- Jan 12, 2018
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ATTENTION ALL AUDIOPHILES! I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE!
Okay, now that I have your focus, here is my conglomeration of my proclamation of questions/statements. Also this is gonna be kinda long...
I have a Razer Kraken 7.1 v2 Chroma headset, and it has served me well. It's comfortable, it sounds good (in my opinion) for gaming and decent for music, especially with a system audio equalizer. But, I've been seeing some controversy over headsets vs headphones for gaming. I've watched my fair share of videos and read a lot of stuff about it too, but never came to a reasonable conclusion. Let's start with the elephant in the room.
Headphones vs Headset.
People generally say that headsets are better for gaming, because that's what they're manufacturered for. Unfortunately, sound quality is often somewhat overlooked in a lot of headsets in exchange for other features, like noise cancelling, RGB, etc. These features are a great addition to the headset, but if sound quality has to suffer for it, than it doesn't make much sense. With headphones, audio is typically the main focus, which is crucial to me. I already have a mic (Blue Yeti), so a mic doesn't really matter much. I've looked at a few other headsets and one that perked my interest was the Steelseries Arctis 7/Pro/Pro Wireless. The wireless factor hasn't been of much priority but has a lot going for it. For one, you don't get that annoying sound of your cable rubbing on your shirt, and secondly, you don't have to worry about the cable at all.
Noise Cancelling
For me, personally, this is almost a must have. My PC is right up on my desk, and there's often the sound of other people talking inside and outside my room. I say "my room," but truth is it's practically abmulti-purpose den for everyone to come in and do stuff. So, yeah, noise reduction is pretty important to me.
7.1 Surround Sound
With gaming as the main focus here, this seems rather important to me because I play a little of FPS games like Overwatch, CSGO, some R6S, and some others.A lot of people tend to disagree because if it isn't true 7.1, it doesn't do it justice, and even then, true 7.1 is expensive and often lacks the rich sound you get from a 7.1 speaker setup. The virtual 7.1 in my Razer Kraken seems to be fairly decent, so I'm not sure what they're talking about.
Bottom Line/Concluding Stuff
I'm looking at getting a new headset/set of headphones, preferably under around 165$. But if they're really worth it, I'd consider spending another 50$ or so. Anyway, what are your suggestions? What do you think?
Okay, now that I have your focus, here is my conglomeration of my proclamation of questions/statements. Also this is gonna be kinda long...
I have a Razer Kraken 7.1 v2 Chroma headset, and it has served me well. It's comfortable, it sounds good (in my opinion) for gaming and decent for music, especially with a system audio equalizer. But, I've been seeing some controversy over headsets vs headphones for gaming. I've watched my fair share of videos and read a lot of stuff about it too, but never came to a reasonable conclusion. Let's start with the elephant in the room.
Headphones vs Headset.
People generally say that headsets are better for gaming, because that's what they're manufacturered for. Unfortunately, sound quality is often somewhat overlooked in a lot of headsets in exchange for other features, like noise cancelling, RGB, etc. These features are a great addition to the headset, but if sound quality has to suffer for it, than it doesn't make much sense. With headphones, audio is typically the main focus, which is crucial to me. I already have a mic (Blue Yeti), so a mic doesn't really matter much. I've looked at a few other headsets and one that perked my interest was the Steelseries Arctis 7/Pro/Pro Wireless. The wireless factor hasn't been of much priority but has a lot going for it. For one, you don't get that annoying sound of your cable rubbing on your shirt, and secondly, you don't have to worry about the cable at all.
Noise Cancelling
For me, personally, this is almost a must have. My PC is right up on my desk, and there's often the sound of other people talking inside and outside my room. I say "my room," but truth is it's practically abmulti-purpose den for everyone to come in and do stuff. So, yeah, noise reduction is pretty important to me.
7.1 Surround Sound
With gaming as the main focus here, this seems rather important to me because I play a little of FPS games like Overwatch, CSGO, some R6S, and some others.A lot of people tend to disagree because if it isn't true 7.1, it doesn't do it justice, and even then, true 7.1 is expensive and often lacks the rich sound you get from a 7.1 speaker setup. The virtual 7.1 in my Razer Kraken seems to be fairly decent, so I'm not sure what they're talking about.
Bottom Line/Concluding Stuff
I'm looking at getting a new headset/set of headphones, preferably under around 165$. But if they're really worth it, I'd consider spending another 50$ or so. Anyway, what are your suggestions? What do you think?
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