Headsets

[b0red]

G35= Nice mic, Voice changer, Sweet Software, Sexy black and Red, Logitech warrenty, VOICE CHANGER, bindable keys on the side.

[Spiral]

G35= Nice mic, Voice changer, Sweet Software, Sexy black and Red, Logitech warrenty, VOICE CHANGER, bindable keys on the side.

 

How about the Sound Blaster Arena?

 

Built in Sound Card, X-Fi, Silencer, VoiceFX, Alchemy and a Detachable mic.

[`Pepper.]

A review said that the Sound Blaster was cheaply made. I think I might go with the G35's just because they look pro. They are only $40 more, and that is nothing, seeing how I have no mortgage/rent, food, or any other bills

[b0red]

How about the Sound Blaster Arena?

 

Built in Sound Card, X-Fi, Silencer, VoiceFX, Alchemy and a Detachable mic.

 

G35 has 7.1 surround sound. Noise cancellation and pretty much everything that has including the built in sound card. It also has bindable keys.

[Shadowex3]

G35 has 7.1 surround sound. Noise cancellation and pretty much everything that has including the built in sound card. It also has bindable keys.

 

And that is why they're crap. I've been over this a billion times: Headphones cannot have surround sound because of simple issues with THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.

 

Take some ipod earbuds and put them right next to your ears, where the speaker on headphones would be. Now move them back and forth a bit. Notice any significant difference? The answer is no, not really. You can tell a small difference because you know you're physically moving them yourself, but it's nothing like having speakers several feet away from you all around you.

 

Headphones are either a single speaker right next to your ear, or multiple earbud sized speakers right next to your ear. Either way you're not getting surround sound, and the second method is going to give you the same quality of sound as you'd get from an earbud in a plastic frame.

 

When buying headphones look for quality, not gimmicks. If you can't find Sennhesier 555's and the 595's are too expensive where you are start looking at Audio Technica AD700's, just whatever you do don't buy something USB* and don't buy something marketted for "gaming" or "surround" because it's going to be a gimmick laden POS. Go for something whose advertising base is accurate sound reproduction.

 

*Headphones, like all speakers, play an analog signal. One way or another that signal's getting converted when it leaves your computer. Your soundcard can do it, or your headphones can do it. I'd let the soundcard do it since that's what it was built for.