Gaming Headset £200+ ?

wedmonds

wedmonds

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Hi Guys,

Probably been asked loads but I wondered if I could get your thoughts on the following.

I am thinking of getting a new headset to go with on board sound card.
Firstly, do i really need a new sound card to make the best of a decent headset in the £200+ price band? On board sound has improved massively right?

If a sound card is recommended, what would people also recommend?

Secondly, what headset do people typically recommend at the £200+ price band? What do the esports types use or should I discount these as they are all sponsored anyway?

Finally, I am thinking a bit of you tubing may be on the agenda and I wondered if these £200+ type headsets will give audio quality or whether I should go for a separate headset and mic option? If so, what would people recommend?

Thank you for your help guys!
 
I wouldn't go off what your favourite esports team or player uses as like you say, they're all sponsored and will change their mind constantly.

I don't think you can go wrong with a £200+ budget, that's a hell of a lot of money to spend on a headset. On board sound is pretty decent now, especially if you have a decent motherboard.
 
If you've got that sort of budget I'd look at getting some decent headphones rather than a 'gaming headset'
 
wedmonds said:
Interested to know more...
I considered going with a blue yeti and decent headset, any recommendations?
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I currently run a blue yeti with a pair of DT770 80ohm after recommendations on here.

Headphones and the yeti would still be within your budget with some change to spare :)

Though you could spend a little more and get a FiiO e10k from the rainforest to power your headphones even more and move away from onboard audio.
 
AKG K612 pro + modmic bundle = £115
Creative Sound Blaster Z (OEM) = £50

Cracking setup for £165
 
Can't go wrong with any of the vanilla AKG's or the K612.

598 is good if you can get it cheap but for £150 it doesn't have the soundstage and imaging of the K702, Q701 etc.
 
there is a 595 for sale in the members market - no box so asking price is high at £70.

i'd offer about £45-£50 for them though.

IMO you would be hard pushed to beat them for competitive gaming unless you went for AKG X7XX range
 
Psycho Sonny said:
there is a 595 for sale in the members market - no box so asking price is high at £70.

i'd offer about £45-£50 for them though.

IMO you would be hard pushed to beat them for competitive gaming unless you went for AKG X7XX range
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That would be easy for some but he's got to make up 800+ posts before he can think about getting into the MM ! :)
 
Best bet on this budget is as above k612 +modi mic or k702 modi mic and I'd advise get an asus soundcard will have faster better driver support.
If it were my money I'd knab a set of those open box nad viso hp50 for £140 or stretch to the philips fidelio x2 and worry about a mic later.
 
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