Headphones / Headsets Discussion

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A general discussion on those devices we put on our heads to drown out the nagging...I mean for better sound quality :P

I've been using the SteelSeries Siberia V2's steelseries.com/... for ages now and I'll be hanging on to them because they do a good job.

17/05/2011

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W84NO1

Skarteh said:
W84NO1 said: Nothing beats my pair of "Tritton AX PRO's"
www.trittonusa.com/...

Haha you wanna bet

How so?

I've tried most of the latest Turtle Beach, Logitech and other headset but from my expirence the Tritton AX PRO's take the cake "imo" :P

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W84NO1 said:

Skarteh said:

W84NO1 said: Nothing beats my pair of "Tritton AX PRO's"
www.trittonusa.com/...

Haha you wanna bet

How so?

Astro > Triton > TurtleBeach in terms of 10yrold Console Fag Headsets. Real men use real headsets [MOG]

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Skarteh

W84NO1 said:
Skarteh said:
W84NO1 said: Nothing beats my pair of "Tritton AX PRO's"
www.trittonusa.com/...

Haha you wanna bet

How so?
I've tried most of the latest Turtle Beach, Logitech and other headset but from my expirence the Tritton AX PRO's take the cake "imo"

I dunno if beating other headsets are really an achievement :P You could save money and get AD700's and do that. I thought you meant they were good period.

You tried the Roccat Kave's? They're about as a good a headset as I've heard. They shit on Logitechs, Razers and Plantronics if that is supposed to be a measure of quality.

EDIT: My new babies *_*

Saving up for that amp now too (love)

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Silence

Hey Skart, you like SSDs, right?
Some guy on the MacRumors forum swapped out his iPod Video's HDD for a 240GB SSD.

Lossless audio, huge capacity and energy efficient SSD. Someone else did it with a 128GB SSD and clocked nearly 40 hours of playback at full volume.

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W84NO1

Skarteh said:
I dunno if beating other headsets are really an achievement You could save money and get AD700's and do that. I thought you meant they were good period.
You tried the Roccat Kave's? They're about as a good a headset as I've heard. They shit on Logitechs, Razers and Plantronics if that is supposed to be a measure of quality.

lol fair enough, Was comparing them not only for actual quality of the headset its self but also the sound, Unlike the other these have 4 drivers in each cup which you instant notice in the crispness and head ratling bass [MOG]
And when watching blu-rays i feal like i'm at the movies or have a proper home theater setup ;)

Even tho in the passed they did have afew issues with the quality of there headset but since then they have stepped up alot and as for customer service there not bad, For example i was connecting up one day and didnt aline the connection up properly which then resaulted in one of the pins snaping off [Rage] so i got in contact with Tritton USA and they happly sent me out a replacement pair for no cost :D which was pretty good of them and they sent them via FEDEX which means it only took 4-5 days to arrive from the US and i didnt even have to send out my broken pair.

Only kinda annoying thing is at the amount of cables an connection it has, i allready have wires and cable running everywhere plus these makes my gamming are look even more messy -_-

At the time had to order them from the US and costed $250 but you can now pickup a pair from www.pccasegear.com/... for about $225

tbh i didnt know Roccat made headphones not that i have really bought any of there products, And from what i've heard most RAZER products lack quality and them playtronics just feal cheap "imo"

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Skarteh

Yeah the Kaves were good with movies too. And some games like BC2. Just hate how headsets have such fake sound. I'm not a huge fan of neutral cans or anything, but there is a line.

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W84NO1

gamework review www.gamerwok.com/...

Thier was a 3way showdown between Trittons-Astro's and Turle beach but couldnt find the exact one i had viewd months ago. But finally verdict was overal Trittons then Astro's then Turtle beach which atm are currently the most popular console headsets available.

Tritton vs Astro's
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deicide

the kaves are great. i just keep pissing skarteh off by not returning them. I package them up for sending and then i unpack them because i miss the sound :'@

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Doyl

Those are all so expensive for what you get :S

Also, having more drivers in one can does not produce better and more bass, I'm fact the opposite.
Bass needs bigger drivers whereas mids and highs, not so much.

I can absolutely guarantee you that if you tried out a proper set of ATs or similar you would actually wonder how you have lived without it for so long.
Couple them with a sound card and an amp and it will be the same situation again.

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W84NO1

Even tho this being in the PC Thread i should state that my Headphone experience has mainly been with console headsets, Which my "Trittons AX PRO's" are optimized for consoles!
But u can use them with PC after you fiddle with all the cables and what not.

I'm not to sure how much different PC and console heaphones are and the difference in sound quality bcoz with PC's it depends on what sound card you have right??

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Silence said: Hey Skart, you like SSDs, right?
Some guy on the MacRumors forum swapped out his iPod Video's HDD for a 240GB SSD.
Lossless audio, huge capacity and energy efficient SSD. Someone else did it with a 128GB SSD and clocked nearly 40 hours of playback at full volume.

whats ur username there? (evil)

18/05/2011

You need some brain cells. Suck them out of Malaka.

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Silence

malaka said: whats ur username there?

Dunno, I haven't logged in in years

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Skarteh

How did he fit an ssd in

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Desi

Skarteh said: How did he fit an ssd in

I think by SSD they actually mean CF card.

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Desi said:
Skarteh said: How did he fit an ssd in

I think by SSD they actually mean CF card.

240GB flash card? 240GB is a sandforce or Marvell size.

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Doyl

How is a headset optimised for console?
Does that mean it had that little 2.5mm microphone jack to plug into the controller mic port?

Yes on a pc your sound quality will vary depending on the hardware, but its the exact same for a console.
If you plug your headphones directly into the sound out the quality won't be as good compared to if you run it through an amplified source first (such as your home theatre receiver or amp). Doing so gives you a much greater control over all aspects of the sound you will hear.

Skarteh said: How did he fit an ssd in

Yeah I'm having trouble understanding that post at all :S

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Silence

Skarteh said: How did he fit an ssd in

1.8" SSD

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Heller

@Skarteh - Exactly! Don't listen to what other people think. Everyone has a different range in their hearing, so what sounds good to one person won't sound as good to another. I have pretty bad hearing; touring the country with a band and never wearing ear plugs tend to do that to you haha!

I was going to get some other headphones before the Siberias but I decided to try some out. My friend had the V2's and I thought they were kick ass, especially compared to the Turtlebeach headset I had tried before that.

Definitely listen before you buy (if you have the chance) but I'd have to say the Siberia's have a good reputation and I can see why :)

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Skarteh

Silence said:
Skarteh said: How did he fit an ssd in

1.8" SSD

Those are bloody rare :S still surprised it has room. They're normally tiny...

18/05/2011

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Guyver

How much of a difference will that headphone amp make?

19/05/2011

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chucky110

Just bought myself a pair of Ultimate Ears 700. A nice change from the Apple In-ear. Logitech shop had them on sale so thought why not

19/05/2011

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Skarteh

Guyver said: How much of a difference will that headphone amp make?

For my headphones it will make a lot. The amp in my Xonar is not powerful enough to drive them, nor is the Audioengine N22. That Burson AMP is supposed to make the godly [Shifty]

But I can't buy it this pay. Didn't save enough last pay!

19/05/2011

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Doyl

Skarteh said:For my headphones it will make a lot. The amp in my Xonar is not powerful enough to drive them,

You know someone willing to take it off your hands at least.

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Skarteh

DoYL said:
Skarteh said:For my headphones it will make a lot. The amp in my Xonar is not powerful enough to drive them,

You know someone willing to take it off your hands at least.

Then how would I get the sound from my computer to the AMP :P

I love my Xonar dude I won't part with it until I update it! Besides I need something for my speakers. Headphone amp is only for headphones!

One thing I'm unsure of; can I use the Headphone AMP on Xonar to connect to the Burson dedicated AMP or would it damage it [Shifty] Pretty sure I can turn off the amplification so I guess so!?

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