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Nomak 
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Is it me or the company making gaming rigs doesnt provide a nice set of headphones available for purchase? Who frags w/o headphones?
I dare you to go to any lan and find a guy playing FPS w/ a pair of speakers.
Unless i missed a section of your site where you can buy em, please direct me to it.
This is in no way meant to diss DS.
... but really? Where are the headphones!?
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widdlecat
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Posted: 14 Sep 2008 at 2:28pm |
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This is a very valid point. If boutique pc makers are going to offer other accessories, headphones should be in there, especially if speakers are given as options, IMO. It should be easy enough to contact a few manufacturers and ask for demos plus see about decent package deals. For pure music, I recommend looking at Grado and Sennheiser first. They are both extremely accurate with Grado being more musical, while Sennheiser is more comfortable. Sennheiser has gaming headsets, but I don't know if Grado wants to step into that category. They are music oriented. Nice people though and open to new ideas. I've spent time with the owner John Grado and he's very down to earth. Of course, the Razer gaming headphones are out there and seem good too. To make other choices, you'd have to go to the shows.
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Axel Daemon
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Posted: 14 Sep 2008 at 2:31pm |
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DST4ME
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Posted: 14 Sep 2008 at 2:33pm |
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anybody know of a good cordless headphones?
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Nomak
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Posted: 14 Sep 2008 at 2:41pm |
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Why do cordless headphones sound like a pain in the @$$ to me?
Microwaves, etc. will probably put a nice dump on the quality of sound youll get out of em, not to mention the battery up-time/charge time. But thats just an opinion and i never had a pair myself.
Still... waiting for DS rep to explain this little predicament.  Edited by Nomak - 14 Sep 2008 at 2:43pm |
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DST4ME
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Posted: 14 Sep 2008 at 2:49pm |
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I don't have no problem with my phone at all at its cordless and it runs on 5.6GHz, there are headphones that use the same bandwidth.
my current ones are OK also but moving from room to room is not that great, but this one runs on RF. |
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widdlecat
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I have a pair of Stax Lambda electrostatic headphones from way back. They were once the reference standard, but personally I find all the Grado series headphones to be great quality for the money at all their price points. Their reference series is the best. My RS-1 headphones (@~$695) are the best I've reviewed or listened to at any CES with one exception. The Sennheiser Reference electrostatic headphone with vaccum tube amplifier for approx $15,000 is prolly the best I've ever heard. Frankly, I prefer my Grados for the more realistic bass. |
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Chris W.
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 2:12am |
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I saw this thread and was going to post but I figured that widdlecat would be more informative then I could ever be.
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Axel Daemon
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 3:38am |
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It's still a bit scary how a "sound system" realistically prices ALOT more than a computer by itself. It's insane;;;
And I still don't know what -- You know what I may as well ask. Since I decided to go with the Sennheiser PC350 for the gaming headsets. But I also wanted a headphone for the pure sound quality of it. So decided to try and purchase HD650 in the future. When I researched into those, it just lead one thing to another. I would need an amp at the very least... and those are might expensive... Anyways have you heard of Zu Cable/Audio? I read a review that mentioned they had cables speciifcally for the Senn HD650, these ones. Are they all the hype they're given, or they just a bunch of hot air, like Monster Cable is when it comes to the video/audio cables for PS3 and so on? |
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DST4ME
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 4:02am |
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lol so I'm guessing no recommendations for me
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Axel Daemon
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 4:15am |
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Unfortunately can't answer for you lol. I barely scratched the understanding of headphone equipment and what goes with what >_>; Check newegg maybe? I don't even know what your "sound preferences" are. (Heck I prefer to be balanced,--
Scratch that. I guess I do sorta. With onboard audio. I open the Realtek Audio Manager, and activate "Powerful" under the Equalizer, everything just sounds better with that one heh. Any idea what category that puts me under? |
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DST4ME
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 4:32am |
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I just want a pair of wireless headphones that don't get cutoff and have a decent sound.
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Axel Daemon
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 4:38am |
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Aren't Blue-Tooth type equipment in general better?
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DST4ME
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 4:39am |
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lol actually microwave interferes with bluetooth
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Axel Daemon
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 4:43am |
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Is the microwave running that much that it should matter?
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DST4ME
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 4:47am |
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not really but I think the 5.6GHz is much more solid, my phone is on that frequency and its solid, I don't care what is going on, the sound is perfect.
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Axel Daemon
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 5:27am |
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Hrrrm actually I think the purpose of blue tooths was that no matter how far you were, it would work or something. My mistake if that was the case.
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DST4ME
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 5:40am |
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na, its got a 30 feet range. to be honest I find my 5.6 better quality then bluetooth in the house.
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Nomak
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My question wasnt what kinds of headphones you could buy for 600$+ (which youll probably never take to a lan simply because of the price tag), there are plenty of good headphones around 200$ range for gaming not listening to music.
The question was why do you provide speaker systems but not headphones? Edited by Nomak - 15 Sep 2008 at 10:11am |
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widdlecat
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Sorry, didn't mean to threadjack. I was actually agreeing with you in that it would make sense to offer headsets too. Especially since it's hard to know what's truly good without going to the various electronics shows to see what's new and all. BTW, I guess I failed to mention that the entire Grado line scales well and IMO are the best in each price range starting at $60. Sennheiser also scales well, but at the lower price points are bass shy in some units. Someone did mention cables though. I'd like to point out that every piece of wire in the audio pathway has a direct and cumulative effect upon the outcome. That is to say, if you don't know how close to industry standards a part matches in all categories, it may very well be reactive to your system and may sound worse or better. The final decision should rest upon listening with your equipment. If I were truly interested in getting the best gaming headset, I would personally go to a store and listen to different models and then narrow down the choices by listening on a similar system. Most optical drives in pcs are standard cheap stuff, so that's not too big a deal to compare with. The thing to try and match up would be the output of the audio. Most high end mobos use the same audio chips, so comparision is just a matter of grabbing a top notch pc and listening to the various headsets. Let your own ears decide what's best in the end. P.S. Bring along a few of your fave CDs that you are very familiar with for listening comparisons. Edited by widdlecat - 15 Sep 2008 at 3:57pm |
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Nomak
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 2:28pm |
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True.
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 2:42pm |
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I didn't mean it like that, I just know that you spend alot of time reviewing headphones I've got little to no experience there. Alex I think has looked into headphones but I can't really speak on that subject not my department.
I think the Razer ones are nice for LANs, I've got a bunch of plantronics ones I use just for vent and MMO stuff. |
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Nomak
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 2:47pm |
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Hey i got a pair of plantronics, i dont know how many times i dropped them.. but theyre still working. (with some liberal use of Krazy Glue
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Could you get Alex in here?
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DST4ME
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 2:51pm |
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not a big fan of plantronics, but they are ok. you talking about the cordless ones?
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 3:03pm |
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Nah I won a few at NVISION, I've owned some in the past two and the mic is great it does everything I need it to do...
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Nomak
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 3:06pm |
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The only corldess piece of tech i have is my phone, everything else has wires. |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 3:13pm |
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lol, OK then I'm the wireless nut
 , I can't comment on their wired products, I have never used one.
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widdlecat
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Well I know audio headphones, but have no use for gaming headsets so really haven't researched them. If for some reason they ran cable 20 miles down the highway from town and then a couple miles down a dusty road, I could have broadband and, thus, VoIP and then a need for headsets. I'd first look and see if Grado had a headset, then look to Sennheiser. Third choice would be Razer only because of the word on the street. I'd have to listen to a pair before I bought it though.
If lan parties existed in Missouri, I suppose I'd try finding something that went in the ear with an over the ear mic loop or something if there are any. Hmmm... well, I just dunno. Edited by widdlecat - 15 Sep 2008 at 4:10pm |
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MarkNY
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 4:15pm |
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are you using dialup widdlecat (hrm, i always thought your name was wildcat until I wrote that)? I've been to remote areas in VT (like you wonder how they even have power) and even there they have cable modems... wow!
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Nomak
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 4:33pm |
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Personally im waiting for this: http://www2.razerzone.com/Megalodon/
*im a big razer fanboi*
Any estimate on when Alex throws a bone in this thread regarding the issue of not selling headphones?
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Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 11:52pm |
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Just a heads up, I tossed this link on over to the appropriate people, to check this out and let them know this is something you all are interested in. So hopefully he pops in here soon.
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Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 12:49am |
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I've heard very good things about these
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Axel Daemon
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Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 12:59am |
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I suppose it wouldn't hurt to do trial and error sessions here. Might be fun for me personally ahaha.
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Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 6:19pm |
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How would everyone feel if we started offering the Razer headsets? Or is there a particular headset other then Razer that everyone seems to enjoy and would purchase from us if we offered it?
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Axel Daemon
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Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 6:21pm |
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Aside from Razer, I think the only headphone brands that everyone seems to like may be from Beyerdynamic, Sennhesier, and let's see..... Tritton? Not sure about the last one, but Beyer and Senn are up there when it comes to headphones supposedly lol.
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