Gaming Headset / Mic (one ear only)

snappyfish · 27 Oct 2014 at 12:28

Do any of you use one ear only headsets? Coming from using a xbox I only ever used one ear headset for gaming and main game sound comes out of my surround sound with voice chat coming via headset one ear only.

Can anyone recommend a one ear only headset with mic and can most games be set up as above?

TwsT · 27 Oct 2014 at 15:54

If your soundcard has multiple out puts of the 1 ear set up is on USB yes,

you can tell most programs like Teamspeak where to send sound.

as for suggestions. I can't help with that one I think we sell some 1 ear sennheiser headsets but I've never used one

snappyfish · 4 Nov 2014 at 14:17

I have no soundcard, motherboard is a Gigabyte Z87 UD5h.

I'm amazed it seems difficult to have a basic one ear headset and mic for voice chat only and the game sound coming out of your desk / surround speakers.

How do you guys play games like splinter cell blacklist spies v mercs or FPS games without communicating with other team players / friends etc, surely it's essential?

Bursar · 4 Nov 2014 at 14:25

When raiding in MMOs, I'd have a little netbook on my desk running TeamSpeak, and my headset would be plugged into that.

I appreciate that it's probably not the answer you're looking for, but I set it up that way simply because of the hassle of trying to split out voice chat and game sounds.

snappyfish · 4 Nov 2014 at 14:55

My xbox was good because the main game sound with no voice chat via 5.1 via optical to my surround sound speakers, then had the one ear headset and mic for chat only no game sound. Perfect!

Just PC seems to be a little harder to set up or I am missing something? Gaming on PC is great better graphics etc and so on but social side seems harder to work out? Do pc games support that type of setup?

Gimli · 7 Nov 2014 at 18:49

For multi-player games headphones are generally the best bet IMO. I usually just have the voice go over the top of game sound. It should be possible to direct some sound sources to one particular place (the one ear headphone), but I don't see the need. A lot of the time with that style of play the game sound goes through the microphone and annoys/distracts/puts off others.

snappyfish · 7 Nov 2014 at 19:04

DrewSecrets said:
For multi-player games headphones are generally the best bet IMO. I usually just have the voice go over the top of game sound. It should be possible to direct some sound sources to one particular place (the one ear headphone), but I don't see the need. A lot of the time with that style of play the game sound goes through the microphone and annoys/distracts/puts off others.

Well thinking about the HyperX Cloud headset now, and seeing how I get on from there.

As I'm moving to pc gaming from xbox I just expected it whole speak to teamates issue to be easier than it is, I'm sure I'll work it all out.

Maybe I take it too seriously but if I'm on a team playing a game that requires people talking then unless you talk as a team your gonna get destroyed ever time?