Headphones (and soundcard?) for Movies & Gaming

dellboyant

dellboyant

dellboyant

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Hey, I'm looking into getting some decent headphones to beef up my movie experience and also for when I play games....and music of course. Looking around I've gathered I'm going to need to upgrade my crappy onboard card as well.

I have a budget of around 100-120 quid overall, (am a student :p) and would be great to have surround sound on them! (I do like things loud :) )

Never really owned decent headphones so would be very grateful to hear where I should start looking.

Cheers.
 
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Wouldn't count on that, I saw a thread where someone posted a link to some Sony headphones on a competitors site, phones that OCUK do not sell. They were promptly told to remove it.
 
As per Gimpy's post, you can't do much better. You can pick up Seinhesser HD555 for £50 2nd hand and they are worth considering.

Major question though, how important is sound leakage? Both the HD555 and DR150 are open headphones and I had to sell my DR150 and buy the closed NS1000 as they were too loud for my gf in the sitting room where my computer is.

The NS1000 has noise cancellation which is great as well.
 
Greebo said:
As per Gimpy's post, you can't do much better. You can pick up Seinhesser HD555 for £50 2nd hand and they are worth considering.

Major question though, how important is sound leakage? Both the HD555 and DR150 are open headphones and I had to sell my DR150 and buy the closed NS1000 as they were too loud for my gf in the sitting room where my computer is.

The NS1000 has noise cancellation which is great as well.
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How do you find the comfort of the NS1000's? Heard they can be uncomfortable due to the size, as was thinking of getting some DR150's togo with my D2X but the openess concerns me.

Also how well do the NS1000's NC work? Wasn't that fussed on it, but given the price then it could be of use if it's half decent - sit by a window overlooking a busy road, and computer fans make quite a bit of noise. Looking for speaker replacements rather than late night stuff so sound quality and comfort have to be up there..

Soz to hi-jack the post, also I'd recommend the Xonar range, my D2X has been absolutely brilliant and Dolby Headphone is great.
 
Comfort is fine. It might be an issue if you have large ears!

The NC works really well. Switched on and no sound playing and it cuts out all the pc noise and most of the tv.

In fact when my gf talks to me I can't hear her!

For the current price of £50 compared to some places doing them for £150 they are a bargain.

Nice travel case with numerous adaptors including airplane ones is a nice bonus as well.
 
As I mentioned in another thread:

Grado SR-60. Mine were £60. They are award winning, and sub-£100 these simply cannot be beaten - I have heard a lot of headphones.

After SR-60, the SR-80 and 125s are excellent, but cost more.

Finally, my current preference are Beyer Dynamic DT-150s. These are big studio headphones, I got mine for £105 and they are STUNNING. Industry standard. If you want perfect clarity these are the ones to buy. They are the most comfortable headphone that I have ever worn too. Every part is modular to make replacement easy.

Just worth a note that the Sonic Arts Research Centre lecturers all recommend the Grados for listening/composing. They are incredible.
 
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