Astro Headsets

[[XC] Fifty]

Astro has release their new A40 headsets. Wired or wireless. Link below.

"The ASTRO A40 2011 Edition Gaming Headset, part of the award-winning ASTRO A40 Audio System, lets you game like a pro more than ever before. "

http://www.astrogaming.com/products/...4/A40-Headset/

[Computurd]

jesus 200 bucks!

[Mad Pistol]

One of the features is:


New ear cushion for enhanced audio and comfort.

• Blocks out more sound.
• Delivers more Bass.

I'm trying to get away from the crap that has an inverted curve (peaks at high treble and low bass). After listening to some studio setups, it's really left a bad taste in my mouth of how overboosted all of these gaming headsets are.

I'm going to pass on these.

[antiacid]

how is this news?

[Jaivan]

Seriously, for $200 get a real pair of headphones and a cheapo Zalman mic and you'd have a better setup then this.

[SewerSide]

$200?
Heh, grab some Sennheisers.

[kuroikenshi]

jesus 200 bucks!

lol I paid 3 times that for my set, then again is for audiophiles

[STEvil]

Paid half that for my good old sony's.

[Jodiuh]

Seriously, for $200 get a real pair of headphones and a cheapo Zalman mic and you'd have a better setup then this.

They really need to introduce a noise cancelling boom clip on. The current mic is unusable in the lan party environment.

[iddqd]

well, you can probably buy a noise-canceling mic and do some soldering.

but isn't that a feature of this new revision, though?

boom... clip-on? how can it be both.

you're making no sense.

[570091D]

i have a set of professional pioneers that weren't that expensive... even after travel insurance. i haven't used them and don't know what the sound is like, but even pro cans aren't this pricey. what is it about the gaming crowd that makes them spend money on BS like this? :s

[DeadlyFire]

i have a set of professional pioneers that weren't that expensive... even after travel insurance. i haven't used them and don't know what the sound is like, but even pro cans aren't this pricey. what is it about the gaming crowd that makes them spend money on BS like this? :s

marketing

[Jaivan]

lol I paid 3 times that for my set, then again is for audiophiles

Haha, I got a set of used HD650's with Cardas Cable for 400 and a nice tube amp to power them, but then they aren't closed headphones so they wouldn't do well in a LAN environment.

[Johnny87au]

Haha, I got a set of used HD650's with Cardas Cable for 400 and a nice tube amp to power them, but then they aren't closed headphones so they wouldn't do well in a LAN environment.

i got a pair of $700 ATH-A900Ti's and had them for 6 months and broke the dam jack, lost my receipt/box so i need to find the correct jack ><

[STEvil]

Dont need closed cans to do well at a lan. Open ones are sometimes better.

[Jaivan]

I guess it depends on the environment, open cans aren't very good in loud areas.

[Jaivan]

i got a pair of $700 ATH-A900Ti's and had them for 6 months and broke the dam jack, lost my receipt/box so i need to find the correct jack ><

Wow you got ripped off, you can get those phones for ~400 new

[Jamesrt2004]

$200 on stuido monitor headphones


Destroy these. Something of the Sony variety is pretty bulletproof with them

[DeadlyFire]

i got a pair of $700 ATH-A900Ti's and had them for 6 months and broke the dam jack, lost my receipt/box so i need to find the correct jack ><

I have the ATH-A900, what's the difference between those and the Ti's?

[Dahmer]

I bought an Astro headset while ago and so far it's the only headset that survives my rather destructive bad habits, on top of that it's big enough to fit on my big head/ears

[zalbard]

$200 on stuido monitor headphones
Destroy these.

Agreed. Clearly overpriced. Eh, marketing...

[Johnny87au]

I have the ATH-A900, what's the difference between those and the Ti's?

Well, the A900Ti (Titanium) is a closed headphone, as opposed to the open AD900 (Air). Therefore, the Titanium definitely does sound different from the Air. It's soundstage is noticeably narrower, of course. Also, the mids are ever so slightly recessed. That is not so much a flaw of the Titanium, as it is a 'feature' of the Air. The latter has more coloration, compared to the former, especially in the mids. Bass texture and detail is somewhat comparable between the two headphones, although the Titanium has way more weight behind it. (Yes, you can really feel the bass.) That has much to do with it being closed, of course. That being said, I do feel the Titanium's bass is better, having more weight or not. It has better extension, I guess. Plus, the Titanium's bass feels a bit slower, which causes it to roll off really nicely. The Air is faster, which means that all tones are gone as fast as they come, including the bass. It's bass may be good, but it just doesn't have the extension the Titanium has.
Also, I feel that because of the more neutral/recessed mids, the highs sound better. They stand out more than with the Air. That might cause fatigue with some headphones, but not with the Titanium. Not at all, in fact. It's an extremely comfortable headphone. It's drivers are angled, unlike the Air's. The driver placement in the Air causes my ears to touch the drivers. That doesn't happen with the Titanium, which helps to make it the more comfortable headphone for me. The Clarino pads are really nice, too. Nothing like the pleather pads of some other headphones. Not as svelte as the Air's velours pads, though.
All in all, yes, I really do think the Titanium is the better headphone of the two. It's alot heavier (365g versus 250g), sure, but that's never really an issue. And in the end, it all comes down to how they sound. And in the sound department, the Titanium really shines..


@james, tA900Ti (Titanium) are proffessional use headphones which can be used for studio/gaming anything, these are the ultimate audiophile headphones and will dominate any headphone even if there so called STUDIO headphones in the $200 mark..