Which heaphone out of these.

[SomRush]

I mainly play fps shooter games these days. Valorant to be specific + Some office meetings.

Need a good pair of headphones that can serve both purpose well.

I have curated a list of these headphones. Unable to decide which should I choose.

Though my budget is not limited but I am not willing to overspend without a reason. I am thinking of going with

Razer Kraken X

Corsair HS60 PRO

Razer BlackShark V2 X

but not sure of pros and cons. I will appreciate the help of this community very well.

though my budget

 

	Min price	amazon.in	flipkart	mdcomputers	itdepot	smcinternational
ASUS TUF Gaming H3	2,990	3,748	4,650	3,165	2,990
HYPERX CLOUD STINGER	3,450	4,690	4,990	3,450	3345/4000	3,490
Razer Kraken X	3,950	5,200	4,548	3,950	4,860	4,100
Razer Kraken X USB	5,199				5,290
HyperX Cloud Core	5,999	6,490	5,999
Razer Kraken	6,250	6,799		6,250	6,390	7,200
Corsair HS50	4,375	4,799	6,840		4,375
Corsair HS60 PRO	6,320	8,499		6,862	6,320
Razer BlackShark V2 X	6,500	12,000		6,500	6,500
Logitech g433	7,500	9,495		7,500
Audio Technica ATH-AD700X	7,999	7,999	8,500
Razer Nari Essential	8,075	8,075	8,399	8,250	9,270	9,600
RAZER KRAKEN TOURNAMENT EDITION	8,250	8,799	8,399	8,250	9,480	9,700
HyperX Cloud II	8,650	11,000	9,499	8,650	9,090
Audio Technica ATH-M40x Wired without Mic Headset	8,999	8,999	9,555
HyperX Cloud Alpha	9,499	10,558	9,499		9,975
Razer Thresher Ultimate	9,750	11,499		9,750	11,940	10,000
Audio Technica ATH-M50x Wired without Mic Headset	10,000	11,000	10,000
steelseries Arctis 7	10,889		10,889		13,022
Razer BlackShark V2 Pro	17,450	19,027		17,520	17,450	-
Cooler Master MH752				6350	6475

 

 

 

[SorryBella]

29 minutes ago, SomRush said:

Though my budget is not limited but I am not willing to overspend without a reason. I am thinking of going with

Razer Kraken X

Corsair HS60 PRO

Razer BlackShark V2 X

None of these. Razer has a horrible sound profile across the board and overblown surround and Corsair headsets are not that reliable. From this list my +1 vote would be:

1. HyperX Cloud (I prefer the 2, but all of them are basically the same imho)

2. ATH-M50x and get yourself an external mic or use your phone mic hooked to your computer

3. Cooler Master MH752 (super dark horse pick, never actually used it myself but its really good i hear)

[Tigerleon]

1 hour ago, SorryClaire said:

ATH-M50x

I would never recommend these for anything outside studio use. They sound horrible for listening and gaming etc. The soundstage is super claustrophobic and the sound is not nice at all for anything, based off of listening to a friend's pair and other reviews.

 

I would seriously recommend the MH752's since the mic is actually good enough to not annoy people if you don't already have a USB or XLR mic. The reason why the MH752's is a popular recc here is because they sound great for the price and offering a good mic for a headset and the comfort is great too. I would say they are the best headphones at the price range and even higher compared to many gaming headsets even in the 150-200 dollar range.

1 hour ago, SorryClaire said:

Razer Kraken X

Corsair HS60 PRO

Razer BlackShark V2 X

Stay away from all of these brands. Including Logitech and Steelseries. They are just plain awful for the price and the marketing gimmick they use is comical.

[SomRush]

12 hours ago, Tigerleon said:

I would never recommend these for anything outside studio use. They sound horrible for listening and gaming etc. The soundstage is super claustrophobic and the sound is not nice at all for anything, based off of listening to a friend's pair and other reviews.

 

I would seriously recommend the MH752's since the mic is actually good enough to not annoy people if you don't already have a USB or XLR mic. The reason why the MH752's is a popular recc here is because they sound great for the price and offering a good mic for a headset and the comfort is great too. I would say they are the best headphones at the price range and even higher compared to many gaming headsets even in the 150-200 dollar range.

Stay away from all of these brands. Including Logitech and Steelseries. They are just plain awful for the price and the marketing gimmick they use is comical.

any other recommendation out of this list. Given the price range and availibility.

I am checking

hyperx cloud 2 - https://www.amazon.in/HyperX-Cloud-Gaming-Headset-Xbox/dp/B00SAYCVTQ?tag=hx-cloudiigm-atc-21#

Logitech g433 - https://www.amazon.in/Logitech-Surround-Sound-Gaming-Headset/dp/B072BY1H95

Logitech G pro - https://mdcomputers.in/logitech-g-pro-981-000814.html

 

refer this site for pricing - https://www.theitdepot.com/products-Headphones_C19.html

https://mdcomputers.in

 

[rice guru]

13 hours ago, SorryClaire said:

ATH-M50x and get yourself an external mic or use your phone mic hooked to your computer

These are hot garbage for gaming I would not recommend these at all.

 

14 hours ago, SomRush said:

but not sure of pros and cons. I will appreciate the help of this community very well.

though my budget

For pure gaming out of these the ad 700 x is the best wide soundstage decent imaging good airy highs for footsteps. Mic wise the modmic would be a decent pick. If you need a good comfortable closed back the mh752 would be my pick out of the list . The MH 752 is one of the best values here decent mic decent gaming performance for under a $100. The g433 is a weird pick for me I generally never recommend it but having tried it recently it's actually pretty good and a safe recommendation positional audio is pretty good, mids are surprisingly decent for a gaming headset overall tuning is pretty good for gaming  it a bad pick but I'm not sure how they are long term. Overall the best thing on the list imo is the 700x

 

[geo3]

MH752s

[Tigerleon]

4 hours ago, SomRush said:

any other recommendation out of this list. Given the price range and availibility.

I am checking

hyperx cloud 2 - https://www.amazon.in/HyperX-Cloud-Gaming-Headset-Xbox/dp/B00SAYCVTQ?tag=hx-cloudiigm-atc-21#

Logitech g433 - https://www.amazon.in/Logitech-Surround-Sound-Gaming-Headset/dp/B072BY1H95

Logitech G pro - https://mdcomputers.in/logitech-g-pro-981-000814.html

 

refer this site for pricing - https://www.theitdepot.com/products-Headphones_C19.html

https://mdcomputers.in

 

I said stay away from Logitech. They are just bad. The MH752's are a definite upgrade from the cloud 2's.

[Karim Bizid]

Comfort-wise I definitely prefer Razer over Corsair.
I can wear the Razers for days although they look kinda stupid on your head because of the amount of cushion.

The Razer app suite is also just a bit better than Corsairs in my opinion.

 

I've never liked any of the Logitech ones so far.

[SorryBella]

2 hours ago, Tigerleon said:

I said stay away from Logitech. They are just bad.

BuT mUh BrAnD lOyAlTy

[H713]

In general, it's best to buy from companies who specialize in the particular market you're looking in. Logitech/Corsair/Razer/CoolerMaster are all focused on one market- computers and gaming, and while they can make headphones, they probably won't sound as good as something from a company like Sennheiser, AKG, Audio Technica, Beyerdynamic, Grado, etc. What do all those companies have in common? They've been in the audio industry for decades. With the exception of Grado, all the companies I listed have also made microphones for decades. If you're a really great engineer who really knows acoustics, you're going to be taking a job with one of those companies. 

 

Occasionally one of the gaming companies gets something sort of right (sounds like maybe the MH752 is an example of this, though I haven't heard them), usually by contracting with a company that knows what they're doing. Usually though, they just make a whole bunch of really mediocre (but very expensive) headphones with even more pathetic microphones. 

 

[Tigerleon]

4 hours ago, H713 said:

CoolerMaster

It is nice that cooler master does this. Every brand should do exactly that.

[Dr0y]

mh752 are based on the takstar pro82 if I remember correctly ... and I think there's one hyper X headset (maybe the cloud 2 ?) that is based on the takstar pro80 ... not a lot of companies does that yeah and it would be nice to see more of them do so.  Also sennheiser makes headset ... the microphones is quite nice on them ...

[Tigerleon]

12 minutes ago, Dr0y said:

Also sennheiser makes headset ... the microphones is quite nice on them ...

Indeed the do. But the sound is very enclosed and sounds very artificial if that is how I can describe them. The GSP models are very bad imho. The GSP 600's are super uncomfortable, heavy and the sound is tinny and up close and personal. The price doesn't justify what you get. Just get a pair of headphones with a mic. The "gaming" aspect doesn't make anything better. There are other gaming models from sennheiser as well that probably sound great although never tried.

[Dr0y]

I have the gsp 300 which is quite cheap (100$ cad), the microphone is great (better than the neewer nw-7000 I had), they are comfortable (more so than my x2hr imo), they are good with glasses, they have huge amount of passive sound insulation ... as for the sound they sound, kinda neutral but can produce bass when needed.  The highs are good and precise, the bass can be a bit muddy when in excess ... they are not as tight as the x2hr of course.  The worst part is that they sound really really closed ...  and talking with them is quite unpleasant. 

 

All in all of course the x2hr are better ... but I would not bet on anything gaming branded being that much better than the gsp300 except maybe the mh752 ...

 

10 minutes ago, Tigerleon said:

The price doesn't justify what you get.

 

That's the general thing I heard about the higher priced sennheiser headset ... but for 100$ I'm pretty sure that the gsp300 are worth it. 

[H713]

14 hours ago, Dr0y said:

mh752 are based on the takstar pro82 if I remember correctly ... and I think there's one hyper X headset (maybe the cloud 2 ?) that is based on the takstar pro80 ... not a lot of companies does that yeah and it would be nice to see more of them do so.  Also sennheiser makes headset ... the microphones is quite nice on them ...

The microphone better be nice in them, since a huge portion of Sennheiser is also one of the biggest microphone manufacturers in the world.

[XxPUBxX]

   I recommend the Hyper X Cloud 2s or Alphas.  Both are brilliant headsets for gaming just like most of the others Kraken makes. I believe it's Kraken. Might be mistaken to though but yeah as far as sound quality goes, as well as durability; what youre getting for what they cost is IMHO pretty rare. I've been through countless headsets for various reasons and whenever something goes wrong I always have my Cloud Alphas to fall back on. Had them for so long and they have never failed me one time.

[Kyxa]

On 5/13/2021 at 12:41 PM, SomRush said:

I mainly play fps shooter games these days. Valorant to be specific + Some office meetings.

Need a good pair of headphones that can serve both purpose well.

I have curated a list of these headphones. Unable to decide which should I choose.

Though my budget is not limited but I am not willing to overspend without a reason. I am thinking of going with

Razer Kraken X

Corsair HS60 PRO

Razer BlackShark V2 X

but not sure of pros and cons. I will appreciate the help of this community very well.

though my budget

 

	Min price	amazon.in	flipkart	mdcomputers	itdepot	smcinternational
ASUS TUF Gaming H3	2,990	3,748	4,650	3,165	2,990
HYPERX CLOUD STINGER	3,450	4,690	4,990	3,450	3345/4000	3,490
Razer Kraken X	3,950	5,200	4,548	3,950	4,860	4,100
Razer Kraken X USB	5,199				5,290
HyperX Cloud Core	5,999	6,490	5,999
Razer Kraken	6,250	6,799		6,250	6,390	7,200
Corsair HS50	4,375	4,799	6,840		4,375
Corsair HS60 PRO	6,320	8,499		6,862	6,320
Razer BlackShark V2 X	6,500	12,000		6,500	6,500
Logitech g433	7,500	9,495		7,500
Audio Technica ATH-AD700X	7,999	7,999	8,500
Razer Nari Essential	8,075	8,075	8,399	8,250	9,270	9,600
RAZER KRAKEN TOURNAMENT EDITION	8,250	8,799	8,399	8,250	9,480	9,700
HyperX Cloud II	8,650	11,000	9,499	8,650	9,090
Audio Technica ATH-M40x Wired without Mic Headset	8,999	8,999	9,555
HyperX Cloud Alpha	9,499	10,558	9,499		9,975
Razer Thresher Ultimate	9,750	11,499		9,750	11,940	10,000
Audio Technica ATH-M50x Wired without Mic Headset	10,000	11,000	10,000
steelseries Arctis 7	10,889		10,889		13,022
Razer BlackShark V2 Pro	17,450	19,027		17,520	17,450	-
Cooler Master MH752				6350	6475

 

 

 

Basically just anything from HyperX. It just depends on whether you want to seond a lot. All good, great value.