Well recently my cheap, old pair of Philips circumaural headphones finally gave out after about 2 years of abuse. Before them I had a Logitech G35 headset that incessantly crackled in my ears and then broke at the little piece of plastic the phone swivels on, so I used that as a desk microphone while using the Philips ones for audio. It was a pretty strange sight to see.
Anywho, I'm fed up with not having sound (whoulda guessed?) and I'm looking around for a great sounding, comfortable headset with a mic that won't send feedback into my teammate's ears when I hit "Talk". I recently purchased a pair of
Turtle Beach X12s from Amazon which I promptly sent back the very next day because they made my ears sore. Now I'm looking into a pair of
Plantronics Gamecom 780s as a potential replacement. For their price, they look fantastic. I'm also considering re-purchasing a pair of
Logitech G35s (I would never bother with wireless) because I'm upgrading my PC soon with just about all new parts, including MOBO, so it's possible the crackling was a hardware problem on my end. Maybe the new MOBO won't have that problem. Yes I also considered purchasing a sound card, but I'm not that much of an audiophile so that's a last resort.
In addition, Christmas is coming soon, so price is a bit more lenient than normal. Though over $160 is too much. What would you recommend?
2012-11-06, 06:58 PM
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