My brother has DT 990 Pro X and they need to be EQ’d however this is really simple and you can find everything really quick with a couple searches. I’d never done anything like it and set them up in 10 mins for him. They are insanely good i unfortunately am not a headphone user but I tested them out on valorant for a short period and the pin point accuracy of footsteps on and being able to time someone walking round corners because of the accuracy of the imaging. This was something that made me dive into the audio space because I couldn’t believe I’d not invested in decent audio before.
They definitely need EQing. straight out the box they weren’t great but very easy fix. I suppose it depends what you are looking for. You mentioned gaming so I assumed you wanted that wallhack type of sound.
X2HR has to be the worst headset I have owned for gaming. While the soundstage is good, telling where people or sound was coming from was very hard, horrible imaging. They also had an uncomfortable spiking treble for me. I have 12 headsets now, ranging from open to closed back, dynamic and planar drivers, so i have a good range of headphone to compare against even the X2HR is sold now.
At this price range, the Beyerdynamic DT 900 Pro X would be a superior headphone for gaming, or the FiiO FT1 Pro if OP wants open back.
For Sennheiser there is maybe only one headphone that is truly great for gaming that is close to OP's price range (but probably too expensive) and open back, and that is the HD 490 Pro. The other Sennheiser alternative is the 560s
Stop here. Don't buy anything else. Pro X doesn't need an amp if you're happy with how loud it gets. This is the one and only "wow" feeling you'll get, everything else is chasing this feeling again and you eventually end up with $5k headphones. Amazing gear, happy you're happy.
I went through the exact same process you’re going through about 2 weeks ago. After some research I went with the beyerdynamic DT 990 pro x (open back). Crazy how much better the directional audio is compared to the Arctis Pros I’d been using for the past 8 years.
Funny enough Arc raiders is also the game I’ve been playing and the reason I made the switch was because I was having trouble figuring out where sounds were coming from. The improvement in audio detail was mind blowing.
I'm looking for a headset to get the maximum competitive edge on esports games like rainbow-six, valorant, csgo, warzone etc.. with a budget around 300 €
I had some dt 770 pros that I was happy with and I wanted to switch to open headphones, I tried the dt 990 pro x but the steps seemed less evident than the dt 770, and above all the bearings with the smaller internal hole bothered me a lot, I couldn't use it for more than 30 minutes.
Now I have some HD560s but even these seem less detailed than the DT 770 Pro, I feel like I did a downgrade and not an upgrade.
I was thinking of getting some dt 990 pro x or dt 990 pro, but I don't know the actual size of the bearings and I don't know if it's worth it for what I'm looking for
Which headphones should I buy, with the earcups' hole at least as big as the DT 770 Pro, that are truly a game changer in competitive FPS games?
My DAC is a Soundblaster GC7 so it should be able to handle up to 300 ohms easily
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