cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/447034

Technically the successor owner of the gaming brand.

Epos has announced that it will be exiting the gaming headphone business and will instead focus on enterprise communications products. The company’s gaming products…

  • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ
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    141 year ago

    Better off buying a headset and mic separately anyway imo. Most headset mics sound like trash and by limiting yourself to just gaming products it usually means settling for something subpar too.

  • falkerie71
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    101 year ago

    To anyone considering a gaming headphone, I would encourage you watch Crinacle’s take on them (or his article if you prefer to read), and just buy the headphones and mic separately.

  • @metallic_substance
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    1 year ago

    I get that a lot of folks have liked their gaming focused stuff. I play games myself a have a good mass-market headset from them and love it.

    But… I also play music and I’m a little relieved that they are dropping that division and might put more money and development time into professional audio equipment. They are really good at the high end stuff and it would be great to see them focus more on that imo

  • @[email protected]
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    51 year ago

    Good move. Marketing something for gaming risks devaluing their brand, not because gaming is bad but because there are so many hucksters in that market. A good headphone is a good headphone!

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    Bummer, PC38x is one of my favorite headphones period. Except for a driver going bad and having to buy a whole new pair because Drop doesn’t sell parts… People can hate on “gaming” things all they want, but sometimes it’s just more convenient to have the mic attached and if the headphone also sounds great, why fight it?

  • @Bimbus
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    21 year ago

    This sucks. My most recent pair is from them and I love them.

    • @UPGRAYEDD
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      71 year ago

      They will still be making some of the best headphones on the planet. Its worth noting that their best headphones, are not “gaming” headphones. The only thing that makes a headphone labled as gaming is the inclusion of a mic (and possibly rgb or cat ears if your a psyocopath who cares more about looks than the sound that cones out). There are plenty of clip on microphones or in line microphones that could be used beside any set of headphones.

      • @Bimbus
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        11 year ago

        Then I guess im still good! I don’t even use the mic on mine.

        • @UPGRAYEDD
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          21 year ago

          I should clarify… i meant sennheiser will continue making headphones at least. For gaming… i recommend the HD6XX from massdrop. The HD660S if you have deeper pockets. Both of these are open back though, so anyone in the room with you will hear what your listening to.

  • @Martorias
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    11 year ago

    Nooo :( i have like three gaming headsets from sennheiser and am very happy with all of them.

    • @Cypher
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      31 year ago

      Hopefully you don’t have the issues I had with their headsets and DAC where they deliberately used metals in contact with the PCB that cause corrosion.

      • @Martorias
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        11 year ago

        Not that I’m aware of (yet) at least? :)

    • bread
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      1 year ago

      Low latency (edit: I should probably elaborate given the community I’m in - when looking for wireless headsets specifically for use while gaming, it’s an easy way to know that what I’m getting is going to be low latency, and likely come with a specific receiver for that)

    • xep
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      11 year ago

      Sometimes, gaming headsets introduce a specific sound signature (similar to EQ but hardware) so that certain frequencies are louder. For FPS it could be advantageous to hear footsteps, for example.