Ive been using the same turtle beach px3 headset for around 2 years now. Started on ps3 and moved over to pc gaming. The mic is finally started to die out and is currently held together by tape. Within the last 4 days ive bought 3 different headsets, the sound quality is fine on all of them but the mic quality is absolutely horrid. I have around 100$ max and was wondering what the best alternative would be. Im not that into headphones and all the technicalities of them so anything would be helpful at this point.
Best replacement for a gaming headset?
- Thread starter BazzyVFX
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Best bet is a Samson C01U or Blue Snowball Ice microphone. Both are $50. They are the best $50 USB microphones with Cardioid patterns for PC chatting. In the future you could upgrade either mic with a $25 shockmount to reduce the mic picking up thuds, and a $20 mic arm/boom stand. the microphone arm would hold the mic in mid air so you can position it at the perfect 6" from your mouth to reduce background noise such as keyboard clicking. This would be the ultimate mic setup for under $100.
That leaves you with $50. Go pick up a pair of $50 headphones at a local music store. At that price you're not looking at sound quality, but get the ones that are most comfortable for you that you can wear for extended periods of gaming. Future upgrades could be either a motherboard with a headphone amp on board if you don't have one, a sound card with headphone amp, or the best solution an external USB DAC. For now just your onboard sound will work.
That's $100 for mic and headphones, with upgrade options. If you want a headset I can't help you as I don't use them. I use real audio such as real microphones and real headphones and an external DAC that all last for 10+ years, not cheap plastic toys like USB headsets that break after a year.
That leaves you with $50. Go pick up a pair of $50 headphones at a local music store. At that price you're not looking at sound quality, but get the ones that are most comfortable for you that you can wear for extended periods of gaming. Future upgrades could be either a motherboard with a headphone amp on board if you don't have one, a sound card with headphone amp, or the best solution an external USB DAC. For now just your onboard sound will work.
That's $100 for mic and headphones, with upgrade options. If you want a headset I can't help you as I don't use them. I use real audio such as real microphones and real headphones and an external DAC that all last for 10+ years, not cheap plastic toys like USB headsets that break after a year.
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