Headset

[j w 0]

What do you prefer?

And, BTW, I don't wanna hear anything "I don't like headsets".

That's doesn't answer my question, nor actually belong in this thread at all.

BTW; for a headset with mic (wich I should've mentioned) the USB must be more easy. One cable instead of two. Maybe the sending info with USB is slower then with standard 3,5mm.

[tankieboy 0]

I use wireless 3.5mm plug headphones.

[kegetys 2]

My amp needs a 6,3mm plug, so I prefer that

[Mister Frag 0]

From a performance standpoint I prefer a traditional 2.5/3.5mm analog plug headset. Modern audio cards cause less CPU drain than external USB devices, and they tend to have more sophisticated audio processing as well.

[j w 0]

So USB is more expensive but not better...

This world is kinda wierd...

[Mister Frag 0]

An external USB audio device such as an Extigy or the Sennheiser USB headsets can still make sense, especially if you have a laptop or no available PCI slots.

Many laptops don't have very sophisticated audio built-in, often just offering plain stereo output. The Extigy or Sennheiser PC 165 on the other hand support 3D audio APIs, allowing a lower-end system to be upgraded so you can pinpoint footsteps of people near you, or the direction that a vehicle is coming from.

[Balschoiw 0]

I don´t know if there are some real pro´s or con´s with USB headsets. I currently use the Microsoft gamevoice that is not produced anymore. Audio in and out is connected to the comp via 3.5mm plugs. The module for different channels (I never use for anything else than adjusting volume and switching sound from headphones to Amplifier) is USB.

I am currently thinking of getting me a Medusa 5.1 USB headset that comes with USB but also a set of regular plugs for 3.5mm´s. I guess the hardware interface will be similar to the gamevoice one.

I don´t know what to vote in this poll though as the system I currently use and the Medusa system use both, USB and 3.5mm.

[Commando84 0]

I use a head set with mic that has bass boost!

i got it for christmas present and i love them alot.

i first discovered it needed batteries for the bas boost to work but then i read the manual later just for fun and discovered what the extra cable was for, it was a usb cable that i could plug in to the computer and then i got power from the computer and that made the need for batteries unecessary.

[j w 0]

So should I go with 3,5mm?

You who voted USB, tell me some arguments for that.

[tankieboy 0]

For the love of god just buy a Headset!

[Mister Frag 0]

Check out the Sennheiser headsets. They offer great audio quality and ergonomics, a boom microphone for gaming, and the USB dongle that implements the 3D audio is just that -- a dongle. The headset itself can be used by itself, so if you want to use the headset with an Audigy or some other traditional sound card, just plug it into that.

[j w 0]

For the love of god just buy a Headset!

*smack*

I want to hear some arguments for USB first...

@Mister Frag; Sennheisers headsets cost like half my computer

[Yakbeard 0]

I'll make an argument in favor of USB.

I plug my PC speakers into the sound card and run a USB mic with 1 earphone. If I'm in a flight sim and voice comms would be considered over radio, then all normal game sounds run through the sound card and blasting out the desktop speakers. All voice comms go in and out on the head set only.

If I were in a game and voice comms were meant to be regular speaking instead of a radio, I can set Win XP to direct the voice playback from the headset out the PC speakers along with all the other game sound instead of the headset earphone.

If you never want to use desktop speakers and all sounds will only ever be played through a headset, then you want it plugged into the sound card, and you want a high quality set of phones.

Some usb mic setups have their own little sound boards for processing. Look for a small box (inch or 2) on the wire between the head set and the plug, and read the specs.

[shinRaiden 0]

And I do the same thing with my mobo Soundstorm and Audigy2. That's an arguement for multiple audio cards, not for USB sets.

Now using a USB device is going to be cheaper than buying a 2nd card, or offloading voice comms to a 2nd pc. However there will be penalties of performance, and hunting for open ports.

I have 6 USB ports on this machine. They're all in use atm. I rotate my VBS security dongles through one port, I've got a USB stick in #2, #3 has my flash memory reader, #4 is my digicam cable, #5 is a USB worklight, and #6 is my PDA sync cable. I've got a Thrustmaster Cougar on the way, so something's got to give. And it won't be the Kitty.

[Hauk 0]

I use a HS4100 headset, its USB, and I've had no problems with it. The sound is perfect, with no problems!

Hauk