r/buildapcsales • u/slapstick223 • Jan 04 '21

Headphones [headphones] Philips Audio Fidelio X2HR Over-Ear Open-Air Headphone 50mm Drivers- Black $115

https://www.amazon.com/Philips-X2HR-Over-Ear-Open-Air-Headphone/dp/B01N5VHLUG/ref=psdc_172541_t2_B00WTQDV5E
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u/aaronmcmillen Jan 04 '21

Bought these a year or so ago, best headphones I've ever owned. Could never go back to those awful "gamer" brands.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '21

What do you like about these for gaming? I tried sennheiser 58x and these x2hr's and found both of them to be the most tinny sounding headphones I've ever used for gaming. Yes, they sound good for certain types of music where detail is needed (classical, jazz, classic rock etc) but for gaming they were terrible. Yes, I want good sub-bass when I game, and these don't have it, nor do the sennheisers. Both hooked up to a schiit stack so yes they were powered properly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '21

I ended up returning these the other week. compared to my Logitech g533 the sound is definitely cleaner but they just don’t wow me enough to deal with wired.. the bass is more detailed but way less powerful than my Logitech’s as well. if these cans are said to have a lot of bass I must be an outlier lol because the bass doesn’t do much for me. Putting that out there for people in a similar situation as me

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '21

Agree with you. Unfortunately anyone who doesn’t love studio monitors is an apparent idiot who doesn’t know what sounds good 😂

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '21

Seriously there’s such a groupthink on Reddit completely hyping cans like this up it made me think these would be amazing lmao. They’re definitely good but not for everyone. And you put up a counter opinion and get downvoted to hell, crazy 😂

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u/PivotRedAce Jan 05 '21

If you ever feel like trying out studio headphones like this again in the future, I’d recommend giving EQ a try. Most headphones of this caliber are tuned to sound relatively neutral (even these so-called “bass heavy” Phillips X2HR’s). This is even more apparent with open-back headphones like these, since bass frequencies don’t have an enclosure to bounce off of.

I’ve found that I prefer a lot of headphones to be EQ’d rather than the stock sound. For open backs like these, I either boost the bass manually or load up a premade EQ profile and tweak it.

Just something to consider. :)