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Good Headset/Headphones without DAC/AMP

Fridolin
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Hi everyone!

 

So after six years of using my cheap Logitech G230 I want to upgrade, because it's slowly dying on me right now. You can tell by my choice of headphones that I'm not very experienced on this topic. So I'd just be happy about some suggestions for a headset or headphone/modmic combo at a price of ~150€ that do not require a DAC or AMP  to run. I just want to simply plug them into my MoBo. It will be mainly used for gaming and maybe to listen to music from time to time.

If you need additional information feel free to ask.

Thanks in advance!

 

Fridolin

 

Edit: Headphones/Headsets need a DAC to work, I'm small brain.

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the sennheiser game one seem to be pretty good. Good mic, good sound, and they are comfortable. I had them for a while and really liked them!

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Beyerdynamic TYGR. Open back. 32ohm not requiring an amp. No mic tho. But you can easily pop on a modmic uni on it.

https://europe.beyerdynamic.com/tygr-300-r.html

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sennheiser gsp300 for a 100$ headset.  Nice sound, microphone is good, comfortable even for long period of time, don't interfere with glasses. 

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Couldn't go wrong with a pair of Cooler Master MH751/752.

Come with a decent, detachable mic, and are based off real headphones (Takstar Pro82), are amazingly comfortable, and have the soundstage needed for gaming. Highly recommend, they destroy a lot of the higher cost "gaming" headsets on the market. Only difference between 751 and 752 are that the 752 include a DAC (yes, those USB cables that you plug your 3.5mm cable into and claim to give you 7.1 are DACs) and they actually sound better on it then most laptops inbuilt DACs (never used my desktops DAC, have a dedicated one). Highly, highly recommend.

 

CM MH751: https://geni.us/MH751 CM MH752: https://geni.us/MH752

(grabbed these links from Hardware Cannuks)

 

 

 

 

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Depending on your budget, id go with

- MH751

- SHP9500 - Open back, but great sound for the price

- HD58x

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