New high end headphone

[stefhens]

Hi,i want to buy a new headphone for my pc.I was thinking of buying the sennheiser HD800 or the beyerdynamic T1. My current setup is a xonar essence stx II soundcard with a sennheiser pc360 headset. Now would these headphones be total overkill ?Since i use them 60% for gaming,and remaining 40% is for youtube/music (mainly electronic/dance music). Or would some of you suggest something else maybe? Thank you.

 

[ID.]

Didn't like the answers you got to the exact same question in the headphone forum?

The advice is still good and you should consider taking the conversation/your search from there.

I believe it was recommended that you get something that does better bass than these two to have sufficient impact for gaming.

I personally believe that these would be complete overkill for gaming (not to mention not having a sound signature that would work very well with games) and youtube (highly revealing, slightly bright headphones + very low bitrate source is a waste, and kind of asking for trouble) and knowing how demanding the Sennheisers can be, I wouldn't be happy running it off the soundcard, but I am prejudiced against soundcards and how they are located in the (electronically) noisy insides of a computer.

 

[steve_1979]

Hi,i want to buy a new headphone for my pc.I was thinking of buying the sennheiser HD800 or the beyerdynamic T1. My current setup is a xonar essence stx II soundcard with a sennheiser pc360 headset.

I have the HD700 (which apparantly sound pretty similar to the HD800) and they are fantastic although I do find them a bit bass light unless the bass is boosted by a dB or two. They do work well for games too but only if you boost the bass. The the same goes for the T1's too.

The HD700/HD800 are fantastic with electronic dance music and IMO the HD700 are better (and cheaper) than the T1's.

 

[Thompsonuxb]

Try listening to a pair of Sennheiser 205II only 35quid or so.

You can buy six pairs for what you'll pay for the ones recommended.

They're good sounding phones for music, films and games - pretty good isolation too.

They do start out tight and can be uncomfortable if you wear glasses but do get comfortable with time.

Honestly 300quid+ , at least have a listen to these.