Open or closed headphones for VR?

[DC2K]

Which is best for VR, open or closed headphones, and any recommendations?

 

[ShiWarrior]

immersive as possible !

so I use in-ear headphones myself

 

[Ravenger]

Depends on your use case. Sometimes it's useful to be able to hear the real world around you. Other times you want complete immersion.

 

[Andy D]

Built in headphones on my CV1 were great. Had no need to change. Same for my Reverb G2.
On my Quest 2 if I’m playing something like Resident Evil 4 or Red Matter 2 for example I’ll use my Bose QC35 IIs for perfect sound and immersion. Nice and light, very comfortable. Don’t feel they’re on.
For games like Walkabout Golf it’s fine with Quest 2 built in things.

 

[Andy D]

I have the Sony PS5 so called 3D headphones but not very comfy so I’ll probably use the Bose on PSVR2

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

The key difference is mainly whether or not you wish to potentially annoy people around you. If you can use them in another room/on you're own, "open" all the way in my opinion, and the ones that I've tried have been a little more "natural" in how they sound.
I use open with VR (it's in our back room) and also for music. The pair of closed that I have are good VFM, but only get used with my phone and/or when I'm out and about.

 

[DC2K]

Thank you everyone for your responses. I have a few earbuds and gaming headsets lying around so will see how it goes. I will also look at buying open back as this is something I don’t think I’ve tried before.

 

[VortexA1]

Thank you everyone for your responses. I have a few earbuds and gaming headsets lying around so will see how it goes. I will also look at buying open back as this is something I don’t think I’ve tried before.

The only thing to remember with open back is that they also let in outside noise too so can take you out of the immersion.

 

[Iron Man]

Closed would be best for immersion. Not being able to listen to my wife in VR is a great bonus.

 

[Grim5]

I have the Sony PS5 so called 3D headphones but not very comfy so I’ll probably use the Bose on PSVR2

if I get PSVR2 I'll probably get a pair of IEMs to use with it, something like Seinheisser IE600

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

Closed would be best for immersion. Not being able to listen to my wife in VR is a great bonus.

Why limit the comment to VR?

 

[Rroff]

How much are you looking to spend? personally not a fan of closed back for gaming if a game has a reasonable positional audio implementation as it tends to sound more congested compared to open back.

 

[Grim5]

How much are you looking to spend? personally not a fan of closed back for gaming if a game has a reasonable positional audio implementation as it tends to sound more congested compared to open back.

It's a trade off

If you can game in quiet room then of course go open back headphones, you will not get better soundstaging. But if you have a noisy gaming area then open back is not good because it will be immersion breaking for you and can annoy those around you

 

[Rroff]

It's a trade off

If you can game in quiet room then of course go open back headphones, you will not get better soundstaging. But if you have a noisy gaming area then open back is not good because it will be immersion breaking for you and can annoy those around you

Depends on budget and how well they'd fit your setup but headphones like the Sony MDR Z1R have a very close to open back sound while being closed.

 

[RevBillyG]

I made a mount for my Quest2

Quest 2 Headphone GOMRVR Halo Strap Adapter (Sony ZX110) by Dinhorj

Remix of 2 great projects:Thank you SolidRye and gyozamonstah: (thing: 4632334).(thing: 4539074). "sorry, i can't add as a remix"Adaptation of cheap Sony MDRZX110W headphones that can be purchased anywhere for just $ 15. Fit now in the Strap HALO GOMRVRModified to centralize the slits of the...

www.thingiverse.com

Much better than the terrible built-in sound.