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Any recommended USB headphones with a decent mic? 15/12/2022 at 22:54 #149362
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Hello all,

Anyone using any descent headphones with a good microphone?

I purchased a Razer BlackShark some time ago, not exactly cheap at the time, seemed descent sound wise out of the headset but starting to loose it a bit, time to try something else I thought but maybe I could hang onto it, until I decided to try the provided microphone that I haven't used all this time that I've had it. Well it's absolutely awful! Microphone sound quality is dire, and even at full volume it's barely audible, and as I say if you can hear it the quality really isn't there.

So I've decided rather than hang on to this for another year, I'm going to start looking for a replacement now instead, but something decent that is a proper gaming headset with a descent mic, some of these YouTubers seem to have descent quality when they are talking into the headsets, not that I know what headset it is!

Any recommendations? Open to anything, no budget boundaries

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Any recommended USB headphones with a decent mic? 15/12/2022 at 23:04 #149363
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Depends on what you're looking for

My last headset was a HyperX Cloud Flight S wireless headset. Good headset and it still works well (I now use this at work because I specifically wanted a non detachable microphone for home). 30 hours battery life. (Amazon order history says I brought this 2 years ago)

I've replaced this with a new Turtle Beach headset (Can't remember the model number top of my head). Again, a good headset, but not as comfortable as my old one, but I think this is just down to time.

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Going back before this, I always had wired headphones, usually quite cheap ones that never worked well, even the USB ones

Don't know if this might guide you in some direction.

James

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Any recommended USB headphones with a decent mic? 15/12/2022 at 23:08 #149364
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Another vote for Turtle Beach, I've got an EarForce Z22 which I've been using since I was at uni back in 2013, still going strong!

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The Z22 isn't made anymore, but I would imagine any of the newer models to be just as good.

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Any recommended USB headphones with a decent mic? 16/12/2022 at 10:02 #149371
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Another vote for HyperX, think mine is the Cloud II.
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Any recommended USB headphones with a decent mic? 25/12/2022 at 14:12 #149633
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Thank you guys, some brands I've not heard of not something I've kept on top of so not sure what the best brands are so I appreciate your help!

Just been looking at HyperX and Turyle Beach reviews, both negative points they mention is lack of noise cancelling, I wouldn't know if that is a down point, I've only ever had noise cancelling headphones but I understand for home use being in own room it's not much difference?

Think it may well be the HyperX I appreciate your suggestions thank you very much, only thing I miss with shops closing, is online shops mean you can't 'try' things anymore. Took me ages to buy a PC chair as it was difficult to find something I might like, because looking at pictures and descriptions isn't as good as being able to go to a shop and sit in one to try it!

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Any recommended USB headphones with a decent mic? 25/12/2022 at 15:21 #149638
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Depends how noisy your environment is. I don't find it an issue when I'm at home.

Microphone noise cancelling can be done software side, so that's no problem.

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