Recommendations for a new Gaming/music pair of headphones?

[jbarrows]

Hey everybody, so I recently started lurking around and figured I would ask for help on a new pair of cans. I have a budget of ~$275 and only have experience with Astros for the most part.

I've been using a pair of A40s(2015 edition) with the Mixamp Pro with 7.1 surround through an optical cable for over a year now.

I mostly listen to a lot of Rap, EDM and Drum & Bass and I play a lot of LoL and CS:GO if that helps. I'm open to Open and Closed-back headphones, anything really!

 

[ssddx]

you mention games like csgo yet music with high bass. in fps games very little bass response equates to advantage since bass covers up footsteps however that can be a boring sound for things like bassy music. for that, bassy headphones are suggested. you could go straight up neutral and sort of do either but flat can be a little boring to some and isnt as advantageous as bass light (its a jack of all trades sort of situation).

what route do you want to take?