Are gaming headsets usually this bad, or am I just unlucky? In any case, I found a better solution.
As a gamer who often plays online, a gaming headset has always seemed like a necessity for me. After all, I don’t just need speakers or headphones — I need the whole package, meaning headphones and a microphone. Given the amount of gaming headsets on the market, you’d think it’d be easy to find a good pair of cans with a mic that works. Spoiler alert: It’s not.
It’s not just headphones and a microphone. USB headsets come with their own onboard audio drivers, while those with a 3.5mm audio jack rely on your motherboard to deliver audio. Gaming headphones are often closed-back, meaning some level of noise cancellation. Then, there’s the unique gamer aesthetic and marketing that you need to pay a premium for. A lot of these headsets in the mainstream sector cost less than $100 to $150, and some of them dip below $50.
I really tried I really gave gaming headsets a proper chance. Over the last three years, I’ve tried a total of four, as well as one pair of non-gaming headphones. Out of all five, there’s only one model that I’m happy with, and it sure isn’t one of the headsets. I got a new pair as a replacement. This marks headset number three, or two if we can count both the HyperX’s as the same device. Once I got my replacement, I hoped that all of these issues would have been resolved. However, the volume control remained trigger-happy, hurting my ears every so often. This headset also came with its own issue — it lost signal at random. It was time to move on.
When two is better than one Failed headset after failed headset, one pair of cans stayed consistent and excellent — my sub-$100 Audio-Technica ATH-AVA400 open-back headphones. They’re not even wireless, which I greatly prefer these days, but their quality makes up for that. I’m not an audiophile, so as long as something sounds good and doesn’t break unreasonably quickly, I’m satisfied.
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