@Crackem Yep, Takstar Pro 82 or MH751 is the best choice at this price if you need closed back. Bass is actually not good for competitive gaming, as it can mask footsteps and such.
If you can afford it, I would highly, highly recommend also getting the Koss KSC75 headphones. I know they look silly, but hear me out.
You could use these as competitive gaming headphones. The reason being, they may have a low price, but Koss is well known for making silly looking headphones that actually have super high quality drivers in them. These have even more accurate imaging and soundstage than some of the more expensive headphones I have ever tried. Even M0N uses these the most out of all his thousands of dollars of equipment.
I would certainly pick these up as well from Amazon for only $14. They may look weird, but trust me, they beat out many head for this application in the hundreds of dollars prices.
I would go for the Cooler Master or the Takstar Pro 82 that has the bass boost slider on it, and also get these Koss KSC75 for $14. You would still be under budget.
I can get the Koss KSC75 or Porta Pro here. The KSC7 are not avaliable, but idk if they are the same. But yeah I might get them if they fit on my budget, they look funny haha.
KSC7 are not the same I don’t think. I do know the KSC75 are amazing though! I highly recommend them.
yeah out of all those tghe mh 752. or the takstars if you want to save a buck
The Audio-Technica ATH-A550Z are pretty good for competitive, but not the most portable
Yeah I want to use them in public transport and other spaces. Rest them around my neck and stuff. These doesn’t seem portable enough haha but thanks a lot for the recommendation!
Good thing about the KSC75 is that they are so small they fit in my tiny pockets too lol.
Yeah they seem super portable xd, tho probably not much noise isolation. For home use they should be good.
So how are these headphones ranked for competitive gaming (imaging, positional audio, etc) form best to worst?
You mean these?
Hmm…
I cannot say for certain, @M0N would know more, but I will say the Takstar Pro 82 and MH751 would be identical since they are the exact same headphones, just different branding.
The M40x are pretty good from what I hear, the stock pads are just not as comfortable as the Takstar models. The Status CB-1 are good, but they do have some durability issues from what I hear. Again, not sure about positional audio on these models, but I do know they are all fairly good. Takstar models would be more comfortable though than the others, without pad changes.
I would PM M0N or ask him about this question, he knows more than I ever will lol.
Yes, I know about comfort and build quality from the videos and forums. Takstar and MH are the best in comfort and the m40x’s need pad change for sure, I know because my m50s are not very comfortable haha. Tho HM5 normal pads are 20 euro more and the angled ones that Zeos uses are harder to find and even more expensive here. About the CB-1s I’m concerned about the build quality and that they are not that good for portability imo when you put them around your neck because the pad’s rotation is spring loaded. The main thing i wanna know is the competitive gaming performance side by side.
Competitive gaming for under a $100 the takstars or cooler master’s are the way to go
Nice,I ordered the MH752s. Thank you all for your help ^^
Hope you like them!
I would not use the 7.1 gaming attachment that comes with it personally if you are playing games, makes everything sound too weird and inaccurate. Would be fine for listening to music though. Feel free to share your thoughts on them when you get them. Happy listening!
You should get those Koss KSC75 at some point too!
I would still use the dongle but disable the surround on it
Yeah that’s what I meant to say. My bad lol.
Yeah, I’ll keep an eye on those little guys haha. I picked the 752s cause I can use the dongle as a better soundcard than the one in my laptop, as you both suggest 
Hi guys,
After some time of testing I’m gonna shar my thoughts on the headphones. I ended up returning the m50xs and keeping the MH752s. Tbh it was hard to decide. Both sound very good. I noted that the m50s had a bit more of a punch in the base and more elevated highs than the 752s. However the 752s have a wider soundstage. I don’t know why but the m50s sounded a tiny bit more clear and it has a more metalic sound. Maybe this is due to them having less soundstage and elevated highs thus highliting the details more. The 752s sound more open or warm. For imaging I couldn’t tell much difference between them.
The have different sound signature but both are good for my ears. However what ultimately made me decide was the comfort. The m50s are not uncomfortable by any means but the 752s defenetly win here. And, while they don’t feel as good as people say, I can stand them for long periods of time. The m50s on the other hand have a weakly padded headband that can create a preassure hotspot in the top of your head. The pads as not as comfortable either.
And plus, the 752s come with some extras like the microphone and the little DAC (Tho in my unit that DAC is scratching the 3.5 mm connector, I’m trying to get that fixed).
The m50xs are also good so no matter what you have it won’t be a bad product.
Yeah, M50x certainly aren’t bad, they are just kind of overpriced imo. For the price, the MH752 are great imo.
M50s are some of the worst headpy reccomended in the past for most people. It’s just not great for music and pretty garbage for gaming.