03.30.08

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Posted in Hardware/Technology at 23:31 by Jonas

I need a new headset, and it has to be USB because I’m tired of messing with my sound card.

Anybody got any good recommendations?

12 Comments »

  1. Razumasu said,

    March 30, 2008 at 23:33

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

  2. fox said,

    March 30, 2008 at 23:53

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

  3. Jonas said,

    March 31, 2008 at 00:35

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

  4. fox said,

    March 31, 2008 at 07:45

    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.

  5. EER said,

    March 31, 2008 at 08:05

    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.

  6. Jonas said,

    March 31, 2008 at 13:20

    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.

  7. fox said,

    March 31, 2008 at 16:54

    I’d choose a double-sided headset.

  8. Jonas said,

    March 31, 2008 at 17:48

    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 :)

  9. EER said,

    March 31, 2008 at 18:28

    Not the enemies sneaking up on you from behind?

  10. Jonas said,

    March 31, 2008 at 19:07

    Nah those will come out of my 5.1 speakers.

  11. EER said,

    March 31, 2008 at 22:38

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

  12. Jonas said,

    March 31, 2008 at 23:57

    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.

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