Which Circumaural headphones for under $100

dwalker · 04-17-06, 04:42 PM

I also don't want the added expense of an amp. I just want some decent phones for gaming and general mp3 listening. These will be connected directly to my pc and will not be for portable use.
I'm currently looking at the Sony xd400's. Decent enough?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

Doug

Roofles · 04-17-06, 06:56 PM

The HD474's from Sennheiser are pretty nice for about half of what you have listed.
I have a pair and they sound really good especially for gaming.

Seanohue · 04-23-06, 09:43 PM

Nah, get some Sennheiser HD555, best all around cans for the money. And really comfy too.

-N()VA- · 04-23-06, 09:48 PM

anyone know of similar headphones with an attached microphone? I would like some heavy duty, pro quality sound, with a mic built onto it, looking around the 50 dollar range, maybe more or less

crash013 · 04-23-06, 09:53 PM

The Audio-Technica ATH-A500 costed me about 110US to ship to Canada. The only e-store I know that sells them is www.audiocubes.com

These cans have a great soundstage and are perfect for gaming, music and movies. It has a low impedance so you won't need an amp at all.

04-17-06, 04:42 PM	Thread Starter #1
dwalker Registered Join Date: Jun 2004	Which Circumaural headphones for under $100 I also don't want the added expense of an amp. I just want some decent phones for gaming and general mp3 listening. These will be connected directly to my pc and will not be for portable use. I'm currently looking at the Sony xd400's. Decent enough? Thanks in advance for any advice. Doug Last edited by dwalker; 04-17-06 at 05:03 PM.
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Roofles Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Brew City	The HD474's from Sennheiser are pretty nice for about half of what you have listed. I have a pair and they sound really good especially for gaming. __________________ Q6600 - 3.42 (380x9) 1.48V : IP35 Pro : 2x2GB OCZ Reaper HPC New GTX275 OC to come : HP w2207 X-Fi Platinum (Op Amp modded) : Audio Technica A500's Tuniq Tower 120 : Antec P182 Running: Windows 7 RC and Fedora 10 (PREEMPT_RT) "If science is the dispassionate pursuit of objective truth, then it stands to reason that mad science is the completely irrational pursuit of a nutty project that the rest of the world will never completely understand." -Popular Mechanics
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Seanohue Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ellicott City, MD	Nah, get some Sennheiser HD555, best all around cans for the money. And really comfy too. __________________ DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D 6/23 -3 AMD Opteron 165 CCBWE 0547TPMW 312x9 1.475v eVGA 7800GTX 2x1gb G.Skill PC4000 OCZ PowerStream 520w SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS, Logitech Z-680's, Sennheiser HD555 WD 200gb SATA & Samsung 80gb SATA Heatware
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04-23-06, 09:48 PM	#4
-N()VA- Registered Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alabama	anyone know of similar headphones with an attached microphone? I would like some heavy duty, pro quality sound, with a mic built onto it, looking around the 50 dollar range, maybe more or less __________________ www.renwerx.com
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04-23-06, 09:53 PM	#5
crash013 Member Join Date: Oct 2004	The Audio-Technica ATH-A500 costed me about 110US to ship to Canada. The only e-store I know that sells them is www.audiocubes.com These cans have a great soundstage and are perfect for gaming, music and movies. It has a low impedance so you won't need an amp at all. __________________ CPU: AMD Opteron 165 2600Mhz 1.376v Motherboard: DFI Lanparty UT nF4 Ultra-D RAM: 1GB OCZ Platinum Rev.2 2.5-4-3-10 2.6v Video Card: ATI X800XL 420/1100 HDD: WD Raptor 74GB & Seagate 7200.8 200GB PSU: OCZ Powerstream 520w Cooling: XP-120 w/ 120mm Delta 129cfm Case: CM Stacker Display: Dell E228WFP Sound: Audigy 2 ZS & Audio-Technica ATH-A500 Heat
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