Icemat Siberias

Vibez · 26 Nov 2006 at 04:07

Bought my white Icemat Siberia headset the other day, well impressed

They look awesome, will be great at the lans seeing as my clanmates all have/are buying white siberias, can hear everything in cs 1.6, surround sound and decent mic as well anytone here giot a pair and how do u rate em. Can't see how a headset could get any better rly and for 35 dquid delivered it's cheaper than sennheiser etc

harris1986 · 26 Nov 2006 at 12:13

prefer my steelsound 5h's

Neoni · 26 Nov 2006 at 20:04

Siberias are well good i had to gaffa mine as i stood on them still sound quality tho!

Caged · 27 Nov 2006 at 05:03

Vibez said:
Bought my white Icemat Siberia headset the other day, well impressed They look awesome, will be great at the lans seeing as my clanmates all have/are buying white siberias, can hear everything in cs 1.6, surround sound and decent mic as well anytone here giot a pair and how do u rate em. Can't see how a headset could get any better rly and for 35 dquid delivered it's cheaper than sennheiser etc

Yeah but Sennheiser stuff is actually good. Don't compare a gaming headset to proper headphones.

Greenlizard0 · 27 Nov 2006 at 15:35

Caged said:
Yeah but Sennheiser stuff is actually good. Don't compare a gaming headset to proper headphones.

Totally quoted for truth.

Have a pair of Beyerdyknamic DT 770 Pro's. Wicked cans..

R B Customs · 27 Nov 2006 at 18:36

greenlizard0 said:
Totally quoted for truth.

Have a pair of Beyerdyknamic DT 770 Pro's. Wicked cans..

ditto
and ditto
ive got Beyer DT770/80's too
i run them straight from my X-fi - no amp. theyre loud enough for sure ! ( plus my amps a bit crap for headphoens

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they're just like one big eargasm.
ive heard most of the 'gaming headsets' including the terrible medusa and theyre just rubbish IMO.

for Gaming you need high quality cans, with a nice big soundstage, and preferably closed to provide better sound isolation if your goign to noisy lan parties.
i use CMSS-3D too which is IMO brilliant for games but crap with music.

Dev2 · 28 Nov 2006 at 01:39

Yeah but Sennheiser stuff is actually good. Don't compare a gaming headset to proper headphones.

Depends on the model of Sennheiser. I had a pair of Sennheiser P130s and there were dire compared to my Icemat Siberias. You pay for what you get most of the time. In saying that I'm thinking of getting a set of Bose Triports.

Caged · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:13

Dev2 said:
Bose

Please don't do it. The build quality alone will put you off. And that's before you've even heard them.

Dev2 · 28 Nov 2006 at 10:43

Why is people hate bose so much. I have worn them before and the sound quality was fine, I thought for the price. As well they look cool and I could where them on the bus without feeling like a tard *cough* Siberias * cough*. Can you recommend a pair with the same quality of comfort, looks, sound, and also they must be noise canceling for a similar price. £100

Dr.EM · 28 Nov 2006 at 10:59

I did see someone on the bus with those once. I looked them up to see if they were noise cancelling, you say they are so ok. But I noticed looking them up "the phones use 3 drivers for high, mid and low frequencies". This seems bizarre since crossovers are generally undesireable and with headphones a full frequency band can be covered with a single driver easily (not many speakers can do this, but a lot of fanatics say the ones that can sound much more coherant by not using crossovers). Just struck me as odd, sort of using technology for the sake of it. A single wide range driver would procude better sound.

Anyhow, I don't really know any alternatives since they are noise cancelling and that isn't especially common. So long as you like them you may as well get them.