£100-150 Budget to spend on headphones

[tpoar]

As you can see from the title i am looking to spend £100-150 on headphones (no mic) 

i have only ever used headsets before but looking on this forum i can see just headphones is a much better experience. any suggestions would be great since i know very little about the headphone market 

 

will be paired with a blue snowball mic i havnt bought it yet so if you have any suggestions on that aswell that would be great (i would like a mic to sit on my desk aswell not to be attached to my mic)

 

will be used for gaming mainly but also some music if that helps

[helping]

source?

[tpoar]

source?

what do you mean by that? 

[helping]

what do you mean by that?

it's more to help other people than to help me, but you're using onboard audio, right? No external amp or amp/dac combo? You will probably want something with lower impedance unless the UD3 can handle it.

[tpoar]

oh ok well im currently using a ASUS Xonar DGX sound card

[JORDANonPC]

for gaming I would go for something like hd 558s and consider the foam mod,  if your current source doesn't seem up to scratch buy a fiio e10 down the line

[MayflowerElectronics]

I looked at the graphs of the HD 558/598/600. They're all nearly identical , the 558/598 are nearly 100% the same. The only difference is with the HD 800 and it's not that dramatic.

That bring said, 558/ad700x is what I normally recommend for gaming. You'll need an open headphone.

[tpoar]

I looked at the graphs of the HD 558/598/600. They're all nearly identical , the 558/598 are nearly 100% the same. The only difference is with the HD 800 and it's not that dramatic.

That bring said, 558/ad700x is what I normally recommend for gaming. You'll need an open headphone.

 why would you say i need a open headphone? 

sorry i just know little about this

[JORDANonPC]

 why would you say i need a open headphone? 

sorry i just know little about this

because then you get better positional audio and it immerses you better in the game

[piplupgao]

 why would you say i need a open headphone? 

sorry i just know little about this

So that you get a wider soundstage aka. better auditory positioning

I would also recommend DT 770s or 990s

[tpoar]

ok guys thanks for the quick reply's i think im going to go for the HD 558's 

[EmoRarity]

Snowflake > Snowball. 
 

[SirChillicious]

How about a nice pair of Audio Technica's ATH-M50s?

[ShearMe]

How about a nice pair of Audio Technica's ATH-M50s?

Too mainstream.

[TheMail]

Too mainstream.

#hipster

 

 

I looked at the graphs of the HD 558/598/600. They're all nearly identical , the 558/598 are nearly 100% the same. The only difference is with the HD 800 and it's not that dramatic.

That bring said, 558/ad700x is what I normally recommend for gaming. You'll need an open headphone.

 

If you can find a good deal on the 558's, then go for it, and if not, then the AD700X

[isen]

this http://www.head-fi.org/t/688876/beyerdynamic-dt990-250-pro