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There is always the issue of what headset to buy. Why is this issue so talked about on any gaming forum?
For this one troublesome, but irritating reason: Headsets sound quality suck.
These gaming headsets are all gimmick, brand name if they have a high price.
- They offer surround, which is just ludicrous if you think about it, it's 2 earmuffs on your head. There is no way you can have true surround sound, that would imply there would have to be speakers in front and behind you. The simulated surround uses a lot of post processing which just continuously degrade the sound.
- You don't know what research or who manufactures the drivers. If anyone thinks Turtlebeach, Razer, Logitech has a reputable sound laboratory dedicated for headphone driver tech is delusional. They hire the cheapest manufacturer from India, Malaysia, or China and spend the money they didn't on quality driver on marketing and the packaging.
- Last but not least, you just get a compromise. You get crappy headphone + a half-way decent microphone. You just spent $200 on marketing and packaging. Isn't that great?
If the headset is from a reputable and industry trusted brand, Sennheiser or Beyerdynamic, then you come to two undeniable obstacles. It's going to be very expensive, $300 expensive. Even if you get the Beyerdynamic under a lesser known Q-Pad brand, it's still a $300 investment. The second is, if you do the research, they still compromise with an entry level headphone. Yes, it's a far better option anything offered by Razer/TurtleBeach or Logitech. The Beyerdynamic and Sennheisers DT770 and HD 380 are not $300 worth of sound.
You LOVE music. So you want a pair of headphones that does your music justice. You want a headphone that your favorite producer trusts to make the music you love! You want fidelity, hear all the nuances.
You want a headset! Speakers are the best for gaming, but let's face it, nothing is more annoying in multi-player or co-op games than listening to constant echos from the speaker. So you consider getting a separate dedicated microphone. Then you discover, you need push to talk, that dedicated microphone is too far away from you for you to just use voice activation, because then it picks up all your keyboard pounding, mouse clicks, and of course your roommate or parent yelling in the background. And honestly, do you want to waste that precious customizable button on your mouse or making your keyboard layout even more cumbersome by dedicating it to your push to talk button?
So there you have it. You need that quality headphone, cause you are a music fanatic. You love hearing that crisp treble without any tinny sounds that all lesser headphones and headsets have. You want that tight, and real bass, not the flabby, uncontrolled bass you hear from headsets and inferior headphones like the Beats/Bose. But you also want that headset, for gaming ease and pleasure. But you don't want a headset and a headphone. You're that person who loves to listen to tunes while browsing the net or editing your website or doing some work. Then seamlessly just go to Origin when your friend messages you, it's time wreck some havoc, so you log into Mumble, ready to rock.
You're still here reading? Then I have good news, my introduction is over. The modmic. The modmic from Antlion allows you to use your beloved headphone and then seamlessly attach a boom microphone to make it into the best headset for your needs. The mic is great. The sound is on par with far more expensive $100-150 condenser microphones and for gaming much superior since when you game, you're comfortable, not positioned specifically for best reception on the condenser microphone. And it's as good as any microphone used by Steel Series/Razer/Logitech/Turtlebeach and nearly as good as Beyerdynamic/Sennheiser.
Well, it's a microphone. I don't need to write much about that. It does what it's supposed to do. Provide quality, clear voice communication for VOIP. It costs $34 including shipping. Now you can spend $300 on a quality pair of headphones, $300 on just the sound. Get yourself that awesome Shure SRH-840, Beyerdynamic DT880, Sennheiser HD600/650, and AKG K550. You don't need to split your budget to buy yourself a headphone and a headset. Spend it all on that headphone you've been obsessing over and an extra $34 you have your headset.
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Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Zymphad, Dec 28, 2012.
