open back for fps gaming

Ryanr1987 · 25 May 2020 at 18:11

mellow yellow said:
Cheers mate, will do, the e10k is a good price so I'll start there. The second hand value of them seems pretty decent so I won't lose much if I need to upgrade. I'm a sucker for a bargain and new stuff so it will likely be changed in the future anyway.

No worries. As you get deeper into this, you'll start to discover what you what or you might just stop there. High end headphones is always a rabbit hole so enjoy what you have for a while.

rG-tom · 26 May 2020 at 03:36

mellow yellow said:
Thanks for that, I've just tried the sbx software and you can select other devices but it only picks up devices plugged into the soundcard as far as I can see anyway.

I've put myself on the list for the b stock g6 so I should get notified. But I can see myself being impatient and paying full whack. But then I see the X3 is a similar price if I'm looking at spending a little more. More googling required I think.

Marsman said:
Oh, didn't realise you could have a notification when B grade stock becomes available. Better than it becoming available and missing it.

X3 is a good sound card, but not up to the G6 quality in terms of amp etc. I'm not sure how good the one in the X3 is.

It's back in stock

mellow yellow · 26 May 2020 at 08:48

Soundblasterx g6 b stock are back in on the site, I have ordered one to try against the e10k and see who wins.

mellow yellow · 26 May 2020 at 08:49

Edit, beat me to it tom. I woke up to an email this morning so ordered 1st thing.

Marsman · 26 May 2020 at 10:34

Well that was quicker than I expected.

mellow yellow · 26 May 2020 at 10:48

Marsman said:
Well that was quicker than I expected.

Yeah not sure if that is a good thing, I expect the b stock is returns but maybe just stock with damaged packaging. I'll post up a review here anyway.

Marsman · 26 May 2020 at 10:59

Could be either; but esat, who bought a B grade G6 recently, said it was like new, just a battered box.

rG-tom · 26 May 2020 at 14:24

Marsman said:
Could be either; but esat, who bought a B grade G6 recently, said it was like new, just a battered box.

Given it and the full price non-b-stock came in stock at the same time, I'm hoping it is just boxes that were damaged in transit

Makes the most sense to me.

Hades · 28 May 2020 at 00:04

Sennheiser HD 598's here. I utterly love them and have run open back Sennheisers for gaming for about 12 years now.

rG-tom · 28 May 2020 at 14:27

IT says refurbished on the sticker, not a mark on it or the box

Very happy!

mellow yellow · 28 May 2020 at 14:30

Same here dude, mine arrived earlier so I've been busy messing with settings. Tarkov is just updating as well so all good timing.
Mine looks mint and makes a hell of a difference.
I've just had a mess about on Spotify so far but it's night and day to my old soundcard and headphone set up.
I'll be gaming all night testing them out.

xtal191 · 28 May 2020 at 23:31

Hades said:
Sennheiser HD 598's here. I utterly love them and have run open back Sennheisers for gaming for about 12 years now.

Same here, do you bother with an amp?