Lets talk headphones

[kilburns8]

So I recently stepped on my gaming headphones and broke them D:. To keep the party rollin' I just plugged in my in ear earbud headphones and quickly realized the sounds was better than my gaming headphones. So, my question to you all is, can I plug in a cheap mic into a usb and use that? Dont really want to drop another $200 on new headset when these headphones are glorious. TIA

 

[Chapbass]

Hell yes you can. I haven't used a headset in....ever. People always comment on how good I sound on vent/mumble/teamspeak. Used to use an old Packard Bell headset that came with my Pentium 1 200mhz MMX machine . It finally broke after years and years of being carted around and wound up constantly from going to LANs, I bought the Logitech USB desktop microphone, and haven't looked back.

 

[vbuggy]

Or you could invest in a decent pair of gaming headphones. Most people use junk and don't realise it as they have no reference. I'm still partial to the Logi G35 for a reasonably priced set if you don't mind wired. Corsair HS1 has great reviews, but haven't tried them.

 

[dC0m]

Use your earbuds and get a Zalman ZM-MIC1. It's a high sensitivity mic that plugs in using a mic port. I use it with my Sony XB500 headphones.

 

[sdifox]

I think Yoyo jury-rigged a mic onto his headphones

 

[vbuggy]

use your earbuds and get a zalman zm-mic1. It's a high low sensitivity mic that plugs in using a mic port. I use it with my sony xb500 headphones.

ftfy

 

[kilburns8]

awesome, thanks for the replies. will be getting a clip on mic! way cheaper than I thought. Ive owned 4 pairs of gaming headsets and they all have broken. Turtle Beach's, sharkoons, logitech.... earbuds seem to work fine.

 

[NaOH]

"Gaming" headsets seem to be the most cheaply built pieces of crap I've ever used as headphones. I have a set of plantronics for portability, but at home I just use a combination of either my headphones and my webcam mic (logitech 9000) or just my speakers and webcam mic.

 

[vbuggy]

Depends on what 'gaming' headsets you buy. Buy cheap ones, get cheap ones, doh.

 

[sdifox]

Depends on what 'gaming' headsets you buy. Buy cheap ones, get cheap ones, doh.

not exactly, a lot of the expensive gaming headsets are still crap.

 

[uhohs]

skip the gaming headsets, get a "real" headphone and a mic.

 

[vbuggy]

not exactly, a lot of the expensive gaming headsets are still crap.

Perfectly happy with e.g. my G35. What I find more often I have to say is that a lot of people who put on audiophile airs and haven't actually tried any notable products in this category make incorrect assumptions about utility, baseline quality and usability.

I ought to add that in the case of the Logitech above, a Beyerdynamic T1 sits right beside it (and yes, I have Zalman ZM-1's aplenty... which never get any use).