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I have Astro A40s right now...and I was thinking of possibly upgrading soon.... the wire on my A40s constantly twists up on me and gets annoying when I try to move somewhere and the twist puts un-needed stress on the wire... I was thinking of going with the wireless Astro A50s, but i'm not sure if I'd rather do that, or go with a pair of good headphones and get a modmic.. just looking for some recommendations

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Yeah, headphones + modmic will probably be better.

Astro's are cool and fine.. But not amazing.

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681 EVO and blue yeti

 

it has removable cord thingy, it also comes with extra velvet pads, this picture shows old stock btw, new have pads and box sayin it

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681 EVO and blue yeti

 

it has removable cord thingy, it also comes with extra velvet pads, this picture shows old stock btw, new have pads and box sayin it

Superlux-HD681-EVO-01.jpg

the astro cord is removable, but it is just the fact that it twists up and idk why

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Yeah, headphones + modmic will probably be better.

Astro's are cool and fine.. But not amazing.

they are one of the most comfortable headsets I have ever had on

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Well, if you have money for Astro A50, it means you have at least $300 budget, what's your actual total budget? Do you need open back or closed back headphone?

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Well, if you have money for Astro A50, it means you have at least $300 budget, what's your actual total budget? Do you need open back or closed back headphone?

300 is probably my max... idk what the difference is between the two

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Okay, so open back = no sound isolation, you can hear people and if they're close enough to the headphone, they'll be able to hear what you're listening to.

 

Closed back = isolates you from the surrounding.

 

Open = Generally better sound stage, less boomy bass

Closed = More boomy bass, more condensed sound stage

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Okay, so open back = no sound isolation, you can hear people and if they're close enough to the headphone, they'll be able to hear what you're listening to.

 

Closed back = isolates you from the surrounding.

 

Open = Generally better sound stage, less boomy bass

Closed = More boomy bass, more condensed sound stage

well here is what I got from that... open = people hear porn...closed = people no hear porn xD..

 

but seriously..i'm a bit of a bass head so I guess closed would be better

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well here is what I got from that... open = people hear porn...closed = people no hear porn xD..

 

but seriously..i'm a bit of a bass head so I guess closed would be better

 

Consider Shure SRH-840 or Beyerdynamic DT770 (80 ohm) then

 

M100 could also be a good option,excellent basshead headphone + you can get the boompro mic from vmoda

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Consider Shure SRH-840 or Beyerdynamic DT770 (80 ohm) then

 

M100 could also be a good option,excellent basshead headphone + you can get the boompro mic from vmoda

the DT7770 seems liek a good option... I might try to buy one used

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I have Astro A40s right now...and I was thinking of possibly upgrading soon.... the wire on my A40s constantly twists up on me and gets annoying when I try to move somewhere and the twist puts un-needed stress on the wire... I was thinking of going with the wireless Astro A50s, but i'm not sure if I'd rather do that, or go with a pair of good headphones and get a modmic.. just looking for some recommendations

 

I own a pair of a40's and a50's. The a50's are a significant improvement. Almost identical feel as far as comfort goes. The wireless connectivity is great, I feel spoiled being able to move about freely. Going back to wired headphones has been a rough transition.

 

But I will say, for 300 dollars there are WAY better options. I ended up going from the a50's to a pair of Sennheiser 598's with a modmic. The sound quality on both the mic and headphones is phenominal. Significantly better then the a50's. Not having wireless sucks, but worth it in my eyes for the sound quality gain.

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I own a pair of a40's and a50's. The a50's are a significant improvement. Almost identical feel as far as comfort goes. The wireless connectivity is great, I feel spoiled being able to move about freely. Going back to wired headphones has been a rough transition.

 

But I will say, for 300 dollars there are WAY better options. I ended up going from the a50's to a pair of Sennheiser 598's with a modmic. The sound quality on both the mic and headphones is phenominal. Significantly better then the a50's. Not having wireless sucks, but worth it in my eyes for the sound quality gain.

I wish there was a way to make any headset that you could take the wire out of, wireless... like put a different jack in that connected to another jack through bluetooth or something

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I wish there was a way to make any headset that you could take the wire out of, wireless... like put a different jack in that connected to another jack through bluetooth or something

 I'm sure they have a wireless adapter or something running off of 3.5mm. At work atm so I can't check >< but I swear Amazon has an adapter for everything xD.

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 I'm sure they have a wireless adapter or something running off of 3.5mm. At work atm so I can't check >< but I swear Amazon has an adapter for everything xD.

yes lol... amazon is that way

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Yea if you wanna go completely wireless headphones a50's are probably your best bet. Especially since your going from a40's.

 

You could also go wireless headphones with a desktop mic. Now unfortunatly a desktop mic is going to pick up everything in the area (Rip mechanical keyboard).

 

I'm actually thinking about jimmyrigging one of those super low profile countryman mics, and sticking it to the side my 598's. Hell, I'll even get it to match the tan color scheme (:

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 I'm sure they have a wireless adapter or something running off of 3.5mm. At work atm so I can't check >< but I swear Amazon has an adapter for everything xD.

 

Yeah, I have one, only cost $10 or so. Problem is it outputs the signal at line level. So you'd need a separate headphone amp in between. A Fiio E6 should be fine, as it's tiny, and does the job well. 

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Youtube tek syndicates build your own gaming headset, i built a new headset for about 50 dollars and it sounds alot better than my gaming headset I bought for 100 dollars a few years back.

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Youtube tek syndicates build your own gaming headset, i built a new headset for about 50 dollars and it sounds alot better than my gaming headset I bought for 100 dollars a few years back.

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Youtube tek syndicates build your own gaming headset, i built a new headset for about 50 dollars and it sounds alot better than my gaming headset I bought for 100 dollars a few years back.

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OP has $300, I'm pretty sure if he know linus' channel he also knows logan's channel. I've seen the link of the video being beaten around the bush over and over and over again. I would suggest you actually watching the video, learn from it and then actually coming here with an answer or at least options that you can give.

 

Forgive me if it sounds harsh, but I'm rather fed-up of seeing this thing being brought up again

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OP has $300, I'm pretty sure if he know linus' channel he also knows logan's channel. I've seen the link of the video being beaten around the bush over and over and over again. I would suggest you actually watching the video, learn from it and then actually coming here with an answer or at least options that you can give.

 

Forgive me if it sounds harsh, but I'm rather fed-up of seeing this thing being brought up again

Well said! Drives me nuts when people provide super vague loose advice especially when OP was fairly specific. We didn't really provide any information aside from 'hey go there watch the thing'. 

 

Having said that, we did go over some of the basic ideas outlined in his video (Mid tier cans paired with external mic - 598 with modmic) already in this thread. 

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OP has $300, I'm pretty sure if he know linus' channel he also knows logan's channel. I've seen the link of the video being beaten around the bush over and over and over again. I would suggest you actually watching the video, learn from it and then actually coming here with an answer or at least options that you can give.

 

Forgive me if it sounds harsh, but I'm rather fed-up of seeing this thing being brought up again

 

NannerBeans was joking the audio sub should start our own YT channel so people will take us seriously.

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NannerBeans was joking the audio sub should start our own YT channel so people will take us seriously.

Just tell them to watch lachlan, he's a semi objectivist himself

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