Do you use headphones, speakers or ESP?

[Lee Downham]

Another quick silly poll for the forum ...
What audio equipment do you (mainly) use when you are driving?

(kick ass sennheiser headphones is my weapon of choice ... have a decent 5.1 creative setup, but apart from kids usually being in bed in next room when I drive, find the headphones give me every last ounce of detail without driving the neighbours mad :wink

 

[Stuart Thomson]

Depends really, sometimes I use the edimensional 5.1 headset, but most of the time use my studio monitors for the best and ultimate sound quality :evil: (not too late though as annoy next door ound

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Ribbon tweeters on studio monitors Damian?

That's a bit unusual. I thought ribbons might sound too smooth for studio work, where people prefer a ruthless sound for mixing. Yamaha NS-10's for instance.

I bet your ones sound good with the game, though. :thumb:

 

[paul gray]

Headphones for me they stop the wife and kids moaning..

 

[George Mastrokostas]

headphones.
I want the engine to be LOUD!

 

[Gary Brain]

Headphones up loud also stops my other half complaining bless her

 

[Gary Brain]

That said if shes out, well, speakers are full bore!

 

[Clive Siggs]

X-Fi gamer soundcard and "Neighbour Friendly" Sennheiser PC150 headset for me.

All my gaming is done with a headset, as I'm normally in some type of teamspeak or ventrilo program at the time. Not only that though but you can never recreate the clarity from a decent headset with any speakers at optimum volume levels (Brilliant for full immersion into the game)

 

[Martin Edmunds]

Got a Sondigo Callisto 5.1 sound Card and a Ax360 Headset ( optical connector )

Works great and Sound great.

5.1 Speakers are in the living room not my pc

 

[Lee Downham]

Agreed generally, but being pounded by the soundwaves from a decent sound system at "optimal volume levels" is pretty immersive too ... not so neighbour friendly though :wink:

 

[Craig Stevenson]

Most of my racing is done online and I use a Logitech Headset so I can chat with team mates, however it's always nice when practicing offline or on the WorldRanking to turn up the 5.1 speakers, especially when driving a lovely sounding V8

 

[Driftrs]

Sennhead

I'm also a sennhead fan I own the 595HD and the new PC350. I just about got my PC350 broke in now they have so much detail I love them.I highly recomend them. I also did a little mod to them which made them more to my liking. I bought a pair of ear pads that fit on my 595 which are soft material. I did not care for the leather type ear pads they came with.Those made my ears hot after a few hours of gaming. Check them out..

Sennheiser USA - PC 350 - Product Details

 

[Mike Lee]

Even thought its not a 5.1 engine i find that the zalman 5.1's create a good 'enclosed cockpit' sound. GTRe is awesome for sound.

 

[Dirk Muessener]

Speakers..my soundcard is plugged into a stereo amplifier with KEF-Speakers

 

[Lee Downham]

Speakers..my soundcard is plugged into a stereo amplifier with KEF-Speakers

... that must sound rather special mate, especially in the new Evo cars

 

[Danny Engels]

using this one:

Informationen - SteelSeries

 

[Keith Ettles]

Razer Barracuda AC-1 Soundcard 7.1 with Razer Barracuda HP-1 7.1 headphones. best headphones and soundcard ive had the pleasure to own and ive had a few

 

[Denis Gicquel]

Creative 5.1 speakers most of the time but Sennheiser wireless headphones after 10 PM .

 

[Dirk Muessener]

... that must sound rather special mate, especially in the new Evo cars

It sounds not bad...the only thing I miss with this audio-setup, are the deep frequencies as the speakers are 'normal' stereo-speakers..atm I am thinking about buying a 2.1 system for my PC.

 

[Lee Downham]

Yeah, hadn't thought of that ...
I have always been very happy with Creative's stuff ... for price v performance they really are hard to beat :thumb:

 

[Daniel Hartmann]

I have a Sennheiser HD600 and use it for music (after 10 pm) and racing (always). I don't want to disturb my neighbours, so my hifi-speakers remain calm unless for music (daytime) and movies.
Before I bought the Sennheiser I had several Plantronics Headsets, a Philips Headphone and a Speedlink Medusa Headset. Either their sound was crappy and/or they broke down after a while.
Kefs are nice, I owned a pair of XQ1 but decided to do a final upgrade and got some Klipsch rf7. Now I don't need a subwoofer anymore, just in case I want to tear down a wall it might be helpful.

 

[Colin Shaw]

I use the old xbox headset very cheap and clear sound.