Gaming headphones?

[C-Man]

I just got a set of Creative Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Alpha gaming headphones for about $50. The speakers on my Thinkpad T60 are a little underwhelming (read: inaudible), as is any pair of headphones I'd plug into the jack. Seems to be a recurring problem in the T-series. Anyway, these can be used in either the regular jack or USB, and there's a detachable noise-cancelling microphone for multiplayer gaming(which I don't do, but it's nice to have).
These are maybe the best headphones I've ever used. They're even better than a big set of Nova DJ headphones from the 80's I've got kicking around. I would've just used the Novas, but they need an amplifier to work right.

Does anybody here do a lot of online gaming? How much did you guys spend on headphones?

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

I use all Sennheiser headphones. I have yet to find anything with better sound quality. Spent between $80 - $200 per set depending on the model and what I'm using them for.

 

[EphesiaNZ]

I just got a set of Creative Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Alpha gaming headphones for about $50. The speakers on my Thinkpad T60 are a little underwhelming (read: inaudible)...

I've always found older IBM/Lenovo laptops useless for good sound levels but they are excellent otherwise

 

[EphesiaNZ]

I use all Sennheiser headphones. I have yet to find anything with better sound quality. Spent between $80 - $200 per set depending on the model and what I'm using them for.

Used Sennheiser headphones years ago when I was heavily into HiFi (in the good old days) and found them first class.

 

[m.a.r.X]

I don't like full size headphones, I'm into IEMs.
I had a Jbuds J3, Creative EP635, Sony Ericsson HPM 8X and a Sennheiser MX 400.

 

[Qyöt27]

While I don't do gaming (and if I did I wouldn't feel the need to use headphones), I usually go with the more economically-friendly Jensen models if I have the choice, since I don't have a lot to spend. I currently have a JHF300 pair that I got several years ago - they even make an iPod's output sound good, although it looks a bit ridiculous to have a full size pair of padded headphones hooked to an iPod Shuffle.

 

[Zurückschlagen]

I just got a set of Creative Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Alpha gaming headphones for about $50. The speakers on my Thinkpad T60 are a little underwhelming (read: inaudible), as is any pair of headphones I'd plug into the jack. Seems to be a recurring problem in the T-series. Anyway, these can be used in either the regular jack or USB, and there's a detachable noise-cancelling microphone for multiplayer gaming(which I don't do, but it's nice to have).
These are maybe the best headphones I've ever used. They're even better than a big set of Nova DJ headphones from the 80's I've got kicking around. I would've just used the Novas, but they need an amplifier to work right.

Does anybody here do a lot of online gaming? How much did you guys spend on headphones?

My last setup was AKG 511 headphones, plus the Asus Xonar DG sound card. A cheap blast. My ears were blasted.

AKG are Austrian but owned by Harman USA.

For gaming, you don’t need more.
If it’s for audio recording, you need thousands.

 

[timewerx]

My last setup was AKG 511 headphones, plus the Asus Xonar DG sound card. A cheap blast. My ears were blasted.

AKG are Austrian but owned by Harman USA.

For gaming, you don’t need more.
If it’s for audio recording, you need thousands.

I have AKG's too. They are more expensive than Sennheisers.

I think there's a huge difference in quality between the aviation-grade Sennheiser vs the consumption-grade Sennheisers. I used to own Senns but the build quality and sound isn't as good as the AKG's.