Which headset?

[Helicobacter]

I need a headset to listen to my mp3's and PC gaming. I'm middle class but I use the headset very often so I'm willing to pay the price if necessary. My current sound processing unit on my Gigabyte MB is Realtek ALC888 8 Channel Audio Codec.

Primary Candidates

Sennheiser PC 31: Cheap and good. No volume control and no microphone mute

Logitech G930: 7.1 and wireless. Apparently the G930 has many problems and i'm not sure if they are fixed yet (desynchs every 10minutes, constant buzzing sound, tin can sound while in 7.1 mode, incompatible with certain software etc.).

Sennheiser PC 166: Same price as G930, but better audio quality. Not wireless and w/o 7.1.


Secondary Candidates

Planctronics GameComPro1: Planctronics has a bad reputation, but this one seems solid

Corsair HS1

Sennheiser PC 151

SteelSeries Siberia V2 & SteelSeries 7H are also solid, but are probably dominated by Sennheiser PC 166 (while nesting in the same price region).

Sennheiser PC 360 & Bezerdynamic MMX 300 The best - abut it could very well be that my onboard sound chip is the bottleneck here - and the price is very high

 

[Karstein]

You should only consider PC360s if you have/are getting a headphone amp or soundcard that can drive them.

 

[Helicobacter]

This might get a little philosophical but I have never seen a serial process - given a natural flow and one processor per station - where upgrading one station with better machinery resulted in the requirement of increasing another bottleneck. I am even more suspicious when the station count is only three.

But, maybe it's a different story with headsets and soundcards.

Given the Realtek ALC888 8 Channel Audio chip, which range of prices should I look at? $50 or $100?

 

[corkyg]

Sennheiser PC31 is not a headset. It is headphones. Headsets include a microphone. Headphones are ears only.

Your other post applies . . .

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2171608