That’s a lot of headphone for the money. I didn’t notice a differemce in gaming performance (ie ability to detect and locate footsteps) until I got the $1000+ headphone range. And even then, the difference is small.
That’s surprising, I would say the 880 600 preforms better than some of my higher end headphones in competitive games lol (although my ad1000x is my main comp gaming headphones)
I was saying that the Beyerdynamic s are a lot of Headphone for the money. I didn’t get better for gaming until I got the Aryas
Depends a lot on the game. I’ve never played Fortnite but I do know that Rainbow Six Seige and Counter Strike both have terrible accuracy for enemies that aren’t in line of sight because they’re not physically modeled like in Battlefied, they just take use the shortest distance between you and the enemy. So depending on the game, a better headphone won’t do anything to fix bad audio design.
I would say yes, the 600 ohm is better than the 250 ohm, it is a more refined, detailed, and accurate sound. The silver DT880 600 ohm + Fiio K5 Pro is still what I would recommend. And if you want to get into any other FPS games like Call Of Duty, you would be set with that great combo already.
Siege takes a while to learn but actually has pretty good imaging and and sound engine does a lot of really cool stuff. Especially because they take the shortest distance to get to you directional cues get really cool when you take the destructability into account. But I will say fortnite’s sound engine is just kinda trash all around.
@M0N @Soren_Peregrine How would the 990 compare to the 880 for competitive gaming in terms of the sound stage and imaging?
So the 990 would be brighter and also assuming both are 600 ohm, the 990 might have the edge in imaging. But that being said, I thin the 880 does a better job recreating space (edge in spatial recreation) that I think in the end equals out the 990’s slight advantage in imaging. Overall personally I prefer the 880 600 ohm but I don’t think the 990 600 would be a bad pick either. Just make sure you have the right amp to actually power them.
I agree with M0N here.
The hd58x have been amazing for sound cues and footsteps in CSGO. Imaging on those are the best I’ve heard personally for that game specifically. Not sure about Fortnite tho
58x are great if your playing a game that isnt too soundstage dependant and want something to tell you which direction they are but in games that are slower like siege or a BR I personally prefer something that has soundstage
mostly aggree with this. the 990 takes the edge for me personally cause I enjoy the tuning more the midbass bumpis great for gunshots and explosions but doesnt over power foothsteps cause of the increased treble.
Did you find the AD1000x to be better than the 880 600ohms? Imaging is better between the two as well as sound separation? Any experience with Rainbow Six Siege?
For games I did slightly prefer how the ad1000x presented, I think it had sharper imaging in the games I had tried, also imo it’s signature and presentation made it a bit more easy to pick up on spatial queues with how intimate it was, made placement easy. The 880 600 is no slouch either, although in some games personally I was slightly slower on picking out where somebody was than the audio technica. I think for music the 880 600 ohm ends up being more accurate but otherwise for games I do slightly prefer the 1000x. I don’t have much experience with R6 unfortunately
Dude I appreciate the quick response! Yea I’ve had the ad700x (first open back for gaming) and I’ve really enjoyed it so far. Took a bit to get used to open back but when I tried going back to the penrose via aux I heard the difference.
I’m actually leaning towards the ad1000x as I can still return the 700x and just pay about $200 more for it.
If you already like the sound of the ad700x, the ad1000x is a logical upgrade and should be pretty great. Also it’s not that hard to drive, so for the time being you can use it with pc audio, but I would suggest an entry level dac amp stack to really let it shine imo
Yup already have the magni and modi!
Perfect, should be pretty solid then, would be curious on your thoughts
For sure! I’ll definitely write a reply. My only concern is that the more I read in these forums, the less sure I am of the cost to benefit of upgrading from 700x to 1000x. Money isn’t an issue, but I do wonder if you can actually hear the sound separation difference between the two.
You can, it might not be a world changing difference but it should be noticeable and appreciable