[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by b3nje909

Me personnally, I struggle to hear the price difference between $100 and $500 headphones

From what source?

I can tell you that many $200+ headphones will sound like crap without amping or from a poor source. I bought my first pair of okay headphones (Senn 558) without really knowing what I was doing, and was initially disappointed cause I was hearing all sorts of noise and stuff and they improved soooo much when I added a relatively basic dac/amp. And they're a relatively easy to drive "high end" headphone.


I still don't know why this is relevant though. The one thing I am interested in, is the people who recommend gamecom headsets, or steelseries headsets... what have you compared them to when you "recommend" them? It implies you've compared them to other products in the same price range...

[b3nje909]

Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

From what source?

I can tell you that many $200+ headphones will sound like crap without amping or from a poor source. I bought my first pair of okay headphones (Senn 558) without really knowing what I was doing, and was initially disappointed cause I was hearing all sorts of noise and stuff and they improved soooo much when I added a relatively basic dac/amp. And they're a relatively easy to drive "high end" headphone.


I still don't know why this is relevant though. The one thing I am interested in, is the people who recommend gamecom headsets, or steelseries headsets... what have you compared them to when you "recommend" them? It implies you've compared them to other products in the same price range...

my source.

I have basically ruined my hearing from being in the army, riding motorbikes and djing.

when I lie down to sleep, there is a ringing in my ears..
there is no way I could hear all frequency ranges now.
but also, I dont work with Audio, and dont claim to. I can only go on reviews and what friends/acquaintances who do work with audio can tell me, and my own experiences.

Most headphones, either people take a gambit and buy, or listen to them instore, to probably a bass heavy dance track. I doubt many people here are audiofidelity freaks and go out and compare headphones.

Me, ive owned two sets of DJ headphones, two sets of gaming headphones, and a Beats Pro set (which are most definitely fake, but actually sound pretty bloody good) and numerous in ear headphones.

My TB's, which i ordered from OS, felt flimsy to start with, they also had cables running all over the place (DX-11's). I got them for my xbox and Gears 3. straight away there was a static sound over very heavy sequences (1st Brumack) for example. My Astro's dont have that for that area.

the only issue I have with my Astros is that occasionally they get inductance from me having cables going from my laptop to monitor and xbox (inductance is an electrical term for those who dont know), I found that buy earthing a loose HDMI cable from my xbox (just put metal to metal) and it went away., I also sometimes seem to pick up some radio station on them when I am charging and not playing any sound through them.

Anyway, this aint helping the OP.
I like my Astros, I thought I'd recommend them to him. Its up to him to make his own mind.