Best Headset?

MendevelMendevel Join Date: 2003-09-27 Member: 21274Members, Constellation
edited January 2004 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">not greater than $100</div> I'm trying to find a good headset, but I don't know what to get, <span style='color:red'>durability</span> is also a <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>big</span> issue. So any recomendations?

Dangers include kittens & rocking out.
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  • DaxxDaxx Join Date: 2002-04-16 Member: 460Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <a href='http://www.cyber-acoustics.com/go/to-cn.en/index.cfm?fuseaction=products&brand=Cyber%20Acoustics&category=Speech&model=AC%2D633R%2Dcw' target='_blank'>Cyber Acoustics AC-633R </a> - headset I currently use, $30 Canadian. Love it, great sound, great reception. May not fit your definition of "durable" however its the best headset I could find for the price.
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  • Guardian1Guardian1 Join Date: 2003-09-14 Member: 20853Members
    edited January 2004
    Try these bad boys:

    <a href='http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/zalmanheadphonesreview.php' target='_blank'>http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/za...honesreview.php</a>

    I have a pair and they are FANTASTIC. They are only missing a microphone... I bought a nice condenser stick mike and it works pretty well. Nice long cord, and for as thin as the cord is, I've run over it on my chair a few times with no damage. 60 bucks or so.

    Ah... just a little edit... If you don't have a 5.1 or better surround, they won't be THAT much better than similar headphones, BUT, there isn't anything that beats these for SURROUND SOUND headphones.
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  • SalamanSalaman Join Date: 2002-11-23 Member: 9711Members
    edited January 2004
    I've been happy with <a href='http://www.labtec.com/index.cfm?page=gear/details&contentid=618&crid=8&crid2=9&countryid=1001&languageid=1' target='_blank'>These</a> (fixed, bleh)

    Though I've only had them for a few months so I couldn't tell you if they're as durable as they say.
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  • samussamus Join Date: 2003-06-04 Member: 17005Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Daxx22+Jan 6 2004, 05:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Daxx22 @ Jan 6 2004, 05:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <a href='http://www.cyber-acoustics.com/go/to-cn.en/index.cfm?fuseaction=products&brand=Cyber%20Acoustics&category=Speech&model=AC%2D633R%2Dcw' target='_blank'>Cyber Acoustics AC-633R </a> - headset I currently use, $30 Canadian. Love it, great sound, great reception. May not fit your definition of "durable" however its the best headset I could find for the price. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I had these headphones, they were pretty good except the cords twisted themselves into a tangled mess eventualy ruining the headphones.
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  • RobertoRoberto Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14591Members, Constellation
    Good old gamevoice. Had these headphones for a year w/o a problem. Got the whole game voice set for $5 at radio shack too.
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  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited January 2004
    I'm using koss pro 3aa, I can tell you one thing about durabillity at least, I've never had head phones that didn't break at that loud a volume before <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->. As for the cord/that head strap thing I don't know, haven't been using em for long.

    I really like the sound but there's no mic.
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    edited January 2004
    Koss Optimus Pro-50MX. Comfortably padded, reasonably sturdy (well, they aren't spring steel), and a noise-cancelling boom mike with an option to use a windscreen to kill pops. Excellent headset, been using this one for going on four to eight years now. $35 at Radio Shack, but they discontinued the line.

    (edit) And why go for a surround-sound set of headphones? You only HAVE two ears. Not six. Grab an Aureal Vortex. Creative bought them out and is sitting on the patent... but it allows you to have *true* '3D sound' with a simple pair of headphones. And not these surround-sound monstrosities. I hate Creative for pulling that crap to protect their speaker sales division. (/edit)
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  • XiileXiile Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13818Members
    <a href='http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/headsets/390b/' target='_blank'>My Headphones</a>
    They are t3h w1n.
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  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    <a href='http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/6326/' target='_blank'>my headset</a>
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    any non-plantronics headset can be considered durable if you don't throw it around your room for whatever reason. Plantronics just have a horrible solidity they have to be stayed away from (personal experience)
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