Gaming headset w/external audio?

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ninjay

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Hey! I want to get a headset with a microphone for gaming. Simple eh? Well I also want the majority of sound to be heard through my main speakers whilst dialogue comes through the headset. I want this kind of set up because I play a lot of simulators and feel it would be more immersive to have environmental sounds around me whilst the headset works like a real life radio where I hear the dialogue and can speak to my friends.

Most gaming headphones I've seen seem to be designed to be the only sound source and block out everything else which obviously isn't what I want. I assume I'll have to go look further into non-gaming headsets (like ones used in call centres?) but the main question I suppose is whether the set up I described is possible, how would I do it and what headphones would be good for it?

Thank you :)

P.S. I already have some sweet B&W P3 headphones so I don't need them for music etc. A headset that only inputs into one ear and has a microphone is ideal.
 
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The only options I see is get some truly discrete headsets like these that use separate analog channels; http://www.turtlebeach.com/assets/products/62/CHARLIE_User Guide.pdf then you only hook up the center channel for dialogue.

Or you can run your B&Ws through a surround processor(integrated amp or receiver) and just use the center channel output and get an USB mic for chat.

Plantronics make good "call center" type headphones and make good headphones in general. http://www.plantronics.com/us/category/pc-gaming

The problem though with using external speakers and using the mic is, the sound coming from the external speakers. That will be picked up by the microphone.

Happy surround, the Prisoner...

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The only options I see is get some truly discrete headsets like these that use separate analog channels; http://www.turtlebeach.com/assets/products/62/CHARLIE_User Guide.pdf then you only hook up the center channel for dialogue.

Or you can run your B&Ws through a surround processor(integrated amp or receiver) and just use the center channel output and get an USB mic for chat.

Plantronics make good "call center" type headphones and make good headphones in general. http://www.plantronics.com/us/category/pc-gaming

The problem though with using external speakers and using the mic is, the sound coming from the external speakers. That will be picked up by the microphone.

Happy surround, the Prisoner...
 
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