Replacment for TAKSTARS Pro80.

Yslia · 28 Mar 2017 at 19:14

Hello!

I'm in rush to buy new headphones as a replacments for my ~3 years old TAKSTARs Pro 80.
I'm not an expert, I just want headphones that are going to sound similar to these! Can be more or less expensive my budget is aroud 150£ but would prefer around 100£. And if you guys can suggest a good microphone I had my eyes on AT2020 but I don't know if I need that high-end microphone just for gaming and sometimes streaming.

rids57 · 28 Mar 2017 at 23:58

The Takstar Pro 80s are a far eastern copy of the Beyerdynamic DT770 pro, so they would be the logical replacement. You can get them in 32, 80 and 250 ohm versions and which you buy should be dependent on what you are driving them with....

32 ohm comes with a short cable and are aimed at mobile use. Can be driven by anything but impedance mismatch may be a problem with sound cards.
80 ohm comes with a long, straight cable and can be driven by most devices. Bass can be a little loose and boomy, specially with Creative cards which have higher output impedance.
250 ohm comes with a long, curly cable and needs a decent headphone amp (STX, SB Z or good motherboard audio (600 ohm)). Bass will sound tighter and better controlled than the other two versions due to better damping factor.

Yslia · 30 Mar 2017 at 13:09

Hey sorry for late replay, I'm using Asia Prime z270A and because I'm using PCIEX wi-if adapter I have no space for a sound card.

rids57 · 30 Mar 2017 at 13:13

your motherboard will be able to drive the 32 ohm and 80 ohm easily and will probably be ok with the 250 ohm version too.

Yslia · 30 Mar 2017 at 14:37

Oh yea great! I will go with these one but I was wondering if there is like an amplifier that will go well with this headphones or do I need sound card?

rids57 · 30 Mar 2017 at 17:26

if you get the 80 ohm version, you really don't need an amp and can probably run them from a phone. The 250 ohm version does need amping but I would try them through your motherboard first as it may well have enough power to drive them. Even though 250 ohms is quite high, they are quite efficient, so they don't present a particularly difficult load to the amp.

Marsman · 30 Mar 2017 at 18:42

80 Ohm version is likely the best option, unless you either need a short cable or want the coiled cable of the 250 Ohm version. Which ever ones you decide on, try them with your onboard audio first, then decide when you really need an amp to give them more juice. Some people are perfectly happy with onboard audio, and may not need or notice any improvement an amp provides unless the headphones really do struggle without the added power.

Can always add a DAC/amp at a later date if you feel the onboard audio is not doing the headphones justice.

Yslia · 2 Apr 2017 at 22:45

Hey! I will get the 80 or 250 version but I'm also thinking about buying an microphone! And I've found this one on amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Professional-Broadcasting-Microphone-Adjustable-Suspension/dp/B00XOXRTX6 but from reviews on YouTube I know I will need Power supply or something like that. So i got two of them to choose from:
1) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Behringer-...ge-21&linkId=9c2efe07415a22a438603d10e6c23c59
2) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neewer-1-C...?srs=1648090031&ie=UTF8&qid=1491168961&sr=8-2