Hi all,
Fancy replacing my headset. I'm currently on Sennheiser PC161's I think, I absolutely LOVE them, but they are mega old now, the ear pads have pretty much worn out and they look tired and need replacing.
The only thing I really don't like about this headset, is that they are very open backed, I can hear EVERYTHING in a room I'm in as well as the game. This was a deliberate decision when my kids were so young that I needed to hear them if they cried etc, before they would just come get me if they need me.
Those times are gone and these headphones are terrible in LAN environements. Last time I went to a LAN event I spent most of the time with a headache because the room is SO loud and I had to have my headphones loud just to hear anything in game.
It wasn't until the last day that I decided to wear my Monster Turbines under these just to get a little bit more sound isolation. That was better, but still not ideal so I'm looking to get something that is.
I mainly play FPS games so positional audio is very important to me.
I won't ever use the for Music (unless they are amazing) as I have a set of Technics RP-DJ1200's I can use for that, they are old too, but I love them
I won't use them for gaming because they get hot to wear after a while.
So yeah that's where I'm at and the budget is up to £250.
Any suggestions please?
I'd looked at the Game ZERO's by Sennheiser, but I'm not sure I want leather ear pads, I REALLY like the velour pads on my current Sennheisers. I'm on voice comms all the time so a good Mic is a must, whether it's attached or not.
Cheers,
Alex
Fancy replacing my headset. I'm currently on Sennheiser PC161's I think, I absolutely LOVE them, but they are mega old now, the ear pads have pretty much worn out and they look tired and need replacing.
The only thing I really don't like about this headset, is that they are very open backed, I can hear EVERYTHING in a room I'm in as well as the game. This was a deliberate decision when my kids were so young that I needed to hear them if they cried etc, before they would just come get me if they need me.
Those times are gone and these headphones are terrible in LAN environements. Last time I went to a LAN event I spent most of the time with a headache because the room is SO loud and I had to have my headphones loud just to hear anything in game.
It wasn't until the last day that I decided to wear my Monster Turbines under these just to get a little bit more sound isolation. That was better, but still not ideal so I'm looking to get something that is.
I mainly play FPS games so positional audio is very important to me.
I won't ever use the for Music (unless they are amazing) as I have a set of Technics RP-DJ1200's I can use for that, they are old too, but I love them
I won't use them for gaming because they get hot to wear after a while.So yeah that's where I'm at and the budget is up to £250.
Any suggestions please?
I'd looked at the Game ZERO's by Sennheiser, but I'm not sure I want leather ear pads, I REALLY like the velour pads on my current Sennheisers. I'm on voice comms all the time so a good Mic is a must, whether it's attached or not.
Cheers,
Alex
