Curious what headsets you guys have?
 

My old gave me horrible sores behind my earlobes so I had to stop using it about a month ago, but I got a new Sennhesier!

 

My headset now is a Sennhesier Game Zero. $250ish headset, reminds me a lot of Bose aviation headsets in terms of comfortably. 

I use my surround speakers but a single-ear USB headset for TS, so I'm afraid I'm not much of a help here.

I have a Logitech G930 Wireless Headset.  It works great, but can be a bit fragile.

I have a Creative Fatal1ty gaming headset. Got it for about $20.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002DS4HTM/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=40962880315&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12429719920441125244&hvpone=24.95&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_6f5k2w4xub_b

Kameraden,

 

I'm using an Alienware Tactx Headset, very comfortable (can wear it for hours no problems).

 

S!

I also have a Sennheiser (I think it's a PC-350 or something like that).  It has worked perfectly for years and is not deteriorating in any way.  My personal preference is for the heavier, padded, over-the-ear type.  I think a lot of what you get is a good quality microphone.  If it works without having to boost the level and stays stable over time without having to adjust the voice activation level, that is a good thing to have.  It seems like many cheaper types fall short in that area.

I've just got an old $20-ish Logitech headset, 1/8" connectors rather than USB (looks like the 120 model, here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-980447-0914-PC-Headset-120/dp/B000FKNZR0) and it's great.  Really good sound, and I gather from others that my voice is clear on the mic, so unless you're a real audiophile and want to spend more money, that's all you need!

 

I always use push-to-talk rather than voice activation, and given the amount of extraneous noise which sometimes plagues our comms, I urge everyone to do the same.

 

S!

 

Maus

+1 to Maus,

 

I use a Steelseries gaming head set, the cheapest one.

 

S!

An addendum to my post above -  I went wireless so as not to be a target for my cats.  My 17 pound house panther used to yank the headset off my head, usually while I was dogfighting.

An addendum to my post above -  I went wireless so as not to be a target for my cats.  My 17 pound house panther used to yank the headset off my head, usually while I was dogfighting.

 

Gotta make for some interesting comms...

Usually it goes something like this:

 

LMAO!!

Usually it goes something like this:

 

 

Think he would learn by now.. 

That's the thing with cats, he has learned.  He knows that those activities get the owner's attention, which is what he wanted in the first place.  Much like my middle child, negative attention is still attention. 

Yes nothing gets your attention faster than the sound of CLAWS in the back of your chair except maybe MG fire on your aircraft ... I made the mistake of giving my cat attention after she started this sooooo .. now it's a habit which if not answered runs the risk of claws in the fat of my elbow / upper arm .....  

 

  Guess it means I keep the treats close at hand ...

 

 

     

~S~

 

I bought these on a whim cause they were cheap, and I like multi speakers in a headset for flying.

Although "our" flight sims will support kinda of a multi speaker surround sound (their not authored that way, and neather

is "surround sound" correct for sim's)...These things push a most realistic cockpit  tone, feel, position, and low resonance.

"I was absolutely amazed"

 

The sub woofer vibration setting, lets you "feel" the aircraft, gear/stresses/impacts/engine etc.

Their "clean", up to deafening volume.

Frequency response is outstanding (I pull easily 20 to 30Hz out of these things! War/engines/bombs its all low frequency)

Gui has good features, and lets you move the speakers around ( get those 110 engines/sounds where their suppose ta be)

Encoder is pretty good, usb plug n play, don't have blow your head off to get these things to perform. But they can.

 

For 'our' flight sim's, I love the tone, and open feel. They produce a tonality like Van Halen's first album.

But I'm deaf anyway lol

 

Good luck

Mox

 

http://www.rosewill.com/rosewill-rhts-8206-usb-connector-5-1-channel-vibrating-gaming-headset-1.html#product_tabs_Specifications

Yes nothing gets your attention faster than the sound of CLAWS in the back of your chair except maybe MG fire on your aircraft ... 

 

My cat has even been responsible for the latter on occasion ... when she jumps up in my lap, I sometimes let her just sit there if there's no action imminent, knowing that if I toss her back to the floor, she'll jump right back up.  Usually she just sits quietly and nestles her face into the crook of my elbow, but there have been times when she's been unable to resist suddenly bumping her head against my joystick hand, sometimes pressing my thumb against the button which I have mapped for overwing guns (WWI) or cannon (WWII).  So if you're flying on my wing and I suddenly start firing at nothing, without even calling out that I've seen a bandit, that may well be the reason.

I like to think of my two cats as my co-pilot and navigator.

I like to think of my two cats as my co-pilot and navigator.

Lol!

Luckily my cat just kinda ignores me, although hes probably having mild PTSD as hes nearly, I mean NEARLY died 5 times. Kidney stones, coyotes, rabid cats, all fun!

~S~

 

This is what I'm talking about!

http://www.maximumpc.com/how-vr-is-resurrecting-3d-audio/

 

Mox