£150 budget for headphones, competitive FPS as well as single player

beasty6 · 30 Nov 2021 at 10:07

Hey all,

Got my creative G6 today, and looking to get some headphones to pair, got a budget of £150.

Been looking on the rainforest and found the following that I would like some input on.

DT 770 pro 250ohm £108
DT 880 pro 250ohm £155
DT 990 pro 250ohm £140
Philips Fidelio X2HR £125

Not sure what else to look at really.
I do like my story games, tomb raider, horizon zero dawn, assassin's creed etc
But do mostly play FPS
I'm used to using Logitech G Pro X with surround on

Thanks

Mickcas · 30 Nov 2021 at 10:35

AKG K702 seem to always be the goto at that price point.
Had mine for a few years and can't fault them. Soundstage for competitive is great

beasty6 · 30 Nov 2021 at 11:53

Mickcas said:
AKG K702 seem to always be the goto at that price point.
Had mine for a few years and can't fault them. Soundstage for competitive is great

I'll check them out cheers.
The bass in my G Pro X are fine, so not looking for ear shaking stuff, I use the fabric cups so not completely isolated either.

Guest2 · 30 Nov 2021 at 13:02

Do you already have a mic or need to fit the mic to headphones? E.g. vmoda boom pro, modmic

beasty6 · 30 Nov 2021 at 13:04

Guest2 said:
Do you already have a mic or need to fit the mic to headphones? E.g. vmoda boom pro, modmic

I already have a mic, currently got a razer seiren mini but upgrading to a elgato wave 3 soon.

I also stream, not sure if that would make any difference or not, I'm not able to listen to myself to know how I sound on mic at the moment tho, which I would like to do

Guest2 · 30 Nov 2021 at 13:29

beasty6 said:
I already have a mic, currently got a razer seiren mini but upgrading to a elgato wave 3 soon.

I also stream, not sure if that would make any difference or not, I'm not able to listen to myself to know how I sound on mic at the moment tho, which I would like to do

G6 has mic monitoring. That’ll cover that

Loads of other mic features too.
I used the vmoda boom pro with AKG 702s and now the DT1770s. You’ll need a mini xlr to 3.5mm female adapter though. £20 including p&p & vat. Mines Rean

beasty6 · 30 Nov 2021 at 13:41

Guest2 said:
G6 has mic monitoring. That’ll cover that
Loads of other mic features too.
I used the vmoda boom pro with AKG 702s and now the DT1770s. You’ll need a mini xlr to 3.5mm female adapter though. £20 including p&p & vat. Mines Rean

Would I need that adapter for my G6?

beasty6 · 30 Nov 2021 at 13:45

Guest2 said:
G6 has mic monitoring. That’ll cover that
Loads of other mic features too.
I used the vmoda boom pro with AKG 702s and now the DT1770s. You’ll need a mini xlr to 3.5mm female adapter though. £20 including p&p & vat. Mines Rean

Saying that, I'm sure the wave 3 is a USB mic, that has a 3.5 jack port to monitor yourself, could be wrong however

Guest2 · 30 Nov 2021 at 14:41

beasty6 said:
Would I need that adapter for my G6?

If you bought headphones with a mini xlr connection (like akg702) and wanted to connect a 3.5mm mic, yes. Otherwise no

EsaT · 30 Nov 2021 at 15:02

beasty6 said:
The bass in my G Pro X are fine, so not looking for ear shaking stuff, I use the fabric cups so not completely isolated either.

Closed ear cup makes the majority of sound isolation.
With open headphones you basically hear most noises of environment completely normally, unless listening something loud enough.

beasty6 said:
I already have a mic, currently got a razer seiren mini but upgrading to a elgato wave 3 soon.

I also stream, not sure if that would make any difference or not, I'm not able to listen to myself to know how I sound on mic at the moment tho, which I would like to do

Windows has also option to listen input devices when opening Recording devices and then properties of wanted device.