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2010-06-03 10:09:10
Shakez
Member
+39|6420
So I'm maybe going to buy a new soundcard and headset for my birthday.

Soundcards:
Asus Xonar D1
Asus Xonar DX/XD
Asus D2X (120€ isn't that cheap though)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium

Headsets:
Logitech G35 (maybe too expensive)
Plantronics GameCom 777
Roccat Kave Solid 5.1
Sennheiser PC350 (same as G35)
Steelseries Siberia v2

I thought about getting the Sennheiser HD555 but I prefer headsets

Thanks in advance for any new recommendations I haven't listed up
2010-06-03 10:19:54
SonderKommando
Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....
+564|6910|The darkside of Denver
In before Sennheiser HD555 and clip on mic.

Anyways, with the G35 you wont be using your sound card, its USB interface. I dont know about the others. I have a Tritton 5.1 usb headset and while its nice, I was underwhelmed by the surround.  I mean, they certainly do offer distinct audio channels but Im used to my Klipsch Reference Series surround setup...
2010-06-03 10:25:05
DUnlimited
got any popo lolo intersting?
+1,160|6713|cuntshitlake

I have Xonar D1 and I have to say I partially regret my purchase. The drivers are shit. Every time a game crashes the ingame audio is left looping and I have to reboot. Some programs like ventrilo refuse to recognize I even have audio drivers since I installed the latest driver version. Also if you do any recording with guitars or something stay away from this card, record monitoring has a huge latency that makes it useless (It's the windows drivers' fault, works fine on linux).

As for the headsets, I would get a separate mic and a headphone because when you break one, you don't have to get all new stuff. I have a tendency of breaking my mics so I didn't want to get a headset

And for the HD555, it's a great headphone, but requires a silent environment because everything leaks in and out. Everyone hears what you are listening to in the room and you hear everything through it.

My 2cents

Last edited by DUnlimited (2010-06-03 10:26:58)

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2010-06-03 10:26:51
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6447|Winland

Surround sound headphones are worthless. Get a proper set of stereo phones instead.

As for a sound card, go with a Xonar DX or D1 (they're the same card, the only difference is PCI vs. PCI-E). Extra headphone amplification aside, they're way beyond the point of diminishing returns for sound quality.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
2010-06-03 10:41:51
alexb
<3
+590|6190|Kentucky, USA

DUnlimited wrote:

Also if you do any recording with guitars or something stay away from this card, record monitoring has a huge latency that makes it useless (It's the windows drivers' fault, works fine on linux).
My 2cents
You need an ASIO driver for latency issues.

http://asio4all.com/
2010-06-05 13:15:17
Shakez
Member
+39|6420
Have you heard something about the Sennheiser PC360 G4ME headset?

 

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