New headset?

[SexualHarassmentPanda]

just as a personal quirk:

NEVER BUY WIRELESS HEADSETS

 

they get a bit of lag compared to hard wired headsets, and they're based off of batteries. so if they are rechargable, they won't last as long as standard wired headsets, but if they're battery based, you have to constantly replace the batteries

 

I've never had any problems with the G930's, and if you're like me and hate dangling wires around you, they're absolutely perfect. The only times I've had issues with battery life is when I forgot to leave them to charge. It has excellent battery life too, a 2 hour recharge will give you about 10 hours of juice, and they give you plenty of wire in case you need to play while you're charging.

 

Otherwise, I cannot recommend enough the Plantronics Gamecom 780. It's a budget (virtual) surround sound headset, but it beats several that are well over $100. It's also the highest rated surround sound headset on Amazon IIRC. I had one and I loved it, but I had a serious problem with a driver conflict, which only a couple dozen seemed to have. That appears to have been patched though.

[Frostbyte]

they're a colossal waste of money

[shoiep]

Had the Carcharias for 2 years (lots of dropping, running over with my chair;still fine) after switching from some Sennheisers. I guess I need an upgrade as well.

[Mr.Trololo]

they're a colossal waste of money

 

Do you mean that all headsets are a waste of money? Or the ones Panda recommended? :/

[Frostbyte]

Do you mean that all headsets are a waste of money? Or the ones Panda recommended? :/

 

All of them

[Dirk]

Sky is right about wireless not being good. On top of that, dont buy headphones made by "gaming" companies. You are buying a pair of headphones and a microphone... buy them from a company that makes headphones and microphones. (AKG, Sennheiser, Beyerdynamics, ect.) Also I would have to say that unless you really want the headset, standalone headphones and mic are just far better. Both will tend to be higher quality when separate and cost you way less. But again, which ever way you go. PLEASE buy from a company that actually makes headphones. Its just silly to compare Logitech or Razer to something like Sennheiser or AKG.

 

Basically what you need is a well build pair of high precision headphones with a large sound-stage.

[Psyche]

steel series lasted about a year until they blew up

unless you get the one w/ the built in sound card the mic quality is going to be garbaggio

 

I have had my Logitech g35 for about 2 something years, the mic is pretty good, the only problem is the thing that extends the actual headphones for different head sizes is a flimsy piece of shit, and that they way Logitech made it, a bunch of things occasionally fuck up with it.

 

like for example for the longest time Sven coop you could get absolutely no sound from it except from the main menu

 

and when google chrome decided to just not automatically change to default sound input when you plugged/unplugged it, so the only way you could get sound to come through the headphones or the speakers (after having the g35) was to restart the browser

 

Other then that the g35 is okay, also wireless headsets blow, my roommate had one, sound quality is good, the mic is shit.

[Bubblez]

or you could just get 20 dollars headphonez like me haha

[Kurohime]

and when google chrome decided to just not automatically change to default sound input when you plugged/unplugged it, so the only way you could get sound to come through the headphones or the speakers (after having the g35) was to restart the browser

 

I had this problem with the headset I used before my G35s, I think it's a problem with all USB-based headsets. (Happened with Firefox too)

[Dirk]

I had this problem with the headset I used before my G35s, I think it's a problem with all USB-based headsets. (Happened with Firefox too)

 

When you use a USB headset you are bypasing your PC's soundcard and using a completely different device. If you speakers are connected to your soundcard and you have a headset with its own soundcard you are having to switch between to different audio devices.