Decent Headphones

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I'm after a lovely pair of headphones.

They must be good for:

Gaming and Music

& Also:

Not be massive.

I bought a pair of Philips wireless headphones a while ago - and they were absolutely rubbish. I'm not wanting to go down the wireless route again - but they were also massive. And idiotic looking. The arch on Wembley stadium springs to mind.

Preferably something 'close' fitting and semi-tidy.

I've been having a quick nosy about and viewed reviews on both the Sennheiser HD555 & Sennheiser HD515 sets - with the former seeming to be well worth the extra dosh.

I was just wondering if anyone out there has either one or even if you could recommend something different.

I'm not too hooked on Sennheiser, although I have heard a lot of good from users of their products.

The HD555 would be the tip top of any budget.

Thanks for any help.
 
I use a set of senn hd 595s which are just a posher version of the 555s build quality is excellent sound is excellent for music + games, nice and lite super aural design so they sit around the ears which is better for my stickie out ears.
Easy to drive to decent levels with a soundcard. Let them run in for a while to get the best sound out of them.
So in short get the hd555s you will be very pleased ;)
 
mattywhi said:
It just depends what shape/style of headphone u want.
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As stated, just something tidy fitting and something that does a job.

I'll have a look at those suggestions, by the way.

Cheers. :)
 
Well I got:

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition + HS600 £29.99 Gaming Headset Bundle

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Creative_Sound_Cards.html

Headphones are really good and with CMSS-3D on they are better at surround sound than my Medusa (though they were the crap/rubbish/absolute pants USB version).

I sat there for ages listening to the CMSS test. Its fun to hear the helicopter
go round you head.
 
Fanatic, I bought the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi card itself, a few weeks ago.

Brain, my issue is the 'arch' in the headphones - as opposed to the actual ear parts themselves. The Philips' ones I had, had a massive arch and they looked plain silly when you wore them.

Cheers for the suggestion though. :cool:
 
... but you're not going to be walking around in public wearing them are you? Who cares what they look like when you are sitting on front of the pc or listening to some lossless audio in your living room ;)...


(imho Sennheisers look not too bad anyway)
 
That's true I suppose - but when you pay good money, you expect a good product. That for me includes the look as well. ;)

I went for the 555's - hopefully they'll be half decent.
 
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