Open back or closed back headphones?

[alvarogalloway]

Hello,
I’ve been looking for a new gaming headset and I was wondering if I should get an open back or closed back headset. I have never owned a pair of open back headphones, so I have been searching around the internet to see how they differ from closed back headphones. More specifically, I have mainly been looking at the open back and closed back versions of the Epos H6Pro.

I heard that open back is better for story driven or open world games, and closed back headphones are better for competitive games..
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Does anyone have experience with the open back headphones and have any insight?

 

[Revolutions]

Use open back if you want room ambience, closed back if you don’t. I’m not a gamer, so presume that’s where the dichotomy comes from?

Unless you specifically want to hear things going on outside of the headphones, I’d recommend closed back for your purpose.

 

[cubeover]

Not sure if open-back matters for gaming. It does matter for music though. Buy open-back if you listen in your own space, nobody complains about your stuff leaking out and you do not mind surround noise come in.