What makes a $70 dollars headset different from a $150 dollar headset could be several different things. Build quality, sound quality, and many other things. There is not "one thing" that makes a $150 dollar headset better than a $70 dollar one. I'm no expert in the field of sound, but I have tried several different Headsets for Gaming. I found the best for me was the Astro A40. I will explain why I think the Astro A40s are great. First, they are very comfortable and I can wear them for 10 hours + and feel as if I was wearing nothing. Sound quality is great even without the mix amp. Now with the mix amp is when you can really hear people across the map and really get that immersion in a game. One thing that really sold me on the Astro A40s is the mic quality is really good, and when I say really good I mean you could put a voice over of the Yeti Pro and the Astro A40s next to each other and they sound very similar. That is if you plug the headset straight into your computer, if you use the mixamp the mic quality of the A40s sound like any other Headset Mic but without the mixamp, the mic sounds GREAT! I tried the A50s and although they are wireless and that is a very nice feature, it lacks performance compared to the A40s. But it all depends on how much you are willing to spend and what you are wanting to use the headset for. Good luck buddy, hopefully I gave you a little insight on the Astro A40s which a lot of Pro Players use.

PC wrote What makes a $70 dollars headset different from a $150 dollar headset could be several different things. Build quality, sound quality, and many other things. There is not "one thing" that makes a $150 dollar headset better than a $70 dollar one. I'm no expert in the field of sound, but I have tried several different Headsets for Gaming. I found the best for me was the Astro A40. I will explain why I think the Astro A40s are great. First, they are very comfortable and I can wear them for 10 hours + and feel as if I was wearing nothing. Sound quality is great even without the mix amp. Now with the mix amp is when you can really hear people across the map and really get that immersion in a game. One thing that really sold me on the Astro A40s is the mic quality is really good, and when I say really good I mean you could put a voice over of the Yeti Pro and the Astro A40s next to each other and they sound very similar. That is if you plug the headset straight into your computer, if you use the mixamp the mic quality of the A40s sound like any other Headset Mic but without the mixamp, the mic sounds GREAT! I tried the A50s and although they are wireless and that is a very nice feature, it lacks performance compared to the A40s. But it all depends on how much you are willing to spend and what you are wanting to use the headset for. Good luck buddy, hopefully I gave you a little insight on the Astro A40s which a lot of Pro Players use.

Okay so what does that mixamp do? I kinda looked it up but still slightly confused. It seems like it just brings chat and ingame sounds to one place? My headset lets me chat and I hear in game sounds just by plugging it into a splitter.. so is a mixamp just a splitter of some kind? How does the mixamp make it so they can hear foot steps far away? Can you like turn down other sounds and turn up footsteps?

EDIT: people were talking about the Turtle Beach Elite 800s also. They said they have a feature called "Superhuman hearing". Now what is that? I'm assuming that is what the mixamp helps with now. Because, in the post I was reading just ow they were saying they could share their presents or something so their is a program that lets you mess with the sound produced in your headset..

Could I just buy a mixamp and just altar the sounds on my headset? Maybe buy a new headset but still have similar effects of 250$ headphones for a lot cheaper..

I personally got away from headsets branded with 'gaming' because you are just paying a premium because of the name on the side and LEDS and things of that nature. I ended up switching to higher quality headsets that boast actually better sounding sounds than fancy LEDS and useless shit.

I am currently using the ATH-AD900X from Audio Technica and it supports a very wide sound stage and an open back design. The wide sound stage helps separate audio for the user a little easier so that everything isn't so muddled together, as well as making the sounds it can produce more prominent and of higher sounding quality if that makes sense.

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TL;DR: I love these headphones. For the price they are the best I have ever used to date. Well worth it, and while they aren't specifically designed for gaming, they work wonders during gameplay.

Another thing to note about them is the fact they are open back and you will be able to hear the outside world somewhat during use. I didn't know if I was going to like this when I first got them, but being able to hear things outside without completely having to take them off is great.

AR15 wrote I personally got away from headsets branded with 'gaming' because you are just paying a premium because of the name on the side and LEDS and things of that nature. I ended up switching to higher quality headsets that boast actually better sounding sounds than fancy LEDS and useless shit.

I am currently using the ATH-AD900X from Audio Technica and it supports a very wide sound stage and an open back design. The wide sound stage helps separate audio for the user a little easier so that everything isn't so muddled together, as well as making the sounds it can produce more prominent and of higher sounding quality if that makes sense.

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TL;DR: I love these headphones. For the price they are the best I have ever used to date. Well worth it, and while they aren't specifically designed for gaming, they work wonders during gameplay.

Another thing to note about them is the fact they are open back and you will be able to hear the outside world somewhat during use. I didn't know if I was going to like this when I first got them, but being able to hear things outside without completely having to take them off is great.

I was litterally coming on here to ask if I could buy different headphones and I was gonna say gaming headphones probably cost more because of the word "gaming" lol I'll take a look at those thanks for the suggestion. How like much of a difference does the openback make? My PC is in the living room and my wife usually has the tv turned up kinda loud.. it's definitely loud with my normal headset that I'm 99% sure is not openback so that might be the only draw back.. but I could also just have her turn down the TV haha

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AR15 wrote I personally got away from headsets branded with 'gaming' because you are just paying a premium because of the name on the side and LEDS and things of that nature. I ended up switching to higher quality headsets that boast actually better sounding sounds than fancy LEDS and useless shit.

I am currently using the ATH-AD900X from Audio Technica and it supports a very wide sound stage and an open back design. The wide sound stage helps separate audio for the user a little easier so that everything isn't so muddled together, as well as making the sounds it can produce more prominent and of higher sounding quality if that makes sense.

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TL;DR: I love these headphones. For the price they are the best I have ever used to date. Well worth it, and while they aren't specifically designed for gaming, they work wonders during gameplay.

Another thing to note about them is the fact they are open back and you will be able to hear the outside world somewhat during use. I didn't know if I was going to like this when I first got them, but being able to hear things outside without completely having to take them off is great.

I was litterally coming on here to ask if I could buy different headphones and I was gonna say gaming headphones probably cost more because of the word "gaming" lol I'll take a look at those thanks for the suggestion. How like much of a difference does the openback make? My PC is in the living room and my wife usually has the tv turned up kinda loud.. it's definitely loud with my normal headset that I'm 99% sure is not openback so that might be the only draw back.. but I could also just have her turn down the TV haha

I really have grown to like open-back headphones, but I have a pretty quiet room and my family room is on the other side of the wall from my room that I play games in. You can get the same headphones I linked above in a closed headset if you want to help block out some noise, because with open-back headphones you are definitely going to be able to hear stuff around you including the TV. The closed back variant of these headphones are discontinued.

It isn't as bad as I thought it was going to be because they do cancel out some sounds, but not as much as a closed back pair if that makes sense.

The video I linked above is from a YouTuber I watch all the time and he explains in the video about open back headphones and maybe he can explain a little better than I can as to why I/You would or wouldn't like them. Feel free to shoot me a PM if you need some further help on headphones!