Close decision...

grazhopper · 12-08-2005, 06:59 PM

which headset?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=70

At 10 dollars difference, price is not a factor in my decision.

mega10169 · 12-11-2005, 08:56 PM

I'd say the cheaper one because the mic and speakers have a better fequency range which means they will sound a bit better.

vortmax · 12-11-2005, 09:11 PM

that and the others are out of stock

better frequency resonse doesn't always mean better sound. Actually tight responses sound better, but you need more speakers to cover the whole range.

Anyway, I do like the first set regardless of price difference. They do have the better response, and they do list other specs, such as impedience. I'm never comfortable buying an audio product that doesn't list that stuff. If they figure I'm too stuipd as a consumer to know what it means or why it matters, then they are gearing the units towards uniformed people who just buy whatever is prettiest or has "Aggressive, cool design with strong appeal to gamers".

If you read the description you are also paying for DSP in the second set. If you are using a sound card with integrated DSP, you don't need it in the headphones. Especially since the DSP in the sound card is hands down higher quality then in the headphones. Now if those were say $100+ headphones with DSP, it might be a different story, as that would indicate a quality processor built on a solid pair of speakers, and not really cheap speakers with a so-so DSP to bring the price down to $50.

12-08-2005, 06:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
grazhopper Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 227	Close decision... which headset? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=70 At 10 dollars difference, price is not a factor in my decision.

12-11-2005, 08:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
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12-11-2005, 09:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	that and the others are out of stock better frequency resonse doesn't always mean better sound. Actually tight responses sound better, but you need more speakers to cover the whole range. Anyway, I do like the first set regardless of price difference. They do have the better response, and they do list other specs, such as impedience. I'm never comfortable buying an audio product that doesn't list that stuff. If they figure I'm too stuipd as a consumer to know what it means or why it matters, then they are gearing the units towards uniformed people who just buy whatever is prettiest or has "Aggressive, cool design with strong appeal to gamers". If you read the description you are also paying for DSP in the second set. If you are using a sound card with integrated DSP, you don't need it in the headphones. Especially since the DSP in the sound card is hands down higher quality then in the headphones. Now if those were say $100+ headphones with DSP, it might be a different story, as that would indicate a quality processor built on a solid pair of speakers, and not really cheap speakers with a so-so DSP to bring the price down to $50. __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX

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