Speakers or Headphones (Headset) what do your prefer?

Gaming
#1

I saw this question posed recently and was expecting most people to reply that they mainly use headphones/headsets but there were a surprising amount of people who prefer speakers.

So let’s see what the preferred audio device is for the MEWBS.

  • I Prefer Speakers
  • I Prefer Headphones / Headset
  • I use both

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Ever since I got a decent Headset I have used that pretty much all the time for gaming. For competitive FPS’s it’s a must and for other games it really helps with the immersion. The other factor is that with a headset I’m not disturb my wife or kids with the game noises, which when you are pitched in a hectic gun battle can get pretty loud.

I still have my old speaker set connected to the PC, but it’s mostly used for listening to music while I work.

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#2

I definitely prefer the immersion (or disconnection from the outside world really) that decent headphones give when gaming. Also, using the speakers in the dead of night tends to irritate the family. I don’t get why they can’t sleep to the sounds of screeching tyres and loud explosions, but whatever.

As a glasses :nerd_face: guy though, I do find the headphones start getting a little uncomfortable after a couple of hours. I sometimes land up switching to crappy earbuds just to give my dumbo ear flaps a break.

Otherwise, if I’m alone in the house, and not using the mic, I’ll use the speakers. Loudly. :grinning:

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#3

I’m lucky that my glasses are only for far distance so I don’t need to wear them when playing PC.

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#4

headphones, immersion is just better. As I also tend to play mostly at night, I use headphones not to bother the rest of the house. BUT. As I am also paranoid by nature, 100% more so at night, I have them sort of half on my ears so that I can also hear noises around me too. I have two sets of headphones, Sennheiser HD202 (baby range, but I’ve been using them for around ~10 years now) They I can place sort of half on and half off.

For when ppl are noisy and annoying in the house during the day, I have a set of Sennheiser GSP 300, they do a reasonable job of cancelling out noise around me.

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#5

I like both. The headphones get uncomfortable eventually.

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#6

Depends on what you are playing

#7

I haven’t used speakers in a long time. Use headphones at work. Use headphones on my gaming pc. Use headphones with my consoles and my phone.

If this was Cyberpunk I would have headphones built in.

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#8

Speakers, don’t like using headphones. Always bothers my ears.

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#9

Both but since I wear ear protection the whole day at work headphones are not my first choice when I get home.

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#10

Headphones if chatting with people on dik sword or it’s passed 11pm.

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#11

I use both. Headset when I want to chat to other players and / or not disturb the rest of the house. Speakers when I’m by myself and want to have some awareness of what’s happening around me.

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#12

I use a desk microphone for chatting.

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#13

I use both. But, in the evening I use headphones for private listening, as to not disturb others.

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#14

Speakers. My neighbors are far away so I need to work extra hard to disturb their peace

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#15

Everyone is so polite, to not disturb others. So much for being stereotypical obnoxious toxic gamers :joy:

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#16

I use speakers 90% of the time, headphones only when a mic is needed or when in VR, cos I have a Vive deluxe audio strap which I highly recommend.

You need to add another option to the poll, there are abominations out there who use speakers paired with a headset mic.

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#17

I’ve been using headset ever since I got a decent set. I only use my speakers for when I play room scale VR games

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#19

As much as I would love to use a good speaker set, it is not very considerate in our house where the PC is in a pretty open area. Plus, my Logitech G Pro headset is pretty darn awesome, so no complaints here!

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#21

I also have an Onkyo in a box.

Wasn’t too happy with the speakers, but I knew they were “starter speakers” when I got them. Upgraded the fronts to wharfdales (spelling?), but still really want to upgrade the center. It’s got no mid range

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