Poll: Audio in games

[Todd24ftw]

I am an audiophile when it comes to games, I bought a pair of Shure SRH7500DJ Headphones recently and they are better than any Turtle-beach or Atros. But I was wondering fellow Escapists. What headphones do you use when you are playing games?

 

[hazabaza1]

I use These headphones. [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XhptRmyML._SL500_AA300_.jpg]
They're pretty good, but the left headphone seems to be messing up recently.

 

[Zhukov]

I use These headphones. [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XhptRmyML._SL500_AA300_.jpg]

Huh. I was just about to not bother to look for a picture of my own headphones.

Exact same ones here. They've done well so far.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Plantronics Gamecom, not sure about the edition but they work pretty well. Apparently it's meant to be pretty sturdy...

Edit: ...and I happen to be using the same headset as the above two guys. It's a small world.

 

[Wolfram23]

Sennheiser PC 350 paired to an AuzenTech Bravura 7.1 sound card.

Makes games with mediocre audio sound kinda crummy lol. But, man, Battlefield 3 audio is fucking bad ass!

 

[devotedsniper]

Currently have Sennheiser RS 110 Wireless headphones, there great sound quality the only problem is they don't have a microphone, and they have a bit of an issue with bass, normal levels are fine but if i turn the volume up to maximum they can get abit distorted.

 

[Richardplex]

I use These headphones. [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XhptRmyML._SL500_AA300_.jpg]
They're pretty good, but the left headphone seems to be messing up recently.

Holy... those are mine as well :O
Though, they don't function well as headphones. I can hear my friends speaking through them when I'm a different floor to them quite easily.

 

[Gibboniser]

I use These headphones. [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XhptRmyML._SL500_AA300_.jpg]
They're pretty good, but the left headphone seems to be messing up recently.

They're the ones I use, but recently I took them off a bit vigorously and they snapped

 

[wooty]

I've got a pair of cheap £15 Sony headphones. Great bass, in-line volume control, comfortable, nice long cable on them.
Had them for years now and they've not let me down yet.

 

[Greni]

Mine just broke. lousy junk

 

[Richardplex]

I use These headphones. [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XhptRmyML._SL500_AA300_.jpg]
They're pretty good, but the left headphone seems to be messing up recently.

They're the ones I use, but recently I took them off a bit vigorously and they snapped

Wait, how? I've stepped on them with all my 80kg of weight with running shoes on, and they just shrugged it off with no damage. I would feel safe wearing armour made of those things.

 

[MrGseff]

Sennheisers CX500

 

[Broady Brio]

Pro-Luxe KT-121.

They get the job done, luckily I'm no audiophile.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

I have a Turtle Beach Headset for gaming, not sure what model but its pretty good anyway.

 

[TheMushroomClub]

Some decent cheap headphones here. I ue them mostly for listening to music though, game audio doesn't bug me that much.

http://cdn-static.cnet.co.uk/i/product_media/39046047/image1/300x225-sonymdr3.jpg

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

If I'm just listen to music, I have a Sennheiser HD448.

If I'm at the gym, then I have Skull Candy earbuds.

Professionally, I use Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO.

I don't use headphones for gaming, but if I happen to play multiplayer, which is rare, then I just use the earpiece from Sony.

 

[4RM3D]

I usually do not use headphones, but instead I use my 5.1 speaker set.

I do have a 2 wireless Sennheiser headphones.

This for mobile (outdoor):

And this for mobile (indoor) and occasional gaming:

 

[Lawnmooer]

My current ones are from Denon. Not sure what model though, I don't really keep track of this sort of thing due to the rapid speed I wear through headphones (I have a habit of putting my music really loud and listening to it constantly when at my computer) to the point where I actually got through 3 pairs of decent headphones in a week...

I even get through my Ipod headphones rather quickly, I'm having to use the ones that came with my Blackberry at the moment (I was using Skull Candy earbuds but one of them stopped working and the other kinda gave up shortly after)

I have noticed that it's my wireless headphones that wear out quickest. With both pairs of wired headphones I have still currently working (One has a mic on and is a very basic pair (Though still good quality compared to some cheap wireless headphones I've used) and the other is my decent pair)

 

[MintberryCrunch]

Samson Ch70 Studio reference headphones. Absolutely brilliant. Sure, they give me a thing where i have to click my ear every 5 minutes so i don't go unconscious from the pain, but every set of headphones I've tried do that so these are fine by me.