Headphones

[masterblaster]

Well after the Wife complaining of continual gaming noise from my PC (7.1 surround) I bought some 5.1 headphones of reasonable quality.

I tried them for the first time last night and I can't believe the difference it makes to game play. Although I have 7.1 on the PC itself, it's in a small room so tends to get jumbled into one sound (if you follow me). Played HL2 Deathmatch last night with the headphones and my kill rate shot up, I could finally tell if they we're behind me, to the left, to the right etc...... makes a hell of a difference....

just thought I'd let you know

 

[FarFarAway]

Yep I have some 5.1's and they really are worth it - make a HUGE difference in gaming

 

[PV5150]

That they do :boink: I have some Zalman 5.1's, and they work a treat. Congrats on the elevated kill rate masterblaster

 

[masterblaster]

lol I'm still sh*t compared to most but doing better

 

[PV5150]

As long as you're getting better mate, and not getting worse. That''s the motivator right there

 

[llwyd]

the amount of times people have complained about me tracing them through walls with my medusas

 

[masterblaster]

got the Medusa's myself

 

[llwyd]

good choise sir, awesomely comfortable and well built piece of kit.

 

[FragTek]

How much did those set ya back? And are they usb or standard minijack?

 

[masterblaster]

you can choose eiter, got them from Specialtech and went for the USB ones as the jack ones come with a pre-amp and a few cables and I didn't want yet more cables floating round

 

[browney]

I have some Sennheiser PC150

 

[FarFarAway]

I have the Zalmans and they work a treat. As Llwyd said you can follow people through walls just using the sound

 

[masterblaster]

I know this is sad to keep going on about it but I honestly can't believe how much of a difference they've made.

Anyone who's not using headphones seriously needs to consider getting a reasonable set of 5.1's no matter which make or model.

I'll shut up now

 

[Ham]

The USB ones good then? Ive used llwyd wired ones and they were very good. But, like you, i dont want 5000000 wires to deal with. Mite get a pair once my CPU dealings are done.

 

[Dav0s]

medusas rock, yes they make a huge difference to your gaming

 

[Hyper]

I have the Sennheiser PC150 's aswell.

 

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

I have the Medusa's aswell and their Excellent.

Had mine for a year now but i blew the rear-left speaker, sent it off for RMA and they sent me a brand new set within 2 weeks. Excellent service and the new set doesnt have the mobile or wifi interface problem - No more annoying sound what so ever, think they improved the amp.

Anyways, Frag , get the wired version, There a lot better than the usb version

 

[JN]

I really should get some better 'phones - but Stereo seems to work just fine for me :/