Sennheiser PC 360 G4ME vs HD 598+mic

[sunchas3r]

Hi people,

I've owned the 598 for a week or two now and bought a separate mic to go with it.
I'm very satisfied with the sound for both gaming and movies, only the separate mic cable is bothering me.
So i was thinking of buying the 360 as it has a built-in mic.
My question is if the sound signature of the 360 is the same as the 598?
I read that the signature of the 360 is more like the 558 which in its turn is similar to the 598, so i don't know.

Any one had any experience with both headphones?

Thanks on any advice!
Joseph

 

[BrightCandle]

I bought the PC 360 first and then ended up getting the HD 598s because I was unhappy with the sound stage of the PC360. I had problems determining directionality in games with virtual surround sound on the PC360s. I have seen the performance curves and they are meant to be very similar but my experience was that they really aren't for my use (gaming).

 

[sunchas3r]

Thanks on your input m8.

Must say positional audio with the 598 is excellent but i don't use any surround.
I find surround generally distracting for positional audio although you can hear further.

Cheers,
Joseph

 

[Tegeril]

I would stick with the 598 + a mic. Though, my mic choice was a table-sitting condenser, which works exceptionally well without strapping anything else to my head.

 

[mnewsham]

I just bought this cheap mic
http://www.dx.com/p/xty-operator-style-earbud-microphone-set-2631#.U4UyXvldV1g

add a velcro sticker thing, attach one section of velcro to the ear bud on the mic, the other velcro thing to the side of your headphone ear cup, done. Adds a removable boom mic to any pair of headphones.

 

[BrightCandle]

You could always sleeve the wires together down the length like you would with sleeving cables inside your case to pull the wires together.

 

[Chapbass]

What mic are you using? I'm 100% for headphones + mic. I don't think I'll ever go back to headset. I use headphones (sennheiser 650) with the logitech desktop usb mic. Sounds great and I don't have anything hanging in front of my face.

If I wanted an upgrade, i would grab the Blue Snowball or Blue snowball ice.

 

[sunchas3r]

I got a Speedlink 8691-SBK-01 Spes Clip-On Microphone :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KXgqhEhboc

Only 8 euros and works really well