the the 595's. The only thing i feel they are lacking is in the mids somewhat.

In comparison to the K702, AD700, A40, and other headphones with good positioning, they are pretty bad. I actually think the mids are one of their strong suits though. For music at least. Though I do have the 600 ohm version, don't know how the others compare there.

I had the 32ohm which the ONE person who compared every single DT770/880/990 of the recent years say sound closest to the 600ohm version. Better than even the 250ohm. I found my 32ohm very balanced, and wasn't particularly lacking anything. However like Rage said, the rear positioning in particular was lacking quite a bit vs almost every single headphone that I liked for gaming.

Sad to hear, though I have a feeling the DT770/600 (being closed) will sound pretty fantastic for gaming. If they have the positioning and large soundstage that the DT770 Pro 80's had for a closed headphone, but with the balanced sound I hear they have, they may as well be the best gaming headphones for the price, IMHO. I simply MUST hear them. I'd like to hear the DT990/600 as well. If they're bassy but not boomy, they may be the one of the best single player cans too. I dunno, I'd like to gamble on the DT990/600 as my ONE gaming headphone for all purposes, but I'd have to wait for the E9 for amping and sell my K701 and maybe even the CAL....which I rather not risk doing...

I no longer NEED a closed headphone (my computer is outside the bedroom).

From this thread:

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/...en-dt770-dt990

...it seems the DT990/600 has the largest soundstage out of all the Beyer DTs, and has either identical or better imaging than the DT880/600 too. That sounds like a winner to me. I'd really like to try it. I liked the DT880/32's soundstage, so even more than that sounds great. I may just end up getting the DT990/600 + E9 for this holidays, and keeping my K701 for the highly competitive stuff. Dunno about the CAL...but I will miss them if I give them up.

Okay, so I've made up my mind. I'm officially buying the DT990/600 (even if the rear positioning MIGHT suck, I want them for music and single player gaming).

I'm also getting the Fiio E9 as soon as it's available (FINALLY getting an amp to power my harder to drive headphones, woot, woot).

What does this mean? It means I'm returning the Z2 to Amazon, AND SWZ is getting a pm about recabling+attaching a mic to my CAL.

Impulses ftw!

I think the funnest headphone I have used for single player games was the Headphille darth beyer v4. The guns sounded so good and it was a blast to do single player FPS with them.

wow nice job! where did you get the cable wrap? and how do you like them so far?

Not sure if this was already noted here but the new xbox dash board (beta at this time)now has separate volume controls for game sound and voice.

i have the dt880/250 and it is my LEAST favorite multiplayer can.

Yeah it seems like we all agree, except for hammer. Oh well, if he's happy with it, that's all that really matters.

If memory servs me right, aren't the Darth V4's custom DT770 Pro 80s? If so, I told y'all so. Their immersion is the very best I've ever heard. Honestly, the only reason I sold them was because I wanted a tad bit more clarity from the high end. Other than that, they rocked. I loved their thunderous bass. I'm sure the custom tweaks of the V4 made them even better.

Okay, so I 'bought' the DT990/600, but I have to wait for Amazon to have them in stock. All I have to wait for now is for the E9 to come out so I can buy it asap as well.

I'm excited to compare them to the DT880, DT770 Pros, and K701.

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So I just got my b-day present, the ax720's, but I can't use them because my spring bundle xbox 360 hdmi elite didn't come with an optical out dongle. I can't find the dongle close by tonight, and it would be a lot cheaper online with a generic one. (As a matter of fact online might be the only way I can find one.) The amp only has two inputs: one usb for ps3 and one optical for the 360 or dvd.

So I'm guessing there is no way to use these until I get the dongle with optical out?

Edit-my tv has an optical audio out. Sony says "Optical Digital Output" but no 5.1 is listed in the description. I guess I can hook it up and see what happens.

I'd advise against using the TV's optical out, as I'm
almost 100% sure you're not getting DD 5.1 from it, and it will sound noticably inferior to the 360's dongle's optical out.

Appleseed, thanks for the heads up, but I got my 8gb Fuze from Dell a while back. Been enjoying it daily.

Okay yeah right now they are through the tv as it is my only option. But it sounds pretty cool. Voice chat is way different/a lot better as well. I am looking forward to getting the dongle to experience the best that the ax720 can provide!

Yeah, I believe if you like it now, you'll love it even more with DD 5.1. I'm very happy to hear that the AX720 was well suited for your needs. ^_^

Not to say that it sounds bad with 2 channel sources, but it will sound clearer and less 'processed'.

Odd, but i guess it all depends on the shape of one's ears when using DSP. I have no issues with the 880 250ohm for rear positioning. Their positioning in all directions are spot on for me. As i've already mentioned, the mids are the only thing that is lacking imo, making it hard to make out foot steps in FPS such as Halo. Besides that, i think they sound the best overall for gaming- spacious with a lot of full, rich sound out of any of the headphones i've tried with DH. I'd like to try them with the 701/2's, but the over all sound of the 601's were too thin and from what i've heard the 701's are a lot the same in that department.

Why is that?

I see that you've acquired a lot of good gaming headphones over the past year. Would you mind ranking them for best to worst? Thanks

The DT880s are quite revealing. Don't blame them for not being able to make out footsteps in Halo. That's one of the games that doesn't do much for pinpointing such sounds.

Our issues with all DT880s is the lack of overall rear depth. The 880s expand to the sides and front well, but sound like a lot of closed headphones in that rear DEPTH is lacking. Front and Rear cues are noticably different in sound, but overall placement in quick action leaves something to be desired.

If you sit there and try analyzing exactly how far behind things sound, I think most of us will find that it sounds like it's inches behind and not obviously behind like our fave headphones. They will let you know the sound is a 'rear' sound, but when you're in the middle of intense action, you wanna be able to just easily place exactly where the sound is coming from instead of relying on the actual sound itself.

Might be hard to understand, but try putting on an IEM and game with it. You will find that the positional cues are all perfectly there, but the lack of depth may make it harder to pinpoint sounds in a sound 'field'.

I'll say it again, if the 880s had the rear depth as the K70x and AD700, they would probably be the best gaming headphone in their price range due to them having pretty much everything from bass, decent mids (could be better compared to the K70x, but I don't find it recessesed to the point of it ruining analytical gaming), and clear highs.

If people could try them out with Dolby Headphone and find the overall positioning and depth perfectly fine, then by all means, they have nothing else that will
match that kind of overall performance until you shell out quite a bit more money.

There are very very little footstep sounds in halo. It's not your headphones, they just basically don't exist. I think it's because you are in the space suit, you can't hear as well. All of the sounds are wonky because of this, actually. The sound(s) is nothing like COD.

Yeah, almost all FPS games don't exphasize important sounds like footsteps the way the CoD games do. To be honest, games that do basically gives us headphone gamers an edge over everyone else as we're completely in tune with pretty much all sounds surrounding us. Not necessarily one headphone being better than another, but just wearing headphones for gaming adds a whole new level of awareness to our gaming.