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 a lot more - umm - backing, on this board

 

Tell us what's really on your mind. :P

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Tell us what's really on your mind. :P

 

well, t0wer is about the only person with a pair I know of at the moment.  That's the main thing.

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well, t0wer is about the only person with a pair I know of at the moment.  That's the main thing.

 

And Linus...

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And Linus...

 

Linus had a pair besides his HD555?!? :D

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well, t0wer is about the only person with a pair I know of at the moment.  That's the main thing.

I have a pair :)

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Linus had a pair besides his HD555?!? :D

 

Aren't they, like, the same thing?

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srh840's and hd555?

 

no far from it

 

I thought we were talking about 555/558/598  :wacko:

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I thought we were talking about 555/558/598 :wacko:

Not sure about 558's but the 598 is far superior to the 555's

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Aren't they, like, the same thing?

 

Not sure about 558's but the 598 is far superior to the 555's

 

I'm beginning to form a theory that all Sennheiser headphones (except the HD800s) actually sound about the same.  It's not a bad thing, they have their brand sound signature, and it's certainly good, but it sorta destroys the consumer value of their more expensive models.

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I'm beginning to form a theory that all Sennheiser headphones (except the HD800s) actually sound about the same.  It's not a bad thing, they have their brand sound signature, and it's certainly good, but it sorta destroys the consumer value of their more expensive models.

 

From what I've heard of the 500 series that's not true, but my IE60's do sound similar to my HD 650's

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I have done a Samson SR850 review on the LTT forums a while ago, do you want to add it to your list?

 

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http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/15971-samson-sr850headphones/

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I have done a Samson SR850 review on the LTT forums a while ago, do you want to add it to your list?

 

Here is the link:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/15971-samson-sr850headphones/

 

added. thank you for the review!

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I'm beginning to form a theory that all Sennheiser headphones (except the HD800s) actually sound about the same.  It's not a bad thing, they have their brand sound signature, and it's certainly good, but it sorta destroys the consumer value of their more expensive models.

 

I am so glad to hear you say that,  I spent sometime listening to about 5 different senns models about a 3 weeks ago and I didn't buy any because I had trouble working out what the actual difference was, I was starting to questioning my hearing and thought I'd better get it checked before I spend money on cans I can't make the most out of.

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I always thought SoundCards where better for FPS gaming, for positional audio and surround sound.

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I always thought SoundCards where better for FPS gaming, for positional audio and surround sound.

 

Most games I respect include a setting in the audio section to set the audio output type to "headphone", which outputs surround sound to normal headphones.  If your game doesn't do that, I'd say it's sorta crummy.

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Most games I respect include a setting in the audio section to set the audio output type to "headphone", which outputs surround sound to normal headphones.  If your game doesn't do that, I'd say it's sorta crummy.

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You're not stupid, just not educated. We all had to start somewhere  ;)

My excuse is that i started as a console gamer so i've mostly been used to Headsets.

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My excuse is that i started as a console gamer so i've mostly been used to Headsets.

 

No worries, we don't judge to hard on this forum ;)

 

(don't tell anyone this, but I used to be a headset wearing, sound card buying, console user years ago).

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My excuse is that i started as a console gamer so i've mostly been used to Headsets.

 

Dude, I grew up on Halo. 

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