Good headset/microphone?

TemplarTemplar You first.
edited June 2004 in Hardware
Gonna try to get into competitive gaming, and I'll be needing a good headset :)

I've got these from Koss, and I'd like some similar, but with a mic :)

I was looking at these from the same company, but I'm not really confident Koss has the best to offer. Thanks in advance.

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  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited June 2004
    Sony has always been good to me as far as headphones and sound quality goes, but I don't know about microphone headsets... I don't use them.
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited June 2004
    Sennheiser PC150. Absolutely the best (except for the PC155's). Wonderful bass, crystal clear mic and comfortable. The PC155's are more comfortable but cost considerably more (they have an onboard DSP so you don't need a soundcard).

    http://www.ecost.com/ will sometimes have them on sale for $35 + shipping which is a steal. Otherwise you're paying ~$60 for them from gotfrag or somewhere else.

    Absolutely stay away from the plantronics DSP series. I've got nearly $400 worth of dead plantronics DSP 500's sitting here. They claim user error when the headsets repeatedly fail after 6 months of use. The plantronics Audio 90's are a low end alternative to the Sennheiser if you're not willing to spend that much (can be had for $15-20).
  • celchocelcho Tallahassee, FL Member
    edited June 2004
    no computer in the world that anyone would play games on would lack a soundcard, so using up a usb slot and giving up the ability to use the headset on anything analog (if it doesn't have analog) seems like a bad deal to me. if you still have analog on it, then why bother paying for this dsp crap when the regular sound card will then be redundant?
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited June 2004
    Its used mostly by people who travel and may be playing on tournament computers with different sound cards then they're used to. Often there isn't time to tweak settings so the DSP powered PC-155's allow you to be 100% sure you get the exact same sound no matter where you plan. In games like CS, DoD and BF1942 precise sound can make a huge difference. The PC 155's can also be detached from the DSP unit to make use of an internal soundcard or to listen to music on a cd-player, etc.

    We decided against the PC 155's mostly on Celcho's logic ... and the fact that the DSP makes them friggin expensive ($100 US).
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited June 2004
    celcho wrote:
    no computer in the world that anyone would play games on would lack a soundcard

    I used to use soundblaster sound cards untill I got my NF7s. The sb is in a box somewhere in the wardrobe now.
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