Headset recs

[maus92]

Any suggestions for a comfortable, high quality gaming headset?

[The Fugitive]

I use THESE. Work great !

[guncrasher]

G35 are great 7.1 surround sound expensive but worth it.


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[maddafinga]

I use THESE. Work great !

I do too and love the hell out of them.  Great sound, great mic and super comfortable for hours and hours.  Wouldn't trade them for anything.

[zack1234]

can you get good 5.1 from headphones in AH?

I was looking at some decent headsets and a couple of squad members said they were not impressed when they bought high end headsets.

I think hardware and peripherals is a minefield.

We should have a list of products with marks out of ten in the forums, it would save us lots of money.

[Ghastly]

can you get good 5.1 from headphones in AH?

I was blown away by the HPA2 - you absolutely can get "better than good" 5.1 from a set of headphones.  Is it "studio quality"?  Probably not.  But it's easily 3x better sounding than the comparably priced Plantronics headset I replaced.  AH sounds much better - but with music, it was like hearing my favorite songs for the first time all over again. 

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[maus92]

You guys better be right:  I ordered a pair to arrive on Wednesday!

I like the idea of a hardware / peripherals ratings forum of some kind WRT AH2.  What type of format would be best?  A wiki page?  Hmmm....

[CRYPTIC]

You won't be disappointed.

[Tigger29]

+1  I have the Turtle Beach AKR8.. which is the HPA2 headset that plug into a 5.1 USB device.  I think I paid close to $100 a few years back for them, but the sound is amazing.

Before that I had a pair of LTB 5.1 USB headphones that were... 'meh' at best, but still tons better than plain-jane headphones.  I didn't realize just how 'meh' they were though until I replaced them with a Turtle Beach set.

[Reschke]

Many different threads on this same subject...best ones I have found are Sennheiser PC350...last years model but cheaper than the newest PC360 and still just as good.