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Hello, I'm in need of advice on which pair of closed ear, wired headphones to buy: 1. What is your budget? ~USD$200-350 [£150-260] 2. What are you looking for? Closed ear, wired, budget PS5/TV listening [via PC] Headphones 3. How will you typically be using the gear? Sat at a...

Hey guys, for gaming, mainly and a bit of music, HD 550 or almost double where I am for HD490 Pro? Coming from a set of Beyerdynamic Tygr 300

Hi everyone, I’m totally new to audio setups and I’d really appreciate some help choosing one for my needs. I mainly want to hear enemy footsteps clearly in competitive games, enjoy music like classical, pop, phonk, and chill tracks, and have a nice immersive experience in single-player games...

The Backstory So... In the last couple of days I've been messing around with some Game Boy Advance (GBA) emulators, and I've found the experience to be very frustrating. I was getting some very annoying audible crackling, and I soon gave up trying to make heads or tails of it for a couple of...

Hi guys. I need your advice, as you are certainly more experienced than me. I have a smsl c200 and I have the Arya organic and the Kiwi Ears aether iems (both with 4.4mm connection). I was looking at the fact that the Fosi zh3 was recently released, I would like to understand if making the...

I was hoping for something like an alternative to the fine Neutron HiFi DAC V1 , just for eample. ...Or devices by Qudelix, E1DA, FiiO, or late FC5 by Hiby. - A dongle DAC with PEQ functionality written into EEPROM - "ready to go" on boot up - with no need of any Android "companion" apps or...

Hey everyone, I’ve been seeing that while most people go with active subs these days, there are still quite a few who stick with passive subwoofers. I’m really curious to learn from those of you who use them. A few things I’d love to hear about: Why passive? What made you choose a passive sub...

I play Escape from Tarkov with friends and use Discord to communicate and stream my gameplay for them while we play, and vice versa to see their screens on my Discord overlay (all on one monitor). When doing this and pre-recording at the same time my fps take a hit (I think both my CPU and GPU...

Hello there, I’m inquiring if there is a really good combination DAC/or special Chips (f.g. ES9038Q2M, CS43131) for optimal separation, directional audio, and soundstage, especially for (professional) gaming purposes. I’ve heard that the Dragonfly Cobalt/Black is a good choice for gaming with...

Hello, I'm a beginner in Audio science and I would like to improve spatialization sound in gaming. I'm looking for a DAC or DAC\Amp that can help me to feel from where the sound is coming, hear more precisely step of other player, gun reloading, ... Basically i want to increase volume of...

Hi, I am looking for a "gaming" headset (without microphone, no problem if there is). I do not really want some "fancy" headset, because I believe, that it is overpriced compared to some headphones without the label "gaming" on them. I have seen crinacle's THE BEST GAMING HEADPHONES don't...

Hi, I would like to buy headphones for gaming (competetive/esport) and as I was looking into it, i found out, that the best choice would be IEM headphones (right?). So my question is: What would be the best choice? Budget: up to $150 (or around $200 if something would be worth the price)...

I find somewhat conflicting results as going by Rtings measurements there are a few headphones that come very close to the HD800S. However from personal experience the HD800S and HD599( Fresh Reviews rates the HD560S equally highly) stand far above some of the other headphones I've used(Arya...

Hi All I have the LCD-1 which I use with several amp\dac (Fiio E10k , Meizu Hifi) they sound nice and have good details but the sound is exciting only with eq. I want to replace them by s good sounding headphones up to 300$, what I need is they should be portable (like the lcd-1) and good...

What’s your endgame gear for PC Gaming? Im currently using a Topping D90SE DAC, Topping A90D Amp, Blue Yeti Pro Mic, & HD800S Headphones, but I’m always curious to try new headphones / potential upgrades. Anyone want to share their current setup or have any suggestions for something new to try...

I'm currently using VoiceMeeter, all other software from VB Cable produces clicks and pops. What other alternatives are there for bit-perfect gaming on Windows?

-=PREVIOUS HEADPHONE=- I've been using the DT990 for quite a few years now but it's time to upgrade as the right driver stopped working. The main issues I had with that headphone were: 1) Cheap plastic hinges that would break really easy ( had to replace them twice ) 2) Fatiguing audio to the...

Hello All, I was hoping someone could help me choose a configuration based on the equipment I could buy and the stuff I have access to already. So I am pretty new to audio - I have a mix of kit I could receive soon, and I am not sure what to use. The goal of the setup was to upgrade my current...

Hello, Lately I've been trying to get a proper audio setup for my PC, even posted a few threads around here asking for advice. I use it for coding and gaming mostly, sometimes I listen to music while working, all kinds of genres. I have a Fiio K5 Pro DAC/AMP. I tried the following headphones...

Just as the title implies. I wonder whether headphones like Shure SRH440 are great for gaming...