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Off Topic => General Off Topic => Topic started by: Fluffy_Muffin on June 04, 2012, 10:22:17 pm
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Hi my most beloved forum, i need help with something today:
I need a jack (no usb please) headset. It is very important that it is light and that the microfone is of the highest possible quality for a cheap price. The sound can be mediocre but i cannot stress how important mic quality is for me now (after gettin all the shit about me living in a cave - poor mic quality :D).
Any good ones you can reccomend ?
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http://www.creative.com/soundblaster/tactic3d/wrath/
:wink: (not a cheap shiet)
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826158082
These seem to have not taken off when they where released, so they dropped the price, and now theyve been around for a while.
I'd buy em again, pretty sturdy, and amazingly comfortable. My brother has the same set, and he loves em too.
I've seen some shitty reviews of them, but i've had mine for over a year, my brother has had his for 2, no problems ever. They also will take a ggod amount of rough handling.
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Since you're so stubborn on no USB (USB BESTEST!) then i'd recommend the ones above. Have used em before as well. But as all my headsets goes they broke as well. I seriously can't help but accidentally fuck the cord up and f the headset and everything up lol.
But yeah. Jack and cheap. Take the one above. Iirc mic quality was okay.
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I can personally recommend SoundBlaster Tactic 3D alpha. Extremely comfortable, fabulous sound quality, eargasmic surround sound and a reasonable price.
Microphone is top notch as well, it is connected to the PC via USB, though. What's your problem with USB anyway?
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Since you're so stubborn on no USB (USB BESTEST!) then i'd recommend the ones above. Have used em before as well. But as all my headsets goes they broke as well. I seriously can't help but accidentally fuck the cord up and f the headset and everything up lol.
But yeah. Jack and cheap. Take the one above. Iirc mic quality was okay.
^ Yeah, I guess i've gotten lucky, because I've yanked em and rolled over the cord a few times, and havent messed em up.
Sound quality is good/predictable, not super duper fidelity like expensive stereo headphones, but not crap either.
Mic seems to be pretty good, again not best ever, but pretty damned decent.
WAY better than the logitech craptastic wrap-around headphones i had before them... I'll never buy logitech headphones EVER again.
Oh, also, they have a nice long chord. must be 5 or six feet. Makes 'the yank and break' less likely i think
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I can personally recommend SoundBlaster Tactic 3D alpha. Extremely comfortable, fabulous sound quality, eargasmic surround sound and a reasonable price.
Microphone is top notch as well, it is connected to the PC via USB, though. What's your problem with USB anyway?
I am on a laptop with 2 usb slots and a usb 3.0 slot. One slot is taken by the mouse and the other one is taken by the cooler pad. I dont have room for more
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Yes! Umbra is finally getting a new microphone! About freaking time, buddy.
I really like my headset and wasn't too expensive either. Don't know which one it is but I gonna check tomorrow and let you know...
Finally I will understand every word you say and not just say Yes, hoping it is the correct answer :mrgreen:
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^ Yeah, I guess i've gotten lucky, because I've yanked em and rolled over the cord a few times, and havent messed em up.
Sound quality is good/predictable, not super duper fidelity like expensive stereo headphones, but not crap either.
Mic seems to be pretty good, again not best ever, but pretty damned decent.
WAY better than the logitech craptastic wrap-around headphones i had before them... I'll never buy logitech headphones EVER again.
Oh, also, they have a nice long chord. must be 5 or six feet. Makes 'the yank and break' less likely i think
G35? They also broke like 1 month ago for me :P But they were good when it came to sound quality. And comfy
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It will be so sad to finaly part with my beloved Medusa NX, but alas the mic isnt working and the sound cord is getting worn 2. Time to move on i guess :cry: :cry:
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G35? They also broke like 1 month ago for me :P But they were good when it came to sound quality. And comfy
Nah,
those look pretty nice actually, these were a pair that wraps behind the head, the internal wires were so thin they broke easy, and even got interference, they were uncomfortable, the jacks where such low quality that they never seated right, (Had to pull em out slightly to make em work) and they even bent (the jacks) from a slight pull, and if I remember right had some logitech BS firmware that I had to adjust/fix all the time.
They really pissed me off hehehe
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I have found my headset. Creative labs Fatal1ty Gaming HS-800
It is cheap, in almost every review they praise the crisp microphone sound and most importantly it connects via a jack.
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I have found my headset. Creative labs Fatal1ty Gaming HS-800
It is cheap, in almost every review they praise the crisp microphone sound and most importantly it connects via a jack.
I just ordered that one 2 days ago, delivery is tomorrow. :mrgreen:
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your ears will thank you for how comfy they are too :)
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I am on a laptop with 2 usb slots and a usb 3.0 slot. One slot is taken by the mouse and the other one is taken by the cooler pad. I dont have room for more
Get a USB adapter for multiple ports.
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your ears will thank you for how comfy they are too :)
I got $4,- latvian microphone of shit at the moment my ears feel like fuck every 30 mins of wearing.
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I recommend skipping the Sound Blaster Tactic3D series. I went through a headset phase earlier in the year and was going through different ones (including the Tactic 3D) like popcorn due to shitty engineering, from loose wire ends at the joint to dying microphones. The problem with the Tactic3D is that the "neat" detatchable microphone is a disaster. On top of being useless feature, the female connection is known to utterly crap out, as was the case with mine. As it stands, the sound is superb but the microphone is completely non-functional. The wired version also uses a thin, flat cable which is easily damaged.
I bought a Turtle Beach Z6A (http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/pc-gaming-headsets/ear-force-z6a.aspx) and couldn't be any more happier with it. The variable volume/microphone adjustments are all done with on a separate controller so you don't need to fiddle around with drivers or anything. Mic sounds great and the sound quality is decent (the bass is a little thin) and it comes with threaded cable protection and a jack splitter so you can plug in your headset and speakers at the same time. Each earpiece has 3 speakers and one subwoofer for surround sound. The ears can be folded in when you're not using them and there's also an analog playback of the microphone directly into the speakers--kind of weird at first but you get used to it. Only drawback, in your case, is that the controller is USB-powered so it's going to take up a slot anyway. EDIT: oops I didn't read the price constraint in the original post, these ones are a bit pricey :P