snowysnowcones
[H]ard|Gawd
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Quakecon is coming up in just a few short days so of course my beloved Turtle Beach HPA2's that I've had for over 6 years now have decided to start crapping out. These had individual drivers in each cup to provide a "true" 5.1 surround sound. How "true" that actually was, I don't really care but, they did provide decent sound for gaming.
I've decided that I don't want to go for another headset with individual drivers, I'd rather just get a decently nice stereo headset and pair it with a sound card (either now or in the future) and use the "virtualized surround sound" that so many sound cards can provide these days.
So I'm in need of a little help here... my budget for both would be around ~$110... as far as headphones go, I think I would like ones that are more "open-ended" because I have read that you get better positional effects from them (also, I don't care a whole lot about tons of bass).
I'm looking at these so far:
Samson SR850
Sennheiser HD419
and JVC RX900
I was also considering the Audio Technica AD700 but they're probably a bit more than I'd like to spend right now...
For sound cards I have no idea, and I'm not entirely sure I should rush into a purchasing decision on this just to get it before Quakecon. General advice on a sound card would be nice. I plan on having a speaker set up as well when I go back to college and if any sound cards have a dedicated headphone/speaker output line that so I can change from speakers to headphones via software that would definitely get my attention (or is there a way to do this with onboard? without actually having to physically unplug one or the other)
Right now I'm using the onboard that came on my ASRock 870 and it's comparable to other onboard that i've used in the past.
If anyone could help me narrow down my choices, add new choices, or if there's any more information that's needed from me, please let me know!!
Thanks [H]!
I've decided that I don't want to go for another headset with individual drivers, I'd rather just get a decently nice stereo headset and pair it with a sound card (either now or in the future) and use the "virtualized surround sound" that so many sound cards can provide these days.
So I'm in need of a little help here... my budget for both would be around ~$110... as far as headphones go, I think I would like ones that are more "open-ended" because I have read that you get better positional effects from them (also, I don't care a whole lot about tons of bass).
I'm looking at these so far:
Samson SR850
Sennheiser HD419
and JVC RX900
I was also considering the Audio Technica AD700 but they're probably a bit more than I'd like to spend right now...
For sound cards I have no idea, and I'm not entirely sure I should rush into a purchasing decision on this just to get it before Quakecon. General advice on a sound card would be nice. I plan on having a speaker set up as well when I go back to college and if any sound cards have a dedicated headphone/speaker output line that so I can change from speakers to headphones via software that would definitely get my attention (or is there a way to do this with onboard? without actually having to physically unplug one or the other)
Right now I'm using the onboard that came on my ASRock 870 and it's comparable to other onboard that i've used in the past.
If anyone could help me narrow down my choices, add new choices, or if there's any more information that's needed from me, please let me know!!
Thanks [H]!
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