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High Quality Earbuds or Headphones over USB

danomicar
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Hello,

 

I'm looking to upgrade the audio on my racing simulator. It connects to my PC via USB, so my only route for audio is USB. 

 

Any suggestions on a pair of wired earbuds (preferred) or headphones that connect over USB(3.0 OR C)?

 

Budget is around $300 US.

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Id recommend the beyerdynamic dt 770 pro (150-160 usd) and a usb dac/amp (Id recommend something in the 50-100 dollar range)

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25 minutes ago, rippy4500 said:

a usb dac/amp

I can personally recommend the Steinberg UR12, I payed about 60 for a used one and it's been doing great. Another option might be a pair of HyperX Cloud IIs, they come with a USB to AUX dongle from what I remember.

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5 hours ago, danomicar said:

Hello,

 

I'm looking to upgrade the audio on my racing simulator. It connects to my PC via USB, so my only route for audio is USB. 

 

Any suggestions on a pair of wired earbuds (preferred) or headphones that connect over USB(3.0 OR C)?

 

Budget is around $300 US.

7hz timeless with a dac

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6 hours ago, rippy4500 said:

Id recommend the beyerdynamic dt 770 pro (150-160 usd) and a usb dac/amp (Id recommend something in the 50-100 dollar range)

Thanks for responding!

 

In order to get audio over USB, I need a DAC/AMP? Is that why my $10 USB to 3.5MM converter sounds so terrible?

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3 minutes ago, danomicar said:

Thanks for responding!

 

In order to get audio over USB, I need a DAC/AMP? Is that why my $10 USB to 3.5MM converter sounds so terrible?

you do need a dac amp to get audio over usb but that $10 converter is also a dac amp and will work perfectly fine with a lot of headphones. only the headphones that suck a lot of power need a more powerful dac amp. if you use IEMs, you don't need a dedicated dac amp as your current converter should be good enough due to the efficiency of modern IEMs and dac amps

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