Gaming headphones

ThomBassmonkey said:
Agreed. When you think that your ears are basically microphones, you can only hear stereo sound. You can tell if sounds are in front or behind you by moving your head, that's why 5.1 surround works in speakers. If the speakers move with your head, it's a bit pointless.
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Well, how you're ears interpret directional sound isn't just by moving your head.

Each ear hears sounds at different volumes and slightly out of phase, allowing the brain to work out the direction it comes from. Tech like Dolby Headphone and CMSS 3D work by emulating these differences in pitch and volume.
 
orderoftheflame said:
Well, how you're ears interpret directional sound isn't just by moving your head.

Each ear hears sounds at different volumes and slightly out of phase, allowing the brain to work out the direction it comes from. Tech like Dolby Headphone and CMSS 3D work by emulating these differences in pitch and volume.
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Each ear might hear slightly differently, but each one will be consistent. The speakers in true 5.1 headsets are so close to your ears and each other, it negates the very slight difference in sound coming from behind your ears.
 
Personal preference, but I've found the Zalman/Speedlink clip-on mics to be poor. The logitech desk one too. They all seem to pick up too much background noise, or be too quiet.

ModMic seems to be the best compromise.
 
I use a Logitech USB desk mic and would thoroughly recommend it. I also have 595's, and use them with a Xonar DG. Ideally, I would have gone with a D2 or Essence, but couldn't really afford it at the time. The DG (at 20 quid or whatever) is very good value and has Dolby Headphone, as someone mentioned, to emulate surround.
 
wyrd said:
I use a Logitech USB desk mic and would thoroughly recommend it. I also have 595's, and use them with a Xonar DG. Ideally, I would have gone with a D2 or Essence, but couldn't really afford it at the time. The DG (at 20 quid or whatever) is very good value and has Dolby Headphone, as someone mentioned, to emulate surround.
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I think the DG is absolutely fine for gaming, the essence is great and I think it's the best bit of my setup, but absolute overkill if you are just going to be hearing explosions and screaming. If someone was planning listening to shacks of music through high end headphones, it absolutely pays for itself in joy. But gulf of difference in price is hard to look past. The DG is ridiculous cheap given the features it has. Even if you got a taste for something better, you wouldn't be crying about upgrading over a £23 card.
 
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Cutshaw said:
I think the DG is absolutely fine for gaming, the essence is great and I think it's the best bit of my setup, but absolute overkill if you are just going to be hearing explosions and screaming. If someone was planning listening to shacks of music through high end headphones, it absolutely pays for itself in joy.

But gulf of difference in price is hard to look past. The DG is ridiculous cheap given the features it has. Even if you got a taste for something better, you wouldn't be crying about upgrading over a £23 card.
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Absolutely. Currently (for music), I have my amp and speakers connected to the DG via a 3.5mm - RCA cable and it sounds pretty good.
 
My vote is for the Roccat Kaves, had mine for ages and theyre great. Ive always favoured multi audio jacks into your soundcard than USB and drivers etc. The Kaves do have a USB connector but only for power and control of the volume thingy. Theyre 5.1, have a mic and are really comfy to wear, some people say they are too heavy but they sit nicely on my noggin.

The volume 'thingy' lets you change the master volume or the channel volumes so you can do it on the fly when in a game, you can alter the volume on the centre, front, rear and sub channels. Theres also a mute button and a mic mute button.

I love them, wouldnt go back to speakers.
 
Astro A40s are probably the only gaming brand I'd ever buy if I wanted a gaming headset. They only use Astros at MLG LANs.

If you wanted a non-gaming brand I'd go for sennheiser.
 
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