The reason that headphones are better than speakers is that the sound is right at your head. Example: Counterstrike. I'm walking down a hall. I hear footsteps. They are coming from the left speaker, however, my mother is watching television in the next room. I can't tell whether the terrorist is coming from the first or second room. *Boom* I'm dead. Whereas, with headphones, you (experienced players only, of course) always feel confident where someone is coming from if they are heard running.

What is it they say about silence being golden?