Soldato
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Hi Guys
Looking for a headset for the wife; but I'm a little out of touch (my own Razer Carcharias are pushing 10 years old at this point; although they still sound great for the age and money they cost me).
My wife would really prefer open-backed, she likes to be able to hear the room around her, as opposed to the more common closed style.
She has literally just had to return a pair of Razer Kraken as they began playing up after only a few months; and looking online it seems a common complaint with thier recent headsets - very dissapointing for the money.
Other than Open backed, I have no real major requirements (outside of what you'd usually want off a not cheap headset); they can be 3.5mm or USB, either is fine; so realistically I'm just looking for something that sounds decent, has a decent enough mic, and ideally after the last pair; is built to a decent quality.
I will qualify that she does not have a dedicated USB DAC or Soundcard, and would just be using onboard audio; so there is a possibility a USB headset could produce better sound quality than her onboard audio, but that's only relevant if the rest of the headset is good enough for it to be noticeably different.
My first thoughts were Sennheiser (EPOS)'s line as they used to be fairly good, I realise they're not exactly the same company as Sennheiser Headphones, but I had heard good things about build quality, sound and mic quality on thier higher end headsets; I've already pointed her to look at the Senn GSP500s and the Drop X Senn PC37X, but wondered if I have missed anything obvious?
Some of the other potentially obvious brands like Steelseries I've not been blown away with in the past in regards to sound quality, fair when they're not really SOUND companies, although this was some time ago; and have seen numerous reports of bad build quality/flimsiness, which simply shouldn't be a thing once you're looking at £100 on a headset.
Looking for a headset for the wife; but I'm a little out of touch (my own Razer Carcharias are pushing 10 years old at this point; although they still sound great for the age and money they cost me).
My wife would really prefer open-backed, she likes to be able to hear the room around her, as opposed to the more common closed style.
She has literally just had to return a pair of Razer Kraken as they began playing up after only a few months; and looking online it seems a common complaint with thier recent headsets - very dissapointing for the money.
Other than Open backed, I have no real major requirements (outside of what you'd usually want off a not cheap headset); they can be 3.5mm or USB, either is fine; so realistically I'm just looking for something that sounds decent, has a decent enough mic, and ideally after the last pair; is built to a decent quality.
I will qualify that she does not have a dedicated USB DAC or Soundcard, and would just be using onboard audio; so there is a possibility a USB headset could produce better sound quality than her onboard audio, but that's only relevant if the rest of the headset is good enough for it to be noticeably different.
My first thoughts were Sennheiser (EPOS)'s line as they used to be fairly good, I realise they're not exactly the same company as Sennheiser Headphones, but I had heard good things about build quality, sound and mic quality on thier higher end headsets; I've already pointed her to look at the Senn GSP500s and the Drop X Senn PC37X, but wondered if I have missed anything obvious?
Some of the other potentially obvious brands like Steelseries I've not been blown away with in the past in regards to sound quality, fair when they're not really SOUND companies, although this was some time ago; and have seen numerous reports of bad build quality/flimsiness, which simply shouldn't be a thing once you're looking at £100 on a headset.
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