New Headphones

GoombaSauce · 1 Jul 2012 at 22:42

I am looking for some new headphones that will be very "bassy" and great for music and gaming but under £100 any ideas will be much appreciated

MikeTheNative · 1 Jul 2012 at 22:53

I bought Steel Series Siberia V2 a few months ago and are very pleased with them. At only £60 though, I imagine you could get better while staying under budget.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-030-ST

Bacon? · 1 Jul 2012 at 22:54

Sennheiser do some very good ones!

Gimli · 1 Jul 2012 at 22:57

If you wouldn't mind going £15 over your budget I'd go for the Corsair 2000, otherwise I'd go the Corsair 1500. Then again if you aren't too interested in the wireless I'd just go with the 1500 anyway.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Professional Gaming Headset £114.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £72.59
Total : £198.37 (includes shipping : £9.00).

old gamer · 2 Jul 2012 at 10:34

Yep the corair 1500's are really nice, not that bassy out of the box but having a play about with the eq settings soon sorts that out

daz · 2 Jul 2012 at 10:42

For bass in that price range, not much beats the Sony MDR-XB700s.

Yamahahahahaha · 2 Jul 2012 at 11:05

Ultrasone headphones are worth a look if you like ze bass.

Phal · 2 Jul 2012 at 12:46

Not sure why people are recommending headsets when he asked for headphones?

Marsman · 2 Jul 2012 at 13:49

Because some people have no experience with good headphones. To those people headsets sound great. Anything can sound 'good' until you have heard something better.

Kurisu Makise · 2 Jul 2012 at 15:02

daz said:
For bass in that price range, not much beats the Sony MDR-XB700s.

this

Shamrock · 2 Jul 2012 at 16:53

XB700 is rubbish for gaming though

Phal · 2 Jul 2012 at 17:28

Shamrock said:
XB700 is rubbish for gaming though

Can't just go in and fudge the EQ settings to ditch some of the bass? Or are they **** for gaming for another reason other than being too bassy?

Shamrock · 2 Jul 2012 at 18:04

I suppose you could use EQ to reduce the muddiness and Dolby Headphone may help with the congested sound stage.

Also, it depends if the OP is looking for big bassy explosions for immersion factor or positional accuracy to gain an edge in competitive online games.

The T1 is pretty good for stuff like CS.

Phal · 2 Jul 2012 at 18:08

Shamrock said:
The T1 is pretty good for stuff like CS.

My T1s are good for everything but that doesn't help the OP with the £100 limit hehe

Gimli · 2 Jul 2012 at 22:44

Phal said:
Not sure why people are recommending headsets when he asked for headphones?

I suppose you have a point, but I suppose a headset are headphones with a microphone attached? :rolleyes:

haz_pro · 2 Jul 2012 at 23:06

DrewSecrets said:
I suppose you have a point, but I suppose a headset are headphones with a microphone attached?

But headsets are generally bad quality headphones paired with a mediocre microphone.

C64 · 2 Jul 2012 at 23:08

I'd get a pair of audio technica m50 or similar

Phal · 2 Jul 2012 at 23:26

haz_pro said:
But headsets are generally bad quality headphones paired with a mediocre microphone.

I prefer to think of them as overpriced since I assume people wouldn't deliberately make bad products? hehe

titaniumx3 · 2 Jul 2012 at 23:38

If you want sound quality, in general it is best to avoid the gaming brand headsets from companies that don't really have any proper history in the audio world (e.g. razer, corsair, etc).

Unlike other PC hardware, audio quality is very subjective and as someone else stated, you simply don't realise what is 'good' sounding untill you hear something that is actually good.

GoombaSauce · 15 Jul 2012 at 22:03

I also forgot to mention the microphone needs to be of a good quality as they will be used for long periods of recording and gaming.