Hi all, I recently purchased a new set of Audio Technica A500's. I've been burning them in for a while and the sound is amazing, but I have a question relating to the 3d sound positioning. I have Windows 7 with the "IDT Audio" software. This comes with a control panel that lets you to tweak the audio in a number of ways, including 3 presets for games, movies and music. I have found that while using the gaming preset significantly improves the audio (i.e. a lot bassier etc.) the 3d sound positioning suffers, as opposed to disabling the IDT software all together. I'm not very knowledgable in sound engineering but it seems to me that this may just be a kind of trade off you make when you alter the audio by doing things such as increasing bass. Am I right here? Or would it just be a matter of me having to tweak the preset a little to bring the 3d sound quality back to where it was before, whilst retaining the rest of the benefits this 'gaming' preset brings? Thanks!
Thanks for all the replies guys. I went with the Audio Technica A500's. They are really comfortable and produce awesome sound. One thing though is the positional audio in games, or rather lack thereof. My $20 set of logitechs are better in this respect. I was wondering if this is a flaw of the headphones, or will the positional audio get better after burning in for a while?
Hi all, my last set of headphones broke over the weekend and I am looking to buy a new pair. I am looking at the "Sennheiser HD 280 Pro" and had a listen in store today. The sound quality was amazing and they appear to have many great reviews online. My only concern is a lot of people mention they are a little light on the bass. As I will be using these headphones for a fair amount of gaming I was wondering how much of an issue this was... for example, when a grenade explodes next to me in a game I really like to *feel* like I'm being blown away. I'm also into the survival/horror genre (silent hill/FEAR/Dead Space 2 etc.) and obviously sound quality is of great importance in terms of emmersion in those games. Does anyone have any experience with these headphones, or could point me towards another brand? Cheers!
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