Astro's

snappyfish · 5 Mar 2016 at 14:16

Been looking at various headsets. Mainly for gaming any thoughts on the ones below?

I'm currently borrowing a pair of Astro A40's with Mixamp pro but still cant decide :confused:

Hyper X Clouds ll
AKG's 702 with Mod mic £150
Atro A40's £129.99 + Mix amp (grey / orange ones 2015)
Philips X2 Fidelio with Mod mic £194.95

snappyfish · 8 Mar 2016 at 12:20

Kanifee said:
What games do you play and what role do you want the phones to fulfill? i use akg q701 for cs:go, they for me are king of soundstage and positional awareness of your surroundings but be aware that while you can drive them from your soundcard, to drive the akg 7's fully and get the most form them and produce a decent crisp if light bass you will need a amp. the philips fidelio (i owned the x1) are punchy and fun, immersive and easily driven, the astros..... no. no point when listing them with cans of this quality. the hyper x i cannot comment on though they do get good reviews.

Personally i feel the akg + mod mic is about the best you can get for a gaming purpose if competitive fps is your goal, x2 should be good for a rich immersive can.

So I purchased and tried the Astro A40's and the mic does not work, moving it up and down it crackles so returning them today.

Think I am going to get the AGK 702's (£126.95) and mod mic whichever is recommended?

snappyfish · 8 Mar 2016 at 17:06

Kanifee said:
Aslong as you are aware of the sound signature I don't think you would be disappointed, they are a very neutral headphone and can appear very bass light if you do not like that type of sound. I do love mine though.

Well I want to get back into fps games, where hearing footsteps and subtle sounds is good advantage.

I used to love splinter cell chaos theory and the current blacklist. Currently playing squad and going to buy the division.

How would these AKG's fair up in those types of games?

snappyfish · 8 Mar 2016 at 18:17

Marsman said:
You'd can't do better than the K702 for FPS gaming. They need a decent amp though and you'll likely need a sound card for Dolby Headphone or similar surround headphone effect.

I thought the whole Dolby 5.1 thing is a gimmick in headphones?

snappyfish · 9 Mar 2016 at 11:18

Marsman said:
Depends who you ask really. I think the whole multi driver so called 5.1 headset design, such as Roccat Kave, is more of a gimmick. Dolby Headphone can work quite well, but again, it depends on who you ask. Some people wouldn't game without it, while others find it's really not necessary.

I mentioned getting a sound card for Dolby Headphone, because you bought the Astro's, which use Dolby Headphone. I thought you probably went for those because of that reason.

Purchased the Astro A40+mixamp from Argos, cheap @ £129.99 although they are faulty, so took them back.

Think I might get AKG's 702 from what I read everywhere they are a much better sound over general "gaming" headsets.