New headphones

[Hidden Hippo]

I've been looking at getting some better sound for my PC, but don't really want to spend £150 on some surround speakers and another £75 on some decent headphones. Therefore, I've decided that the best option would be to get a nice set of headphones. However, I'm not much of an audiophile, and as such need some advice on which set of headphones I should get.

These will be used mostly for gaming (FPSs and RPGs mainly) and as such need some decent positional audio. I know that I would like some closed headphones, purely to get rid of annoying background noise. I'd also quite like some surround sound headphones so they're compatible with my 360/PS3. The audio on my PC will be coming from an X-Fi Xtreme Music. Does anyone have any suggestions as to which headphones owuld be recommended for this situation?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Trippytiger]

What kind of budget do you have? That's going to be the important thing here.

Off the top of my head, though, I'd suggest taking a look at any of the Audio-Technica ATH-A500/A700/A900 headphones. They're closed, easy to drive, and have a reputation having excellent positioning and hence being great for gaming. Check them out at AudioCubes .

 

[you2]

Id' recommend hd555 or ath-a900

 

[Hidden Hippo]

Sorry, forgot to mention the budget entirely. I'm looking at spending around £120, but could stretch a little if completely necessary.

 

[43st]

I'd recommend the Audio-Technica ATH-A900. They are sealed but a very 'light' fit, so extended wearing is quite easy. Great gaming headphones in my opinion.

 

[potato28]

ATH-900 or HD-555's. Best gaming headphones without needing an amp.

 

[almach1]

i agree. i sprung 140 for hd-595's. i was looking at AT 900's too.

 

[jondl]

the HD555/595 are open so scratch those. AT900 can be driven ampless very easily. Another closed headphone would be the Beyerdynamics DT770. Although, the DT770 would need an amp at higher volumes but with my X-fi, it got pretty good volume ampless.