I remember reading somewhere that that depends largely on your audio card + drivers...
Best headphones for Positional Audio?
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Pretty much this...and the Ultrasone line.
Originally Posted by meticadpa  ATH-AD700s. No question. |
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I agree. I have the A700 and they are amazing, I can only imagine how much better the open version is.
The reason most "surround sound" headphones are closed is that they use multiple speakers at each ear to simulate a surround sound system. Unfortunately they are usually made poorly or cheaply. A big problem is to put that many speakers in, they have to use smaller ones so you lose quality and depth there.
Originally Posted by meticadpa ATH-AD700s. No question. |
The reason most "surround sound" headphones are closed is that they use multiple speakers at each ear to simulate a surround sound system. Unfortunately they are usually made poorly or cheaply. A big problem is to put that many speakers in, they have to use smaller ones so you lose quality and depth there.
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I would argue that my DT880/600's have better imaging than the AD700. If the Soundmagic PL-50 IEMs had a headphone-like soundstage, they would be my choice for gaming as they are imaging monsters for the price.
But yes, positional audio depends on a combination of imaging and soundstage and the Audio Technica AD700 is a very good sweet spot price-to-performance wise for it.
Originally Posted by RallyMaster Pretty much this...and the Ultrasone line. |
But yes, positional audio depends on a combination of imaging and soundstage and the Audio Technica AD700 is a very good sweet spot price-to-performance wise for it.
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AD700s just have a much wider soundstage than HD555s, but HD555s are really good regardless.
Originally Posted by pale_neon I had read in reviews the HD-555 had a good soundstage. no1 has mentioned those, are they noticeably worse than the AD700 at producing accurate positional audio? |
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