Headphones for Gaming and Rock Music under 200$

[Bananagab]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently looking for new headphones as my Siberia V2 broke recently. I don't need positional audio that much as I'm not playing any FPS, I just want good sounding headphones.

 

What do you recommend?

 

Headphones I am looking into -

ATH AD700x or AD900X (Is the lack of bass that bad?)

AKG K612 PRO

AKG Q701

Grado sr125e

 

I don't need a mic, I already have a Blue Snowball.

[Lays]

612's get my vote

[AlexStriz]

The Grado's are nice. 

 

Also check out the DT770's and Sennheiser 25-1 II's

 

Here is a thread on headphones for rock from $200-$250

http://www.head-fi.org/t/581148/best-200-250-headphones-for-rock-music

 

edit: and this - http://www.head-fi.org/t/546712/best-music-over-ear-headphones-under-200

[spartaman64]

hyperx cloud

http://www.amazon.com/HyperX-Cloud-Gaming-Headset-KHX-H3CL/dp/B00JJNQG98

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

I have tha AD700.  the lack of bass isn't bad at all. the bass can't reach the face-melting level of my M50, but the midbass is incredibly clean. I love them and I use them for gaming.

[spartaman64]

if you dont need mic get a used custom one pro

[Skeletonfish]

ATH-M40X with a mod mic

[theodoro]

The bass of the Grados is worse than the bass of the audio technica's. 
I would get the AD900X or the HD558/598. The Sennheiser HD 25-1 II and the grados are a no-no if you want to use your headphones for more than an hour and don't get a headache.

[SSL]

I've got a pair of ATH M50x's which sound great but if you don't want to pay that much the ATH M50's are $15 cheaper, the only difference is the M50x's have softer ear cups and they come with 3 detachable cables, the M50's cable can't be detached.

 

ATH M50x's

http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50x-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B00HVLUR86

 

ATH M50's

http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B000ULAP4U/ref=sr_1_2?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1421038104&sr=1-2&keywords=ath+m50

 

No.

 

The M40x is the one to get. M50 is out of the picture now as it has worse pads and no removable cable.

[Bananagab]

The Grado's are nice. 

 

Also check out the DT770's and Sennheiser 25-1 II's

 

Here is a thread on headphones for rock from $200-$250

http://www.head-fi.org/t/581148/best-200-250-headphones-for-rock-music

 

edit: and this - http://www.head-fi.org/t/546712/best-music-over-ear-headphones-under-200

 

The DT770 are a little over my budget unfortunately.

Apparently, the Grado and the Sennheiser 25-1 are quite uncomfortable.

 

 

I've got a pair of ATH M50x's which sound great but if you don't want to pay that much the ATH M50's are $15 cheaper, the only difference is the M50x's have softer ear cups and they come with 3 detachable cables, the M50's cable can't be detached.

 

 How do these compare to the AD900x and the k612 Pro? They're closed so I would assume the bass is better but how do these hold up with Rock music?

 

hyperx cloud

 

I don't need a mic. I would rather spend my money on great headphones than a decent mic and some decent headphones.

[ShearMe]

K612. The Deeper bass will help for rock, while still being a very neutral headphone with analytical treble.

[xtroria]

K612. The Deeper bass will help for rock, while still being a very neutral headphone with analytical treble.

 

You'll probably need an amp though. 120 ohm + AKG sensitivity...

 

But yeah, the bass extension of AKG headphones are really good, better than my HD600 (although HD600 has more mid-bass)

[Bananagab]

K612. The Deeper bass will help for rock, while still being a very neutral headphone with analytical treble.

 

 

You'll probably need an amp though. 120 ohm + AKG sensitivity...

 

But yeah, the bass extension of AKG headphones are really good, better than my HD600 (although HD600 has more mid-bass)

 

My MSI Gaming 5 motherboard has apparently a 600 ohm headphones amp. So I should be ok. If not, I could always buy the Fiio E10k that everyone seems to recommend.