Need help deciding on Headphones.

[Bpsmooth]

So I am probably going to be buying a Blue Snowball mic, because I am tired of buying headsets and having them break on me. Anyway, because I am getting a stand alone mic, I am looking to get some headphones so that I don't bother other people while playing games or listening to music. I was hoping to get some ideas for the best possible headphones for $100 or under. They will be used 80% for gaming and 20% for music and movies. I am not super picky to how I like my audio. Thanks for the help!

[OddballMV]

What sort of games?

Do you prefer open or closed headphones?

[Bpsmooth]

I prefer closed headphones. And the games that I am typically playing are shooters, MOBA's, random RPG's, etc... Really I play pretty much everything.

[OddballMV]

I would look at:

Philips Uptown - http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHL5905BK-28-CitiScape-Headphones/dp/B007BNE564/ref=sr_1_115?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1361022255&sr=1-115&keywords=headphones

KRK 6400 - http://www.amazon.com/KRK-KNS6400-Studio-Headphones/dp/B004ARSMXQ/ref=sr_1_155?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1361022341&sr=1-155&keywords=headphones

Certainly very good value for the money at the moment.

[t0wer]

audio technica ad-700 $100US on amazon right now

I've heard great things for gaming use.

[Bpsmooth]

Okay guys I will take a look at all of these, thanks for all the help. I really had no idea where to start.

Edit: I am still up for ideas, so if anyone else has ideas, I am all ears.

[Bpsmooth]

Just following up, I decided to go with the KRK 6400 after researching all of these ideas for a couple days. Thanks again for all the help.

[OddballMV]

Just following up, I decided to go with the KRK 6400 after researching all of these ideas for a couple days. Thanks again for all the help.

That's great. Hope you enjoy them.

[NewKID]

audio technica ad-700 $100US on amazon right now

I've heard great things for gaming use.

this but has barely any bass. nothin to worry about if you dont care for bass. it has a wide sound stage and great sound positioning.

[Bpsmooth]

I just got my krk kns6400 in the mail today and I quickly learned that they are a very quiet pair of headphones. Is that what flat means? I read that a lot about these headphones. Anyway, is there anyway to make them louder? I have, on my taskbar, the headphones turned up to 100% and they are not that loud.

[Aphexx]

you could give the new cans a "burn in" to loosen up, just let your headphones play for a few days or a hundred hours or so. some people believe in it some people don't. or try plugging it directly into the rear plugs and not the front panel?

flat pertains to the sound signature not the output volume

[Wats]

Listen to Aphexx.

Burn in your cans at about 30%-50%-80% volume for at least 50 hours and always try to use the rear audio ports.

Pink noise is OK, but I think Dubstep does a better job for burning. Also there are most likely some options in there somewhere to increase the output (Realtek HD Audio Manager has some nice little things inside)

[Guest]

Burning in a full range driver doesn't really make a huge amount of difference. If it's a dedicated LF driver such as a subwoofer then you may have the coil loosen up a little but on full range drivers, the gain is nearly non existent.

[Purple Spy]

Perhaps it is jusr placebo, but my senn 650s made me a believer. Tge biggest thing I observed is the sound stage really seemed to open up, and everything just soubded slightly more precise.

[Bpsmooth]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I am going to burn them in and see what happens. I'll make sure to post here again after significant burn time.

[Bpsmooth]

Listen to Aphexx.

Burn in your cans at about 30%-50%-80% volume for at least 50 hours and always try to use the rear audio ports.

Pink noise is OK, but I think Dubstep does a better job for burning. Also there are most likely some options in there somewhere to increase the output (Realtek HD Audio Manager has some nice little things inside)

Sorry, pink noise?

[Guest]

Listen to Aphexx.

Burn in your cans at about 30%-50%-80% volume for at least 50 hours and always try to use the rear audio ports.

Pink noise is OK, but I think Dubstep does a better job for burning. Also there are most likely some options in there somewhere to increase the output (Realtek HD Audio Manager has some nice little things inside)

Basically a sound where each octave outputs a differing level to give a linear response.

@Wats - Dubstep will do better because burning in is aimed at causing movement in the LF coil sub 250 cycles where dubstep happens to also be predominant. You can't burn in anything and expect changes over about 400hz so pink noise is fairly useless.

[NewKID]

you probably wont need 50 hours. i just left my headphones playin over night at a low volume. burn in hasnt been proven to work but there are some theories that support burn in. to each their own though. over time, your ears will enjoy them more and more. thats what really matters