New Hardware I need a new Headset - Help

[Kortoga]

My existing headset is about to eat the dust.
Plastic brackets that hold the ear pieces on broke about a year ago and I made some little metal braces and taped them together. Worked great for a while but even with this "upgrade", the entire headset has about had it. Time to throw these things in the trash and start fresh.

They are turtle beach PX21 and I like them a lot. But I do not want to buy another pair of plastic bracket headsets again. Since looking on the internet, this area seems to be what breaks on these things.

Any good suggestions for a nice headset? My budget is approx. $0-$100. I do not play console...only PC. So USB is a must. And a mic is a must. Anything more than that is for when I start recording music and that is never going to happen.

 

[Diesoften]

I like my new Hyper X Cloud II ones.
They have metal brackets and 7.1 simulated.
Very good noise reduction.
Very comfortable.
Not high end by any means and not for the audiophile but a decent gaming set.

https://www.amazon.ca/HyperX-Cloud-Gaming-Headset-PS4/dp/B00SAYCVTQ

 

[runo]

The Cloud II that Diesoften mentioned above is a very solid USB headset in line with your budget

You can also skip gaming headsets altogether; that Kingston set has pretty good sound and a good microphone, but if you're willing to deal with utilizing your PC's audio jacks you could pick up decent pair of entry-level audiophile headphones (over the ear open-backs, preferably), and a standalone microphone such as an Antlion ModMic -- or grab some headphones with a 3.5mm detachable cable so you can plug in a V-Moda BoomPro. Later on you can grab a USB DAC/amp for your headphones if you want even better sound quality

Let me know if headphones and a standalone mic interest you. You can grab a good pair of cans for about $30-$50 and a standalone BoomPro ($30 and requires a built-in detachable 3.5mm cable/jack on your headphones) or ModMic ($70) all off Amazon. I can link some entry-level headphones, a good mic to match, and a nice DAC/amp if you are interested

Clip-on microphones won't give you the kind of response you want for recording music such as instruments or vocals, but a good pair of standalone headphones will be far better than a USB/surround sound headset for picking up nuances when you playback anything you're recording. You can always grab a high-end condenser microphone and the appropriate gear for recording vocals/instruments later when your budget allows

tl;dr:
-- Go for the Cloud II if you want a USB headset -- something simple but high-quality enough for gaming
-- Go for a clip-on mic and audiophile-grade headphones if you want to start gearing up for recording music later on and still have (IMHO) a superior sound experience that requires a bit more setup and tinkering

 

[WaSe]

I just got the Sades R9 headset for Christmas.
They have a metal outside, which will make them last a bit more.
You can sync them up to your drivers, and then you will have better sound.
It's a usb headset with a boom mic.
The price is only $25, very cheap for a headset, and it's 10/10 comfortable.

 

[CrossCheck]

One fallback i have noticed with a USB headset is that you don't get full sound output with usb. You also don't take advantage of the sound created by your systems sound card (or integrated sound) as USB headsets have built in sound cards. Especially if you have a nice dedicated sound card like a SoundBlaster or Xonar You might want to go with a separate mic and headphones.

I am rocking an older model of these

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6ZP3KR0054&ignorebbr=1

paired with this mic

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=0H9-00C9-00001

I decided to go with a separate mic/headphone combo because i got tired of crappy build quality of sub $100 headsets, cords fraying, mics breaking and loss of the left or right channel (happened with 2 pairs of logitech g430 headsets).

The model of JVC XX headphones (ha-mr55 - now discontinued for newer model) i have are extremely durable (knocked them off the desk at least 100 times plus my kids use them), comfortable and your ears don't sweat or hurt after hours of continuous use. Great bass response and surprisingly amazing sound for the price.

The blue snowball is a great mic. It sits on my desk about 1 1/2 feet away from me and people on TS/ in game voice comms can hear me loud and clear.

Going with separates was an great investment due to only having to replace a mic ($50) or the headphones($30) if one malfunctions as opposed to shelling out $80-$100 for a new headset only to have them break in the future and shell out another $80-100 for a replacement.

I don't think i will ever buy another gaming headset

 

[Chaonyx]

the PC 350 SE