Budget Headphone Recommendations?

[GollyGee]

Hello,

 

I'm looking for budget headphones for my computer (an upgraded OEM system) for both gaming and music. I'm not looking for a headset, but rather headphones and a separate mic.

 

Two questions:

 

1) Recommendations for headphones under $40?

 

2) Will the headphones sound really bad without a soundcard, DAC, or something?

[cluelessgenius]

1. im no expert by any means but id say either AKG K72 or Sony MDR-V55 just because they are brands i trust and do look to be quite nice. i have my old MDR-XB700 and those puppies are monsters still but sadly not sold anymore

 

2. people are gonna correct me but i wouldnt worry about it at this price point. i mean it can be a problem in some unfortunate system with crackling or hdd noise sipping through but if you have no foreign noises then as far as quality goes as i said at this price i wouldnt worry about it altough a headphone amp can help if they should be too quiet

[moltencrystal]

39 minutes ago, GollyGee said:

Hello,

 

I'm looking for budget headphones for my computer (an upgraded OEM system) for both gaming and music. I'm not looking for a headset, but rather headphones and a separate mic.

 

Two questions:

 

1) Recommendations for headphones under $40?

 

2) Will the headphones sound really bad without a soundcard, DAC, or something?

Ive used superlux headphone in the past with built-in audio with no issues, maybe something like these superlux hd668b would be good... i has some earlier ones and sounded okay, but  i definitely preferred having a dac/ amp on them, but that true for most headphones improving with dac/amp

[CJKDesign]

1 hour ago, GollyGee said:

Hello,

 

I'm looking for budget headphones for my computer (an upgraded OEM system) for both gaming and music. I'm not looking for a headset, but rather headphones and a separate mic.

 

Two questions:

 

1) Recommendations for headphones under $40?

 

2) Will the headphones sound really bad without a soundcard, DAC, or something?

What about coolermasters MasterPulse headphones? I am actually planning on buying a pair of these, they are 48 bucks, check them out

 

https://www.amazon.com/MasterPulse-Over-Ear-Headset-Technology-Console/dp/B01KBXKG9K/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1510059854&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=cm+masterpulse