Gaming / LAN Headset

[Roy Katzenbauer]

Hello,

My SteelSound 5H v2 died a couple a days ago, so im looking for a decent replacement.

After reading some reviews, this is what i found:

SteelSound 7H (coming out somewhere in the next 3/4 weeks)
SteelSound Siberia
Roccat Kave (Not really a fan of Roccat, but might be a good choice?)
Logitech G35 (USB)

I'm using onboard sound of my Gigabyte X58-UD5.
Any advice? Or maybe a Headphone with a seperate mic?

Thnx in advance

 

[Roy Katzenbauer]

I heard u can switch from 7.1 to Stereo?
But to make a long story short. The headset will be used for Counterstrike (Source) only, and on LAN Events (for the same game).

What is the best choice to go for. I'm NOT planning to buy a seperate soundcard in the future.

 

[Roy Katzenbauer]

After reading a lot of reviews i have the following headsets/phones left to chose from:

SteelSeries 7H (€ ~80 USB ~100)
Logitech G35 (€ ~90)
Sennheiser PC 280 (€~100)
Sennheiser HD 555 (€ ~90)


The HD 555 has fantastic sound but has an open design which is not ideal for LANs. The PC 280 is sort of a DJ headset but is good for games aswell? Waiting for the 7H worth it?

Some1 that could help me solve this last problem

 

[Roy Katzenbauer]

Confused at to what the PC280's are. Do you mean HD280? To my knowledge, Sennheiser don't have a PC280 model.

Closed is definitely the way to go, as you say open would not be ideal for LAN parties. I don't think the Sennheiser's mentioned are worth considering in this instance, as they are just headphones. They will sound better than the Steelseries and the Logitech's, but you would require a separate microphone. Being in a noisy environment, you really need a mic close to mouth. I think a clip on would to be too far away, and thus the gain would have to upped to pick up your voice well, which in turn will pick up more noise around you. For LAN's a headset is probably best.

Yes i mean the HD 280 Pro.
Well im playing like 40-50 hours a week at home probably, but i visit 3-4 LAN's a year. So i don't know what the best decision would be?