What's the Difference between USB and Audio jacks for headphones/headsets?

Craftsman_2222 · Dec 31, 2016

I'm looking into getting a new headset and was wondering why headsets and headphones are starting to use USB rather than an audio jack? Also, say I needed a great pair of headset or headphones primarily for gaming and listening to music at say around $200,what pair would be good for that (I understand personal sound preferences and all that)?

ssddx · Jan 3, 2017

headphones still use 3.5mm and likely always will. i'm not aware of any usb models but if there were it would follow the same rules as headsets below.

usb headsets have a soundcard built into them which bypasses your onboard. analog headsets do not and connect via 3.5mm using your own soundcard.

its hard to say what would suit you best for under 200 as certain things might detract from that price such as a soundcard or amp, microphone, etc not to mention personal preferences. a good starting point to look at would be:
bass light gaming: ad500x, ad700x, ad900x, akg7xx*
general use: hd518, hd558, hd598, hd598c, dt880*, hd6xx*
v-shaped signature: dt770, dt990*, crossfade lp2
of course there are plenty of other decent products on the market you might like, this is just a sampling.

*amp or stronger soundcard suggested

Craftsman_2222 · Jan 4, 2017

ssddx :

headphones still use 3.5mm and likely always will. i'm not aware of any usb models but if there were it would follow the same rules as headsets below.

usb headsets have a soundcard built into them which bypasses your onboard. analog headsets do not and connect via 3.5mm using your own soundcard.

its hard to say what would suit you best for under 200 as certain things might detract from that price such as a soundcard or amp, microphone, etc not to mention personal preferences. a good starting point to look at would be:
bass light gaming: ad500x, ad700x, ad900x, akg7xx*
general use: hd518, hd558, hd598, hd598c, dt880*, hd6xx*
v-shaped signature: dt770, dt990*, crossfade lp2
of course there are plenty of other decent products on the market you might like, this is just a sampling.

*amp or stronger soundcard suggested

Thanks for answering my question, however poorly written it was!

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