Reccomendations for new headset/mic

[shackman]

I right now am using a very old headset that went with my PS2, and the padding on the one side of the headphone is gone. So it's ancient. But what are some good reccomendations for a cheap but great quality headset/mic to use with teamspeak 3?

 

I've found a Sennheiser PC 26 USB Single-Sided Monaural Headset with Microphone

and Logitech PlayStation 3 Vantage USB Headset

[LordWolf]

I got the cheapest mic that i could find. It costed me 2 euros, it was made in China, and it worked perfectly for the last 4 years.

[Succellus]

Well if as me you can t afford to play on speaker, consider a 5.1 headset with mic.

Zalmann has a good one but the mic system sucks.

 

I m seeking some headset mic witohut speaker but its really hard, if not impossible to find. Headset + far away mic= Screaming, so its a no go.

[EtherealN]

Depends on your budget, to be honest. I use a Razer Piranha which I am very happy with for it's price point (~60 dollars plus VAT, if applicable), though it is slightly uncomfortable if you end up using it for 8 hours straight.

[159th_Viper]

 

I m seeking some headset mic witohut speaker but its really hard, if not impossible to find. Headset + far away mic= Screaming, so its a no go.

 

I'm running the Labtec LVA 7330 ClearVoice Head microphone with my Z5500 system:

 

 

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Labtec_LVA_7330_ClearVoice_Head__5371394

 

 

Works a treat :thumbup:

[Succellus]

I'm running the Labtec LVA 7330 ClearVoice Head microphone with my Z5500 system:

 

 

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Labtec_LVA_7330_ClearVoice_Head__5371394

 

 

Works a treat :thumbup:

 

OMG I had the samei bought Game Comander 1 (so old). But it died after many years of use. I was too lazy to seek for some broken cable...so i dished it.

Damn it can only find it on E-bay its at a fair price. But only one do international shipping at 90 USD when product is 15 to 25 USD... %¨&*$¨%&&

Anyway +1 in rep.

Edited December 6, 2010 by Succellus

[CyBerkut]

Well if as me you can t afford to play on speaker, consider a 5.1 headset with mic.

Zalmann has a good one but the mic system sucks.

 

I m seeking some headset mic witohut speaker but its really hard, if not impossible to find. Headset + far away mic= Screaming, so its a no go.

 

That boom mic-only rig is one I have recommended in the past, from experience, for speaker users.

 

I have seen some folks sing praises for using non-mic'd headphones in combination with this Zalman clip-on mic:

 

http://www.google.com/search?q=Zalman+Microphone+Zm-Mic1&rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

 

http://www.amazon.com/Zalman-Microphone-Zm-Mic1-Sensitivity-Headphone/dp/B00029MTMQ/ref=dp_cp_ob_e_title_1

 

It looks like a pretty good solution for folks who are very demanding about their headphone's sound quality, etc. They can pick whatever headphone they prefer, and just clip the mic on to the cord within reasonable proximity of their mouth.

[Succellus]

That boom mic-only rig is one I have recommended in the past, from experience, for speaker users.

 

I have seen some folks sing praises for using non-mic'd headphones in combination with this Zalman clip-on mic:

 

http://www.google.com/search?q=Zalman+Microphone+Zm-Mic1&rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

 

http://www.amazon.com/Zalman-Microphone-Zm-Mic1-Sensitivity-Headphone/dp/B00029MTMQ/ref=dp_cp_ob_e_title_1

 

It looks like a pretty good solution for folks who are very demanding about their headphone's sound quality, etc. They can pick whatever headphone they prefer, and just clip the mic on to the cord within reasonable proximity of their mouth.

 

 

I have this mic, it comes with the headset, it is great for speaking, but it ain t good enought for VAC (Voice activated controls).

Being griped on the headset cord, it end up far from the mouth on the left or right, so it get many external noises, and having no noise filtering, many times the command given have to be skopen real loud to overcome background noises, without counting that with a headset your skeaking volume goes usually louder than normal.

This problem give me 2 choices, high % of botched/wrong commands or my wife screaming a STFU a she wan t to sleep. And PC aint on the bedroom.

[MTFDarkEagle]

Steelseries 5hv2 (3.5mm connectors) here, works good, very comfortable, good headset for games/sims, but not for music. I have a sennheiser hd555 (I believe that's the one...) for that purpose, as well as my bangin' stereo obviously :)

[leafer]

I have never tried a high-end headset. All the ones I've tried cost around 10 bucks and they all do put strain on my ears after less than an hour of continuous usage.

[MTFDarkEagle]

That's why I always invested once, and got a good quality headset, so it'll last longer, and be more comfortable.

[Succellus]

Many reviewer use to review 5.1 headphone quality over surround headphone. This so wrong, both have diferrent intents and diferent market. Why the hell would you hear music on 5.1 if they have never been recorded with such an intent.

I m glad to see someone have diferent sets for diferent purposes.

And yes investing in a good headset if you use them a lot is a must.

Its like buying a top bike and saving on the tires, gonna buy you a headache.

[xWARGOx]

I have two sets of the Tritton AxPros. Worth the money and best gaming investment I have purchased. Whether I gaming, listening to music while designing at work, or movies, I rock them.

[hannibal]

i think the battlefield 2 mic is the effin best mic set ever made... low profile, and i can wear it for ever without it ever bothering me nor headache

[Succellus]

@ Hannibal.

Can you post more info of this BF 2 mic. Only thing i fond about BF2 mic is trouble setting the Mic ? Is it a full set or the mic is Stand Alone ?

 

@ Everyone.

If by any ocasion, someone see a LABTEC MIC set LVA - 7330 to sell, can you inform me i just can t find any. Thanks.

[DanKurt]

Any headset geared for "gaming" in my experiance are just pieces of overpriced junk especially the 5.1 type.

If you could really make surround sound work inside an earpiece of a set of cans then most music/sound technicians and audiophiles would use them. Its just a gimmick and you are best using your souncards/AV units built in software produced surround.

Do yourself and your ears a big favour and invest in a descent pair of Stereo headphones from the likes of Sennheiser, AKG, Denon or Beyerdynamic and then buy a 3.5 male to female stereo lead and a notebook mic.

Use a couple of cable ties to mount mic to side of your cans and you have a headset that will far outlast most of the "gaming" toys you can purchase and give you far superior sound quality plus you also have an excellent set of music headphone for chilling out with.

 

Mic I use:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gembird-Compact-Laptop-Notebook-Microphone/dp/B001IAFNSA/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t

 

Cans I use:

http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/home_en.nsf/root/private_headphones_audiophile-headphones_005343

Edited December 21, 2010 by DanKurt

[TeeJay82]

i think the battlefield 2 mic is the effin best mic set ever made... low profile, and i can wear it for ever without it ever bothering me nor headache

 

logitech 120 headset <3 only use it.... cheap, and extremly good

 

stay away from 5.1/7.1/usb

Edited December 21, 2010 by TeeJay82

[Succellus]

Any headset geared for "gaming" in my experiance are just pieces of overpriced junk especially the 5.1 type.

If you could really make surround sound work inside an earpiece of a set of cans then most music/sound technicians and audiophiles would use them. Its just a gimmick and you are best using your souncards/AV units built in software produced surround.

 

 

Some notes;):

Audiofiles don t use so called 5.1 + headset because:

1) Music arent recorded to be surround so its pointless to hear them on such a system, and almost pointless on a home theater.

2) Industry ain t willing to put quality headfones on 5.1 because of the production cost and estimnated market size.

So any kind or argumentation based on such a declaration ain t very serious.

 

There s no way a 2.X system being able to reproduce even a 4.X system, no matter what, you only have to know basic principle on sound propagation to know that.

There must be a minimum space beetween speaker on the hearfone for them to work fairly, especially a 5.1, that why so much of them are BS, speaker are too close to each others and on those you don t really notice a diference.

So 5.X phones are for gaming and 2.X phones are for listening to "flat" recorded sounds aka music. If this wasn t true then Hometheater would be BS, and no, there s no may a headset can perform as good as a wide spreaded system, that for sure.

If your not able to detect spacial holes in your gaming with your 2.X headset in proper games, that because your internal sound processor or your hears aint that good or both.

2X system have huge hole in front or on the rear and in some degree of heights, it doesn t matter how expensive your set is.

Now i concur that you don t need this kind of stuff in a lot of games, but in the few it makes diference the game is really more enjoyable.

 

Each monkey on its own branch, and whoever say NI has better to review its concepts.

Edited December 22, 2010 by Succellus

[Midwestboi]

I'm just curious as to why some people use headsets- I've never used them for gaming/sims before? I have a full 5.1 surround system- so I can't imagine putting on a headset and missing out on the sound... unless people are trying to avoid rocking their houses. Do headsets add anything additional to the sim- that gets lost without them?

[MTFDarkEagle]

ATC/TS

 

When you've got a giant P&W R2800 rummbling some feet in front of ya, trust me, you won't hear atc no matter how well your audio set is ;)

Edited January 1, 2011 by MTFDarkEagle

[topol-m]

There are several identical threads for headsets already, so I`m gonna repeat my suggestion:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=821830&postcount=37

[Midwestboi]

ATC/TS

 

Explain? You need a headset for that? It doesn't work through normal speakers and microphone?

[MTFDarkEagle]

You don't need it per sé, but it's much much better to be able to listen to comms (teamspeak) through your headset.

[Midwestboi]

You don't need it per sé, but it's much much better to be able to listen to comms (teamspeak) through your headset.

 

Thanks for the reply. I don't use multiplayer features... I only plan on using the microphone for VAC commands. I mainly wanted to see if a headset was necessary- or whether it was optional.

[MTFDarkEagle]

It's optional, but if you intend to use ts or something, I would highly recommend the usage of a headset. But then again, that's me :)