What Surround Sound Headphones for Gameing?

TooNice · 4 Jul 2006 at 19:15

I wouldn't read much into frequency response to be honest.

It is true that those values are by no mean amazing to say the least, but I reckon that you could find reasonable sounding headphones at those frequencies.

ShiWarrior · 4 Jul 2006 at 20:09

v0n said:
Frequency response of that headset deserves a kick in a box already. These days good headphones don't have to be expensive, Technics RPF350 for example, very mass consumer targetting headphones with average price of about 25-29 quid, available in all local stores including high street catalogue shops and in terms of quality they will knock the crispness and livelyness, bass and trebles out of any "gaming" headphones sold for 3 and 4 times the same money ...

those havent got a microphone!

MooSey-UK · 17 Oct 2006 at 23:16

Im sticking up for the medusa corner!
mine have always worked well. never noticed any dead spots and centre certainly works on mine - as someone pointed out they had no centre.
the other day my old audigy 2 packed in so i had to resort to onboard. there was a test program that had a helicopter orbiting your head. have to say the medusas tracked the sound beautifully.
i've just installed an x-fi music today. after setting up the headphones and levels etc, BF2 sounds utterly fanBLOOMINtastic.
im not commenting on how much better proffesional stereo speakers are. undoubtably they are.... for the cost.
for 30quid the medusas are a bargain and a great gaming asset

Unfortunately my 2.1 speakers don't work now with the x-fi/medusa setup. but thats another post

Angilion · 17 Oct 2006 at 23:41

I can only get that helicopter test when I select "Headphones"...which is stereo regardless of what headphones you're using. The helicopter test I've heard is a demonstration of the faked surround sound using stereo.

MooSey-UK · 18 Oct 2006 at 01:15

regardless, the point i was making was i had no dead spots.

however i conceede that there are many people who seem to have incorrectly working or balanced speakers in their medusas.
they either work and you love 'em or they give terrible sound and you hate 'em.

im not sure if i used the same helicopter test. it was with the drivers for a c-media cm6501 7.1 onboard chip on my asrock dual 939 vsta. i used it when my audigy died.