Whatever good or bad things people say about a pair of headphones, you’re like to also find some others who say the exact opposite. I would try to find out if the people who are unhappy didn’t run into a faulty unit, weren’t running it from a mobo jack or something else that would explain their exceptionally bad experience.
In short, what good things I’ve read about with regard to the 560s specifically for gaming purposes come down to good imagining within its not huge but still good stage, plus very natural-sounding sound effects, so that people were catching themselves not being sure if the sound was coming from the movie or something was happening downstairs. That’s what’s tempting me to get a pair because I personally very much appreciate metal sounding like metal, wood sounding like wood and metal on wood sounding like metal on wood (etc. etc.). And they should be good all-rounders for a variety of different musical tracks. Listening to game soundracks would probably be like critical listening in a studio, for good or bad. But I really shouldn’t be saying more without having listened to them.
Re: 560s vs 1990s, Falenkor has owned both, so I’d ask him.
Nope. No experience with any headphones really, just a lot of reading trying to find something for me for applications very similar to yours. In my thread the good folks here, including Falenkor who’s helping you here, were patient and helpful beyond any measure. Plus, I did a lot of reading and watching. But no hands-on experience with anything.
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