need to replace my Corsair Gaming H2100's but with what?

[Randall8686]

So they broke (nothing new for corsair) but i found them comfortable for my head and ears and the directional sound was good or at least to me it was. I love wireless headphones and dont think i could go back to wired. the simplistic USB stick is great.

Question is what do i replace them with. I play mainly First person shooters PubG etc so directional sound is more important to me than "epic bass"

Budget well i dont really have one but £150 is OK could push to £200 if needed but i think its criminal to spend more on a headset as i dont personally appreciate it.

 

[EsaT]

Yeah, agree about it being criminal to pay even £150 for something whose actual quality would be more fit for £50.
But that's why everyone and their pet dog have been starting gaming product brands in past ten years...
With built in fixed battery for planned failing or proprietary battery giving nice automatic cash cow in wireless fashion stuff.

I mean absolute top level wired open headphones from actual audio maker for picking game environment from sounds cost £110.
Though neutral bass is little bit "thin" on fun and there are others for more balance between good details and fun.

Anywy first do you actually need microphone?
And do you have noisy or quiet environment?

 

[Randall8686]

Yeah, agree about it being criminal to pay even £150 for something whose actual quality would be more fit for £50.
But that's why everyone and their pet dog have been starting gaming product brands in past ten years...
With built in fixed battery for planned failing or proprietary battery giving nice automatic cash cow in wireless fashion stuff.

I mean absolute top level wired open headphones from actual audio maker for picking game environment from sounds cost £110.
Though neutral bass is little bit "thin" on fun and there are others for more balance between good details and fun.

Anywy first do you actually need microphone?
And do you have noisy or quiet environment?

I know what you mean. I need a mic yes, I only play multiplayer and always on the ocuk discord so don’t want everyone complaining they sound bad.

I’m in a quiet environment. Noisest part of the room is my GPU. I know wireless is not ideal but it’s so handy.

I have found a set of ASTRO A50 wireless headphones for £130?

Battery wise I’m an electronic engineer so even my Corsair headset with non replaceable battery had a replacement with 4 times the capacity and changed the charge circuit so it charged in about 35/40 mins from flat.

I would appreciate any good advice though but mic built in makes sense for gaming for me.

 

[PapaLazaru]

Sennheiser 373D. USB, built in mic and is actually good for a 'gaming' headset, Sennheiser are one of the best headphone manufacturers Inthe world.

 

[EsaT]

I have found a set of ASTRO A50 wireless headphones for £130?

Wouldn't trust any gaming brand to have sound quality anywhere near price.
And certainly wouldn't trust any bundled USB sounds cards to be better than lower end Realteks.
Huge profit margins for cheap trinket manufacturing is what's drawn in all these new brands of last ten years.

Sennheiser RS-models are one of the few wireless headphones I would trust to have quality.
Though price goes fast high even for closed models compared to at what price you'll get excellent for gaming open headphones.
And I mean headphones capable to giving also feel of distance with binaural sound.

...than "epic bass"

If H2100 is wireless version of H1500 it doesn't have much of bass.
Though major deficiencies in mids and treble just would make it feel like having bass:
https://uk.hardware.info/reviews/60...gher-quality-testresults---frequency-response
Don't know about you, but engineer inside me wouldn't be surprised to find roller coaster's loop from those curves.
That's the "quality" gaming brands give...

 

[Randall8686]

Wouldn't trust any gaming brand to have sound quality anywhere near price.
And certainly wouldn't trust any bundled USB sounds cards to be better than lower end Realteks.
Huge profit margins for cheap trinket manufacturing is what's drawn in all these new brands of last ten years.

Sennheiser RS-models are one of the few wireless headphones I would trust to have quality.
Though price goes fast high even for closed models compared to at what price you'll get excellent for gaming open headphones.
And I mean headphones capable to giving also feel of distance with binaural sound.



If H2100 is wireless version of H1500 it doesn't have much of bass.
Though major deficiencies in mids and treble just would make it feel like having bass:
https://uk.hardware.info/reviews/60...gher-quality-testresults---frequency-response
Don't know about you, but engineer inside me wouldn't be surprised to find roller coaster's loop from those curves.
That's the "quality" gaming brands give...

thanks for all the advice ! some real food for thought there. shame that the "gaming" headsets are such poor hardware as they have some really neat features. I will look at the Sennheisers

 

[EsaT]

I will look at the Sennheisers

Those also use AAA Eneloops, so no need to scour the internet for finding replacement batteries.
Pricing is just nasty thing.
During line up updates Sennheiser has moved open model notably up in price and closed models might be lot behind in gaming capability.

Same signal can either give very good feeling sense of directionality and even distance, or sound like having head in bucket under water.
Didn't even know there could be that bad sound until having chance to test Turd Beach Z60, whose frequency response isn't among the worst.