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Gramblor
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Aug 10, 2020
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There's no way to gaurantee that the 660s paired with any amp will highlight footsteps in Call of Duty as well as your old setup, because your Steelseries headphones paired with the Astro mix amp are specifically designed for gaming, and are tuned in an unnatural way that emphasizes sounds like footsteps. Can you use the Astro mix amp on your PC? That might help you out with your DT990. If you want a really good amp for gaming, Zreviews on YouTube just reviewed the Schiit Hel and gave it a rave review. The Hel is an "audiophile quality" amp, though, and won't unnaturally highlight sounds like footsteps in COD. It will give you a natural, wide soundstage. The Sennheiser 660s supposedly is great at imaging, which means it should give you good spatial awareness, but I don't think it will emphasize footsteps. Good luck with this!
JxstJxckk
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Aug 10, 2020
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GramblorThank you for responding, im new to all this and have very little knowledge about it all.
I dont only play COD, but i do mainly play FPS games so those little sounds like reloads and footsteps do play a massive part in the game especially when playing competitively. Ive seen a couple reviews on the sound blaster, which has a mode that highlights footsteps etc, ive also been looking at a lot of Z reviews and hes one of the reasons i went with the Hd660s as like you say, the imaging is very good on them.
I know what youre saying about them being designed with the purpose in mind of footsteps etc, but i was trying to achieve this, with better audio quality with the 660s, and what im beginning to thing is maybe headphones like these will never achieve the audio im after and im better of with an astro mix amp and some steel series, which is kind of upsetting. The one thing about these 660s that are amazing is, you can crank them up to hear footsteps, and the highs dont hurt your ear drums which i do find very nice.
What im actually after is something that will make the audio quality as a whole better than with the E10K, but maybe with a mode on focused on the FPS that im after, which i think the SoundblasterX G6 will do? potentially.
Gramblor
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Aug 10, 2020
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JxstJxckkAmps will do very little to change the sound in the way you're looking for (they're also a lot less impactful on general sound quality than a lot of audiophiles make them out to be). The most important component in an audio setup is the headphones or speakers. It sounds like you need some kind of device like your Astro mix amp or possibly the soundblaster you speak of to alter the sound to your liking. I don't have any experience with either of those devices, but if you can use them with your Sennheiser 660s you should get a much better experience than with an inferior headphone.
JxstJxckk
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Aug 11, 2020
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GramblorYeah these 660s are definitely a solid base for the sound quality and purpose i want them for, you can tell immediately when you jump into a game or put on some music. Everything just sounds more natural, the bass is clear and punchy, as i said you can crank them quite loud so you can hear everything you need to without gun shots making you need a new set of ears. So i am definitely pleased with the headphones themselves. The SoundblasterX G6, has specific modes with gaming in mind, it also has software to be able to edit different audios. So i think with this, with it being relatively cheap too may be worth a try as ill have better audio, the most natural 7.1 surround sound according to others (which i probably wont use), along with it being able to do what id like it to do. Always worth a shot off amazon and can send it back if it isnt very good. Reviews seem good though!
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