Does anyone own the Klipsch Mode m40's ? I havent seen them mentioned in this thread. Im looking for a nice set of headphones for gaming and music. Im torn between the Sennheiser HD 598 and the Klipsch.

Jetsfan122

Probably the most highly-anticipated headphones in years, the V-Moda M-100's, after months of feedback and tweaking based on feedback from the Head-Fi community, is being released. It is now available for pre-order on V-Moda's web site for $310 (or more if you get them customized). Initial third-party reviews from C|Net and Engadget are positive, and I have a feeling it will do very well. But at $300 it's going up against some very nice headphones, notably the AKG Q701's, Sennheiser HD598's, and the Beyerdynamic DT880 Premiums. That's some pretty tough competition.

Honestly, though, I'm tempted to preorder. The M-80's were incredible, and these look to do everything anyone could possibly want from gaming to music in a full-size headphone, and with a generously low impedence. I'm weighing what I might get on the custom shields: the rebel alliance symbol, galactic empire, thundercats, cobra, the triforce- there's a lot of cool, nerdy gaming emblems one could use! It should be interesting to see how they are received once they hit a wider release.

Happy gaming,

Boz

[QUOTE="59abbot"]I love bass, the stronger the bass, the better!spittis

What about a used pair of TripleFi 10's?Wolfetan

If this is purely for PC gaming, get a Asus Xonar DG sound card ($26 on Amazon) and pair it with an open-backed headphone like the Grado SR80i (~$90). The Xonar DG will provide Dolby Headphone processing, which gives you your surround sound. Then you'll just need either a Zalman clip-on mic or inexpensive desktop mic. This will provide excellent, inexpense sound.

Good luck!

Boz