Headset slim head

pthomas2013 · 5 Jan 2018 at 15:13

Hi All,

I need someone advice off someone. I had the Razer Kraken before which use to slip off my head and just purchased the Corsair Wireless PRO RGB which soon as I move my head it slips off. I am tall but long slim face.

Does anyone know of any headsets which might be better for slim faces?

EsaT · 5 Jan 2018 at 18:47

First of all unless actually needing microphone I would recommend forgetting that word headset.
In normal headphones you can get lot more sound quality for the price.
And there are ways to add mic to normal proper sound quality headphones.

Fancy colours and lights should tell sound quality is for maker as important as honesty to politicians.

What kind budget you have?

And do you have noisy or quiet environment?

pthomas2013 · 5 Jan 2018 at 19:04

I have £200 and its a quiet environment

Hedge · 5 Jan 2018 at 23:40

Get some Sennheiser Hd599s and a Modmic.

EsaT · 6 Jan 2018 at 12:35

pthomas2013 said:
I have £200 and its a quiet environment

Do you want above neutral bass for good "fun factor"/immersion or neutral bass for maximum "competitiveness" in distinguishing foot steps?

Beyerdynamic has very good adjustment in head band so Beyerdynamic DT990 would be good for that fun bass...
Without sacrificing that much from competitiveness unlike cheap bass heavy headphones and especially closed gaming garbages do.
Looking UK pricing you could also start fitting ModMic into that budget if you need microphone.
(Beyer's design is also easy to DIY mic mod)
With narrow head if wanting little more clamping force DT990 Pro meant for studio (coiled cable) is available for fair £100.

AKG has even better binaural soundstage "cans"/headphones, but would definitely recommend trying AKGs before hand:
That head band's "automatic adjustment" could have problems in keeping ear cups from slipping down.

Soundwise HD595 and its successor HD598 are very good for gaming.
Binaural soundstage is similar to DT990 but neutral bass makes foot steps and such more obvious.
But durability of mechanical design of this millennium's HD5xx Sennheisers isn't impressive.
While old design HD590 survived nearly ten years HD595's fashion design started decaying from weak spot after 2½ years.
And that cracking has happened all around HD5xx line up using that design.

Hedge said:
Get some Sennheiser Hd599s and a Modmic.

HD599 apparently has more compact/"intimate" soundstage than HD598 (which is still in line up) so it wouldn't be as good for gaming:
https://homestudiobasics.com/hd-598-vs-hd-599-an-upgrade/
Gaming immersion is simply sucker for big soundstage.