New headphones/speakers

Hi

My EDimensional AudioFX headphones broke today. one ear works but the other doesn't and the lights don't work. It is definately bust.

Should I get new Speakers which I already have and they work. They are Altec Lansing. Or should I get new headphones.

I have Vista. If it is headphones then i want full surround sound and I want TOP quality as I listen to a lot of movies, games and music and my friend always says how my sound is crap quality so I want to have awesome quality.

Thanks

Hi

My EDimensional AudioFX headphones broke today. one ear works but the other doesn't and the lights don't work. It is definately bust.

Should I get new Speakers which I already have and they work. They are Altec Lansing. Or should I get new headphones.

I have Vista. If it is headphones then i want full surround sound and I want TOP quality as I listen to a lot of movies, games and music and my friend always says how my sound is crap quality so I want to have awesome quality.

Thanks

thesimpsons2

Hi
I have a Creative X-FI X-Treme Music and I won't upgrade until Creative sort there rubbish drivers out. I want headphones now as they are what I need. I want to buy online so do you know of any top ones out right now that act as full surround sound like speakers are?thesimpsons2

[QUOTE="thesimpsons2"]Hi
I have a Creative X-FI X-Treme Music and I won't upgrade until Creative sort there rubbish drivers out. I want headphones now as they are what I need. I want to buy online so do you know of any top ones out right now that act as full surround sound like speakers are?sgac

Don't bother with creative sound cards in vista until they actually give you functioning software and drivers. I had to download somebody elses hacked/ leaked software because creative's won't work for me.

 I would say sennheiser headphones are pretty good. I got the ones that cover your ears so it can block out most of the surrounding sounds.

Are they good for gaming and surround sound?

Are they better than my Edimensional ones?

Heres what you want: Sennheiser HD555 or HD515 depending on how much cash you have. And, yes they are good. And if its speakers you want, Logitech Z-5500's hands down. I own a pair of these, and man are they crazy.

P.S Altec Lansing sucks. 

Don't really like the look of them.

 Are there any Vibrating headphones? My EDimensional ones had that and that was awesome.

The answer to this question varies GREATLY with how much $$ you want to spend... you get what you pay for, but there are "sweet spots" in the price/performance ratio.

I love headphones, and as such have 4 different pairs depending on what I'm doing. For music and gaming, I use my Grado 225s - a little pricey at $200, but they sound AWESOME!

For work (editing) I use either Beyer Dynamic DT250s or Sony MDR-7506 for more of a 'flat' sound (better for mixing etc).

For on-the-go, I have a chepo pair of earbuds and a nicer pair of in-ear-monitors (Ultimate Ears) for when I need isolation.

The surround headphones really aren't worth it - you'd be much better off with a solid pair of stereo cans and a good sound card that does 3D (the heaphone 3D in games on my X-FI FPS is AWESOME - even just the little demo of the helicopter in the control panel is cool with my GRados!!!)

but I can give you more specific answers for YOU if you share your budget - that really affects the entire process. 

Surround sound aside, I have heard that these are awesome headphones and I have read reviews that say they are great.

Would they work properly with my Creative X-FI X-TREME MUSIC?

Hi

Can anyone answer?

hello? Are they good headphones for what I do (gaming, watching movies, listening to music and video editing)?

Are they fully compatible with my Sound card?

Can anyone help?thesimpsons2

Ha, okay... Lets add to Menelyagor.

Razor Barracuda are horrific. Lets just lay this out nice and simple just so I don't have to spend 5 years explaining it because I don't really care as you seem so intent on what you want that I doubt your going to listen.

Barracuda's use tension bands which are fragile in comparison to other non-tension band headsets
They're gimmicky LED's are extremely poor- there are stories of them burning out as soon as 3 days.
They suck without the Razer sound card.

They are decent though, but with the Razer soundcard.

If you want to go with flash, get the barracuda's. They'll be better then your quality forsaken EDimensionals that I've enver even heard of. And doing over 4 months of headset research for mine, I can tell you that I've never once heard the name.

But, if you want price bang for quality?

HD515's or HD555's. They don't have a microphone, but the zalman clip-on microphone works wonders. Menelyagor uses this microphone... and I thought clip-ons would suck. Boy, was I wrong. Better quality them my microphone built into my headset.

Basically your choices when it comes down to it?

SteelPad 5H V2 (Make sure it's V2. Most people mistake it for the V1 which had many architectural errors) - Perfect for lanning
Icemat Siberia (Havn't tried them, but they used tension bands... And I always drop my headset so I didn't want them)

Sennheiser +HD5## - Anything in the 500 or higher is the best rated headset ever. Get a microphone.

Now stop being ignorant and wanting help but not listening to anyone. This place normally knows what their talking about. If it's not recommended, it probably ain't good buddy.

Hi

I was looking at the SteelSound 5H v2 Headset. They look really good but they seem a bit cheap compared to most others I have seen. Is there a reason for this. Also the HD595 I was looking at said it was great for listening to music. Are they good for gaming aswell?

Hi

I was looking at the SteelSound 5H v2 Headset. They look really good but they seem a bit cheap compared to most others I have seen. Is there a reason for this. Also the HD595 I was looking at said it was great for listening to music. Are they good for gaming aswell?

thesimpsons2

Just cause their cheaper doesnt make them worse at all, there a great headets, but in terms of sound quality they dont compare to any Sennheiser HD's. And as long as you have a good soundcard(mainly for positional audio)  the HD's will be great. But either way, their quality reigns supreme over anything mentioned here.