Gaming headset help!

[GrigoRe94]

Hi guys,

Im looking for a New headset for Gaming. My budget is around 150$, what would you buy?

Thanks!

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

I've deleted your duplicate post on the "Audio" forum as cross-posting is not allowed on THF.

 

[Virtual_Singularity]

I'd avoid a gaming headset, and instead make one of your own using headphones you like along with an attachable microphone. But, if you're set on going the gaming headset route, the Sennheiser Game One and Game Zero are priced right around your budget currently on Amazon. There's also a Sennheiser PC 373D - 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset refurbished currently available for around the same price, and an older 363D is also a good choice used for $140. There's also the Beyerdynamic MMX300, which is also excellent for the price, there's one in good condition for your budget, and they're more or less like DT770's with a microphone. If you can find a pair of Phillips Fidelio X2's with inline microphone for around the same price, that'd be a good choice as well.

For around $150 or a tad more, these would be among the best choices you could make for a gaming headset. They're very comfortable, and offer among the best sound quality you'll find at that price. If wireless if more your thing, there's also the Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum, which are supposed to be good for their price. The HyperX CloudII is around $90ish, has USB 7.1, sound very good for the price, but not as nice as the ones mentioned above.

However, fwiw, you may do far better attaching a small boom mic to headphones you already may own (eg the V-MODA BoomPro Gaming microphone). Or, better yet, you may do better, still, choosing a nicer circumaural headphone that suits you best, and attach a similar mic to it, maybe for a little more (or less) cash. Philips SHP9500's are possibly in the top bang for your buck category open over ear headphones, they sound great, easily driven, and if you attach a mic to them, you have yourself and excellent gaming headset as well. For surround sound, there are also individual USB adapters that can give you Dolby or Virtual 7.1/5.1 surround sound as well, the quality and prices of which vary (cheapest is under $10).