eDimensional Teams Up with BenHeck

**clown.fart** · 07-19-2007, 05:10 AM

Leader? I never heard of them.

**Bokuho** · 07-19-2007, 06:07 AM

The mic frequency is good - the actual headphone's frequency response range is shit though. You know that's going to bottom-out the second you have more than one sound source going, if not just from one. Yeah sure it might be fine for your crappy .wav footstep sound or a rubbish little 128kb/sec 44.1Hz song from iTunes, but past that, you'll get nothing.

Waste of money/10. There are tons of other headsets that will give you better audio quality, and only a slight dip in mic quality (you really don't need anything near 20-16k anyway for a mic), and will be cheaper too, most likely. Their site conveniently doesn't mention how heavy they are either, which I find dubious, since that's a pretty important factor and something most other headphone and headset manufacturers will get in ASAP if they think they can plug how light their set is.

I'd argue the burnt orange colour is ugly too, but that could just be me. And 5+1? Can they not count up to 6?

Shame this is sponsored news.

**milly9** · 07-19-2007, 06:48 AM

worst color scheme ever?

**DaRk-AnGeL** · 07-19-2007, 09:16 AM

Looks horrible and tacky.

Looking like robocop was so 1990's

And it probably sounds like any other 5.1 headset ;o

**Thortok2000** · 07-19-2007, 11:05 AM

@Bokuho - You sound like an expert.

I've actually been wanting to get a good pair of headphones. Would love to get wireless (but I understand if that's not possible), and it doesn't have to have a microphone attached. But above all, the top quality I want is that whatever I hear, the person a few feet away doesn't hear. This is the biggest flaw in my current $2 headphones. I'm constantly being asked to turn the volume down because it's bothering the people around me.

What do you recommend? I'm able to pay roughly $100 or less for a good pair, but I haven't found any.

A link to a pair on either newegg or ebay would be awesome (newegg preferred).

**ukHazard** · 07-19-2007, 12:17 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a...2E16826106392

Sennheiser HD555s for $109 (right now). You want these.

Oh and ignore ESEA|Riddick's comment on Newegg too. It's rubbish. Everyone on ESEA already ignores him anyway.

**Bokuho** · 07-19-2007, 02:50 PM

Thortok2000 wrote..

But above all, the top quality I want is that whatever I hear, the person a few feet away doesn't hear.

You need 'closed' headphones then. The ones that ukHazard just linked aren't closed (meaning whatever sound you're listening too, other people around you will hear too). Basically closed = you can hear stuff around you, but people around you can't hear what you're listening too, open = the opposite. Really there's very little reason you'd ever want to get open headphones.

While on that subject, really, Sennheiser headphones and sets usually provide good sound quality, but they're almost always open, and their high-end is usually very lacking. I tend to stay away from them completely tbh.

As far as wireless goes, that's sketchy. Some good wireless headphones exist, but they can cost a couple of hundred or more to get anything halfway decent. The general rule is, wireless headphones which are actually good will cost about twice what the wired equivalent would. It's really not worth it.

I'm not used to US sites, but having a quick look on newegg in the $75-$100 range, the Sony MDR-V700DJ seem like they'd be a good buy. I've had a couple of pairs of Sony headphones in the past and they never let me down. These ones sport a rather nice 5-30k frequency response range (compare that to the 20-16k of the AudioFX headset; these Sony headphones have four times the bass response and twice the treble response, come on!), every connection in these is gold-plated (lesser-known fact about audio equipment of any kind: gold plating everything = better sound quality), and apparently these weigh less than 1lb (not counting the 10 foot cable - but that's not a weight your head would have to bear anyway). They're closed too (or so the Sony website claims - I'd trust them 99%, but hey, you never know), so you shouldn't have to worry about people around you complaining (bear in mind though, if you have your sound up very loudly, even closed headphones will leak some sound).

Looking on newegg, I really can't see anything else there for under $100 that would be worth bothering with.

As far as eBay goes, I'd always advise against buying headphones or headsets on there. You never know how much someone could have screwed a set up, they could have made breaks in the wiring, or any other number of problems.

Looking at what's available in America on other sites, the only other set I see that appears to be good are the Panasonic RP-DH1200 DJ, though nowhere mentions if they're opened or closed...

Past that, I'm a bit lost for American-available sets, sorry.

And full headsets (which include a mic), you're not going to get anything that has decent audio quality, and good mic quality, for $100. To get a good headset that has good quality for both, you're looking at paying about $140+ or so from the looks of it. You'll usually find it's better (and cheaper) to buy some good headphones, and then a separate mic.

What I really suggest you do, find your nearest general electronics store (y'know, the big places that sell everything from TVs to fridges to radios), or any specialist near to you (over here we have several stores dedicated to just a certain brand, e.g. a store just for Philips products, a store just for Sony, etc etc - failing that, local independent stores will do just fine too), and just ask them what's around.

The key things to remember are:

- Frequency response: you want this to go from as low a number as possible to as high as possible. Anything from about 10-28k or more is good.

- Make sure every connector is gold plated.

- Ask if they're closed-ear or open. It won't always say on the boxes.

- Weight. This is easy enough to tell yourself, just pick them up and see if they break your arm.

- Driver. Nope, this has nothing to do with the computer software 'driver'. You want this to be 53mm really, but 50mm will do if the frequency response is good enough to compensate. Again, this probably won't be printed on the packaging, so ask. If you can't get a definite answer, well, most headphones over Â£45 (about $70 or so) have at least 50mm, so I'd expect this isn't something you have to worry about too much if you can't get a definite answer.

- Past that, you don't need to worry about much technical stuff. Just your own personal preference in terms of fit, style, colour, etc.

Sorry I can't give a more definite "buy THESE" response, but I hope I've been able to enlighten you a bit at least as to the kind of thing you should look for.

Yeah yeah I know, tl;dr....

**ukHazard** · 07-19-2007, 02:52 PM

Oops. I thought they were closed, but then I only use them at home.

**Bokuho** · 07-19-2007, 03:00 PM

Tbh I never worry too much about closed or open 'phones either, 'cause yeah, most of the time I find there's nobody aroudn when I've got my stuff on loud anyway. And if people are around and have a problem with whatever I'm listening too, they can just get bent <_<

Still, it's something nice if it's not going to cost any extra.

**DaRk-AnGeL** · 07-19-2007, 05:15 PM

Bokuho wrote..

What I really suggest you do, find your nearest general electronics store (y'know, the big places that sell everything from TVs to fridges to radios), or any specialist near to you (over here we have several stores dedicated to just a certain brand, e.g. a store just for Philips products, a store just for Sony, etc etc - failing that, local independent stores will do just fine too), and just ask them what's around.

The key things to remember are:

Most of the time the sony store and panasonic stores have overpriced crap that they would still try and fob you off with.

Stick with a set of sennheiser, icemat or speedlink headphones, they don't cost a bomb and they are actually damn good value for money.

**omgomgz** · 07-19-2007, 05:52 PM

TBQH I think the headphones go best with the eDimensional 3D Glasses.

**Bokuho** · 07-19-2007, 08:58 PM

DaRk-AnGeL wrote..

Most of the time the sony store and panasonic stores have overpriced crap that they would still try and fob you off with.

Stick with a set of sennheiser, icemat or speedlink headphones, they don't cost a bomb and they are actually damn good value for money.

You do realise you don't have to buy something just because a guy in a store tried pushing it on you, right?

All you need to do is ask for a few simple tech specs. If they lie to you about that kind of thing, you can get them done for all kinds of crap and they wouldn't have a leg to stand on - they know this, so they're not going to do it. Even if you go to a real dipshit store, they know they can't get away with lying to you about that kind of thing.

Though yeah, lots of the specialist stores are overpriced. That's why you browse in a store, try some out, clarify any questions you have, then go back home and buy them from Amazon instead.

eDimensional Teams Up with BenHeck

eDimensional Teams Up with BenHeck

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