Hello all! I'm currently in headset hell right now and I just cannot find a pair I like. I've used a old pair of Turtle Beaches for a good two years. They ended up dying so I went out to get something better that really impressed me. I tried both the Corsair Vengeance 1500 and Creative Soundblaster Tatic 3D. Both I was not impressed with. Now I'm stuck in RMA hell. I just can't find a good sounding pair of "gaming" headsets. Now I don't know why but those two headsets just did not perform well. Is this because I'm coming from a 3.5mm jacked headset to these emulated USB headsets?
The Corsair's sounded great but when they were idle they caused a hum that was unbearable. I did all the troubleshooting in the world to resolve it but Corsair in the end dubbed it a hardware fault with the headset.
I decided to try the Soundblasters. They also sound great. They have more bass then the corsair which is great for gaming, but the quality of the mic is garbage and it is uncomfortable after a few hours of gaming. My ears feel numb and get red because of these things. I'm keeping these for now as a backup headset \ LAN headset.
Now that said I want to get serious and move to a soundcard \ jacked headset solution. I will be purchasing the HT Omega Striker (Or similar) card for this headset. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271001
Right now I want to know firstly... Should I invest in these newer "surround sound" headsets or stick with the more generic quality stereo set? With that said these are the headsets I've been looking at. Please keep in mind I'm looking for a 3.5mm jacked headset. I'm done messing with these USB things.
1. Razer Tiamat http://www.razerzone.com/tiamat/en
2. Psyko Carbon http://www.psykoaudio.com/GetPsyko/PsykoCarbon#axzz1pPjDwpDM
3. Roccat Kave http://www.roccat.org/Products/Gaming-Sound/ROCCAT-Kave-5-1/
4. Sennheiser PC360 (I know they are 2x 3.5 mm)
Has anyone had any experience with these sets? Anyone have other recommendations? I'm not totally dismissing the idea of using a pair of nice headphones with a clip on mic.
Thanks!
The Corsair's sounded great but when they were idle they caused a hum that was unbearable. I did all the troubleshooting in the world to resolve it but Corsair in the end dubbed it a hardware fault with the headset.
I decided to try the Soundblasters. They also sound great. They have more bass then the corsair which is great for gaming, but the quality of the mic is garbage and it is uncomfortable after a few hours of gaming. My ears feel numb and get red because of these things. I'm keeping these for now as a backup headset \ LAN headset.
Now that said I want to get serious and move to a soundcard \ jacked headset solution. I will be purchasing the HT Omega Striker (Or similar) card for this headset. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271001
Right now I want to know firstly... Should I invest in these newer "surround sound" headsets or stick with the more generic quality stereo set? With that said these are the headsets I've been looking at. Please keep in mind I'm looking for a 3.5mm jacked headset. I'm done messing with these USB things.
1. Razer Tiamat http://www.razerzone.com/tiamat/en
2. Psyko Carbon http://www.psykoaudio.com/GetPsyko/PsykoCarbon#axzz1pPjDwpDM
3. Roccat Kave http://www.roccat.org/Products/Gaming-Sound/ROCCAT-Kave-5-1/
4. Sennheiser PC360 (I know they are 2x 3.5 mm)
Has anyone had any experience with these sets? Anyone have other recommendations? I'm not totally dismissing the idea of using a pair of nice headphones with a clip on mic.
Thanks!