Let’s be real, though, most people don’t lan nearly as often as they play at home and most people who do go to lans, especially for tournaments, will wear IEMs underneath earmuffs or closed headphones anyway because just wearing closed headphones doesn’t normally provide enough isolation. Also, unless you’re playing with people sitting right next to you and are straight up blasting your volume, nobody is gonna hear what you’re listening to with open backs. The only downside with open back headphones is that if you live in a noisy place, you’ll hear all the background noise around you. For me and most people I know, that’s not really an issue, though.
Have you tried open headphones before? It really is a massive difference in terms of soundstage and positional audio compared to closed headphones.
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Yes, I have had many open headphones much to the annoyance of people around me and for me when they can easily hear what I’m listening to (sometimes my taste in music is bad…sue me).
Also, when you go to a LAN, there is a BYOC a lot of times for many events and you won’t be wearing the inner ear headphones + isolation cups. Also, local LAN’s as well with a bunch of people in the same area. It’s not a huge consideration but one everyone needs to factor in before they purchase. Just like you have to consider when you live in a house with others. Most of my friends have families now as we’ve all gotten older and that thing tends to happen. And not everyone has their own office area secluded away from the rest of the family.
I am not debating what you’re saying as it’s good advice for some people. I’m merely stating that in my particular situation what I own is the best I’ve had in multiple areas and might be pretty solid for others too.
