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1. Razumasu says

   My only recommendation would be to stay away from USB headsets :-/

   March 30, 2008, 23:33
2. fox says

   Consider a Bluetooth headset (eg. Plantronics Audio 370). If you are still after USB than look out for Sennheiser.

   March 30, 2008, 23:53
3. Jonas says

   What’s the problem with USB? And what’s the advantage of Bluetooth?

   March 31, 2008, 00:35
4. fox says

   Troubleless wirelessness – obviously. Other than with mouse and keyboard I find it incredibly usefull for headsets. A class 2 device provides you transmissions within the radius of 10m without the need to be in line of sight with your PC.

   Using your soundcard saves CPU-time because that what they are there for and the sound could be better if you manage to configure it correctly.

   March 31, 2008, 07:45
5. EER says

   I have been satisfied with Logitech USB headsets, the ones that cost € 45, not those that cost € 10. Only problem is that when you get up from your seat and you forget that you’re wearing a headset … you get the picture

   Wireless would of course get rid of that problem, but I’ve never used wireless headsets.

   March 31, 2008, 08:05
6. Jonas says

   Hm I used to have a wireless bluetooth USB headset at work, that worked quite splendidly. I dunno. How about this:

   http://www.compumail.dk/vare-oversigt.php?varenummer=61319&type=hardware

   I’ve always had problems with my sound cards, I don’t know why. I haven’t had an external card since I threw out my old Soundblaster 5.1, but even now that I use built-in sound, it just. Won’t. Work. I always end up spending 20-30 minutes just tweaking my sound settings.

   The expensive microphone I recently bought is USB, and for the first time ever I can just plug it in and record.

   March 31, 2008, 13:20
7. fox says

   I’d choose a double-sided headset.

   March 31, 2008, 16:54
8. Jonas says

   Sorry, it’s too late – I already ordered it. I play with a single-earpiece headset on Xbox and that works just fine, it’s only the voices you’re gonna hear on the headphones anyway

   March 31, 2008, 17:48
9. EER says

   Not the enemies sneaking up on you from behind?

   March 31, 2008, 18:28
10. Jonas says

    Nah those will come out of my 5.1 speakers.

    March 31, 2008, 19:07
11. EER says

    Oh you’re skyping/ventrilo’ing/whatever-other-voip’ing while playing the game. That makes sense

    March 31, 2008, 22:38
12. Jonas says

    Exactly! We’re switching back and forth between Ventrilo and TeamSpeak at the moment because we’re looking for a good server with a decent sound quality. Ventrilo seems to produce the best sound, but Nick found a good free server with TeamSpeak today where you can create private channels, so we’re probably sticking to TS.

    March 31, 2008, 23:57