Official Mobafire PC thread

[quote=Joxuu]Revived, didn't feel like making a new thread since this exist. I'm buying a new headset because my current one (Siberia v2) is really worn out and feels uncomfortable after 1-2 hours of use. I don't have a clue which headsets are good though. I'm looking for something of same quality or better. I've really appreciated Siberia's sound + mic quality so those are the 2 main expects. I feel comfortable to spend around 80€ All help is appreciated.[/quote]

[quote=mastrer1000]What are you planning to use your mic for? Only voice communication or something where you need more quality?[/quote]

[quote=Joxuu]Just for voice communication but I use skype for my job so it would feel awkward to use bad microphone.[/quote]

[quote=mastrer1000]It is usually a better option to go with a decent pair of headphones and an additional mic. For the mic, I recommend the Zalman ZM-MIC1 because it is really cheap(I am using german amazon as a reference which leaves 70€ for the headphones) and should have a decent enough [url=https://youtu.be/_NEMlhVMXbc?t=250]sound quality[/url]. For the headphones, it depends on your preferneces. Do you want open or closed ones? Neutral sound or not? Will you also be using them with your phone(or ipod/tablet whatever else in that size category)? Also test whatever you buy first, whatever gets recommended might not be what you want(you obviously can't just check out a mic test on youtube for headphones). That being said, I never listened to those myself, but from what the reviews look like, the Superlux HD681 seem to be 100€ headphones for 25€ which also leaves some money for a sound card[s](unless you are using a laptop)[/s] edit: I completly forgot about external sound cards, my bad[/quote]

[quote=Searz]Kingston HyperX Cloud have risen in popularity greatly lately, much to my delight. They're great headphones. The sound quality is great, and they have a very neutral tone(close to life). Not bass heavy like most Siberia headsets are, but if you like heavy bass you can simply change that with a software equalizer in your PC. The rule of thumb is that you can make neutral headphones sound distorted (heavy bass/treble/whatever), but you cannot make distorted headphones sound neutral, which is why I'd say that neutral headphones is a very good idea. The mic is decent, but if you care about sound quality you'd probably wanna get a Blue Microphone Snowball. It's kind of the ultimate starting mic for those that care about sound quality, but not enough to invest hundreds of dollars in it. [quote=mastrer1000]It is usually a better option to go with a decent pair of headphones and an additional mic. For the mic, I recommend the Zalman ZM-MIC1 because it is really cheap(I am using german amazon as a reference which leaves 70€ for the headphones) and should have a decent enough [url=https://youtu.be/_NEMlhVMXbc?t=250]sound quality[/url].[/quote] Not really. You'd usually get a mic of similar quality on decent headsets. I've had that mic myself and the clip-on mechanism annoyed me to no end. If sound quality is of actual importance he'd have to buy a proper separate mic, like Blue Microphone Snowball.[/quote]

[quote=mastrer1000][quote=Searz] Not really. You'd usually get a mic of similar quality on decent headsets.[/quote] The way I was thinking was to get headphones that have better soud quality and a rougly equal mic compared to a gaming headset. [quote=Searz] I've had that mic myself and the clip-on mechanism annoyed me to no end.[/quote] I just clipped mine to my keyboard cord. This is obviously a terible solution if you have mx blues or some other loud switches, but it worked for me. [quote=Searz] If sound quality is of actual importance he'd have to buy a proper separate mic, like Blue Microphone Snowball.[/quote] A headset mic was good enough before. According to german amazon, the mic is ~55€, which doesn't really leave much room for headphones.[/quote]

[quote=Latest Legend]I bought a Kingston HyperX Cloud about, I guess, a year ago on recommendation of Searz and I'll probably buy one again if this one gets destroyed for whatever reason. The sound quality is great and it comes with some handy extra chord and two sets of ear caps (one leather-like and one of that weird stuff I can't describe). Sometimes people complain that there's quite a bit of static in the microphone though. But I think that's due to me not paying any attention to the chord and interference from my desktop. You can judge for yourself anyway, I use it for inhouses too. I don't know anything about headphones though, this was the first one I bought that's not insanely cheap. Just throwing this in here since I see it being recommended again.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=Latest Legend]Sometimes people complain that there's quite a bit of static in the microphone though.[/quote] Do you plug the mic in through the front of the case? (assuming desktop, not laptop) That has a tendency to introduce interference. It could also be the motherboard using strange boost settings. Try to disable any gain boosts and see if that works better.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=mastrer1000]The way I was thinking was to get headphones that have better soud quality and a rougly equal mic compared to a gaming headset.[/quote] Not bad thinking, but with good products like Cloud there's no reason to make it complicated. As long as you stay away from crap like Logitech/Razer/Siberia :P (they all make bad headsets, not gonna comment on their other peripherals though) [quote]I just clipped mine to my keyboard cord.[/quote] Uuuuh... that's gonna produce some pretty awful sound.. It's bound to pick up plenty of keyboard noise, even with quiet keyboards and the gain boosting required to pick up your voice far from the position the mic is intended to be used in is bound to introduce plenty of electronic noise. [quote]A headset mic was good enough before. According to german amazon, the mic is ~55€, which doesn't really leave much room for headphones.[/quote] He said 80 for the headset. The mic can be bought at a later time if he really cares about it.[/quote]

[quote=mastrer1000][quote=Searz] Uuuuh... that's gonna produce some pretty awful sound.. It's bound to pick up plenty of keyboard noise, even with quiet keyboards and the gain boosting required to pick up your voice far from the position the mic is intended to be used in is bound to introduce plenty of electronic noise. [/quote] The way i set it up, it is rougly the same distance from the mic to the keyboard compared to where it would be if I put in on my headphona cable. You are prohably right about the electromagentic noise, but I only use it for voice communication and never got complaints(I did it because I would breath into the mic or produce unwanted noise by moving). The advantage of my approach is that you can pick literally whatever you want. There aren't really many open gaming headsets for example.[/quote]