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Sennheiser Exits Gaming Headphone Business
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I'd take a proper lavalier mic with proper studio headphones over an unwieldy and crappy gaming headset with boom mic any day.
Or better yet, a proper THX reference level capable surround sound system and tactile transducers over any headphones.
Or even just dt-990s + modmic. Still better than any gaming headset ever built.
But that combination costs around 230 Swiss Franks versus 75 Swiss Franks for a Hyperx Cloud Alpha.
Superlux HD 660 Pro / Samson SR850 / AKG K240 + 15€ Lavalier Mic = Better than HyperX Wolkendingsi.
An omnidirectional mic 20 cm downwards from the persons mouth is supposed to sound better than a little boom mic right in front of them? That's not very convincing.
Sure with the budget, space, and maybe even enough noise isolation or when you can get open headphones...
But how much would a good enough studio headphone cost? Because from what I understand from studio headphones it's perfectly calibrated headphones?
Now image your someone without the proper budget to get 1k$ headphones, and no space for open sound. what would you buy?
Maybe beyerdynamic? But for me the clamp force is too high.
Akg? They are cheap, but damn it was impossible for me to wear the akg371 as they were too shallow and had no protection for the driver plastic, and the way they were build made sure I had holes for the sound to get out...
Sadly audio is very subjective, on comfort, space, and sound.
Good studio headphones are around 200€ and you can get decent ones for 100...150€. And generally they are closed back, not open headphones.