Help me with gaming headset

I play games on my laptop and got sick and tired on integrated laptop mic. It's not even clear or loud enough for the other people to hear. My laptop mic is terrible when I'm playing L4D2. I play COD4, MW2, Black Ops, CS: Source. Some of the games I play that requires a nice headset. So I need some advice on getting a REALLY nice gaming headset.

Price range doesn't matter. I want a headset with crystal clear sound (obviously) and deep bass as well. Something like surround sound and bass boosted. I want to able to hear enemy foot steps across the map. Microphone that does not pick up background noise, that delivers crystal clear sound. If there is a headset with a feature that automatically activates when you talk and doesn't pick up your breathing, that would be great.

I found out Logitech G930 is the best one so far. Any thoughts?

 

yes, by far, it is the best. i dont own one, but i have tried it, and the surround sound on it, is absolutely amazing. i will be buying one soon actually.

 

The voice activated microphone thing is generally a setting within the VOIP application or integrated voice chat settings within the game. It's not usually directly controlled by the headset, although a higher quality mic will usually pick up less background noise.

 

well, it will have less line noise, but my AT2020 can hear, cleanly and clearly, though walls o.0 It's scary enough that my mic is muted most of the time in skype, and I assigned a key combo hotkey and enable it ONLY when I am talking, now.

 

When I played WoW I used to just leave my Ventrilo set to PTT. It had a lot of trouble picking up my voice.

 

Any great ones besides Logitech G930?

 

Is Logitech G930 any different than G35 other than the fact that it's wireless?

 

id have to recommend a nice set of headphones and some cheap mic.

 

if you can live with the wire i would just go with the g35 since it much cheaper to buy. I havent used a g930 so i cannot say with certainty but i would think that if they are designed exactly the same as a g35 but with wireless audio it would sound at best the same. I may be a bit biased since i am anti wireless audio. The only complaint ive had from my g35 is that my voice is too loud so i have to make sure i check how loud i am using the game in playing voice test. Im also a push to talk person so i cant comment on its broadcast performance.

The current Newest driver also doesnt play nice with evga precision or msi afterburner for some reason.

 

To get the audio quality and clarity you want, take people's advice... get a set of nice headphones and a separate microphone.

A gaming headset places a lot of emphasis on bass, to provide the strongest visceral sound (when an explosion hits). The major drawback is that gaming headsets often sacrifice the quality of mid and high frequencies to do this. And it is those mid and high frequencies that you want for crystal-clear sound and directional cues.

An absolutely unbeatable combo in the $150 price range is a pair of Audio Technica headphones (ATH-A700 and ATH-M50 are very popular), and a Zalman ZM1 clip-on mic. I guarantee you that combo will absolutely outperform the audio quality of any gaming headset.

 

Do the Audio Technica ATH-A700 or A900 require the use of an amp with a laptop/computer?

 

No, but with a dac it will probably sound better.

 

Nope. Audio Technica A700 and A900 headphones are low impedance headphones, so you don't need an amplifier to properly drive them.

Like many other headphones, they would certainly benefit from being connected to a headphone amplifier. But it is not required, like it would be in high impedance headphones.

 

My friend has a G35 so I tried them. I don't know if it's my laptop's problem (I have SXPS 1645) but when I plugged in, the mic's mute didn't work. Both the button and sliding up didn't mute the mic. So I installed the G35 software but didn't solve the problem. The mute worked only when running the software, the noise cancellation for both mic and the headset seemed to only work when the voice morphing was enabled. With just the regular voice, noise cancel did not work. Also, the G35 sounded like as if it didn't have any bass AT ALL. All I heard was just med and treble. My friend had it about over a year.