cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/gaming@beehaw.org/t/447034

Technically the successor owner of the gaming brand.

Epos has announced that it will be exiting the gaming headphone business and will instead focus on enterprise communications products. The company’s gaming products…

  • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ
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    1110 months ago

    Better off buying a headset and mic separately anyway imo. Most headset mics sound like trash and by limiting yourself to just gaming products it usually means settling for something subpar too.

  • falkerie71
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    910 months ago

    To anyone considering a gaming headphone, I would encourage you watch Crinacle’s take on them (or his article if you prefer to read), and just buy the headphones and mic separately.

  • @hot_milky@lemmy.ml
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    510 months ago

    Good move. Marketing something for gaming risks devaluing their brand, not because gaming is bad but because there are so many hucksters in that market. A good headphone is a good headphone!

    • @UPGRAYEDD@lemmy.world
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      210 months ago

      They will still be making some of the best headphones on the planet. Its worth noting that their best headphones, are not “gaming” headphones. The only thing that makes a headphone labled as gaming is the inclusion of a mic (and possibly rgb or cat ears if your a psyocopath who cares more about looks than the sound that cones out). There are plenty of clip on microphones or in line microphones that could be used beside any set of headphones.

  • @noodohs@ttrpg.network
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    310 months ago

    Bummer, PC38x is one of my favorite headphones period. Except for a driver going bad and having to buy a whole new pair because Drop doesn’t sell parts… People can hate on “gaming” things all they want, but sometimes it’s just more convenient to have the mic attached and if the headphone also sounds great, why fight it?

    • @Cypher@lemmy.world
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      310 months ago

      Hopefully you don’t have the issues I had with their headsets and DAC where they deliberately used metals in contact with the PCB that cause corrosion.