The official PS4 Headset/Headphones Guide/Discussion
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Without a mixamp is there anyway to go headphones/mic route with a clip on cheap mic that will still sound good to others?
Or is the mixamp used to make use of the optical connection?
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My mic cost £1.50 delivered and I haven't had any complaints, sure it's not crystal clear but it doesn't need to be. So long ans people can understand me I don't care if it's crystal clear tbh.
The only real way to use headphones and a mic is a mixamp.
There are other options but they are rubbish or don't use the equipment to it's full potential.
You could always run a toslink DAC/AMP and then use the supplied headset too. So you have the earpiece in and then headphones over the earpiece but I imagine the earpiece would effect sounds in whatever ear you had it in as it would be blocking the ear canal restricting the headphones.
Basically you want a mixamp plus some decent headphones and a cheap mic for a decent setup
Alright cheers.
I have a USB mic and headphones already but like I said above the Blue Yeti is too sensitive even with gain turned right down.
I think I'll just grab a headset like the Corsair Vengeance or G35s and be done with it.
Thanks for the help
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they are very overpriced for what you get.
put it this way a second hand mixamp + half decent pair of gaming headphones + mic would cost roughly the same as a sennheiser gaming headset.
the only difference being there would be zero easy upgrade path whereas with the mixamp you can sell the headphones and buy another, etc.
this is what I did I originally had HTF600 sold them for HD595 then sold them for HD558 now I have the Q701 arriving any day now and my HD558 is brand new and only been used twice, I may keep it because it's easier to drive or I may sell it for 2/3rds of the price it costs brand new in order to fund a decent headphone amp I can use to double amp from the mixamp or be fed by my AUNE T1 USB DAC/AMP as the internal AMP isn't the greatest.
plus with headphones you can use them for other things (music and movies), on public transport (if you buy closed cans like CAL or DT770, etc) but a gaming headset can only really be used for skype and gaming, you would look stupid wearing one on the train for example.
either way any sennheiser gaming headset priced at £100+ should be decent.
The point of my post was to inform anyone with a similar headset that it works quite well on the PS4, not for you to **** on.
Do many second hand mix amps come up for sale though? Don't seem to be many around.
May go for Sennheiser. COnsidering it would still use USB for game/chat sound, are they really that much better than the competition?
Audio Technica also do a good headset these days, expensive though.
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any reccomendations for extension cables? I probably need about 3m
Just ordered the Sony Wireless Stereo Headset 2.0. It gets great reviews that compare it to headsets double the price, and isn't a bad price at all at really. I wanted neat and wireless, and it seems like it will do the job fine. 
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Just ordered the Sony Wireless Stereo Headset 2.0. It gets great reviews that compare it to headsets double the price, and isn't a bad price at all at really. I wanted neat and wireless, and it seems like it will do the job fine.
You should be happy with them, as i am pretty happy with mine. They are not brilliant by any means, but are wireless easy to set up and decent sound and a very nice mic. If you want an all in one solution with decent sound i'd recommend them, if you want them for top end gaming then not so much.
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Enjoy them, they add so much to the gaming experience.