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NakedChicken
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The hissing in my turtle beaches has finally gotten to the point where its unbearable. I'm looking at these 3 headsets to buy. I know nothing about sound outside of surroud vs stereo, so any help is appreciated. I have this sound card/ mic amp: ASUS XONAR DG. My budget is around $150. Gaming is my priority, music is not as important to me.

 

Astro A40 without Mixamp

 

Audio Technica Ath M50

 

Sennheiser Pc 350 Special edition

i5 3570k @ 4.9 ghz/1.27 volts, Asus P8Z77-V LK, 8 Gb Corsair 1600mhz, Gigabyte Windforce R9 290 1140/1625, Silverstone RV02, Kingston V300 120 gb, 1 TB WD Blue HDD,Seagate barracuda, Evga Supernova 750 G2, Hyper 212 Evo, Windows 8.1, K70 Red LED Blue switch, Razer Deathadder 2012, Sennehiser HD 598

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If you want some really TRUE, flat response sound, Sennheiser HD280 is the one I'd recommend. It's something I use every day in the studio.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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I used that Senny for a long time with on board sound and it sounded great. Got a sound card at one point and it was better, got a higher end DAC and still had more to give. I got it when it was new at almost full retail and would have said it was easily worth it but these days for the price you can get it at now It's easily one of the better headsets you can get for the price. 

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If you want some really TRUE, flat response sound, Sennheiser HD280 is the one I'd recommend. It's something I use every day in the studio.

Will I need anymore power to push those? I'm honestly not sure if I can use these high end headsets with my $25 sound card

i5 3570k @ 4.9 ghz/1.27 volts, Asus P8Z77-V LK, 8 Gb Corsair 1600mhz, Gigabyte Windforce R9 290 1140/1625, Silverstone RV02, Kingston V300 120 gb, 1 TB WD Blue HDD,Seagate barracuda, Evga Supernova 750 G2, Hyper 212 Evo, Windows 8.1, K70 Red LED Blue switch, Razer Deathadder 2012, Sennehiser HD 598

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Will I need anymore power to push those? I'm honestly not sure if I can use these high end headsets with my $25 sound card

 

No you won't.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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I used that Senny for a long time with on board sound and it sounded great. Got a sound card at one point and it was better, got a higher end DAC and still had more to give. I got it when it was new at almost full retail and would have said it was easily worth it but these days for the price you can get it at now It's easily one of the better headsets you can get for the price. 

I've seen a lot of people online saying that would help. How's the sound on your sound card?

i5 3570k @ 4.9 ghz/1.27 volts, Asus P8Z77-V LK, 8 Gb Corsair 1600mhz, Gigabyte Windforce R9 290 1140/1625, Silverstone RV02, Kingston V300 120 gb, 1 TB WD Blue HDD,Seagate barracuda, Evga Supernova 750 G2, Hyper 212 Evo, Windows 8.1, K70 Red LED Blue switch, Razer Deathadder 2012, Sennehiser HD 598

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I've seen a lot of people online saying that would help. How's the sound on your sound card?

I use to have a zxr and for gaming it was great...everything it was just good. I ended up going with something a bit more well rounded. that Senny sounds great with onboard also so I would say try that first then see if you need a boost of any kind. May save you some money. 

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