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So I borrowed my husband's headset today, I get in vent and I hear "Pyckels is that you?!" "Wow, I had to alt tab to see who's talking!" "You sound like a girl!" "For years I thought you were some robotic thing!" "you actually have a melodious voice!"
Yeah ok....my mic sucks. Now why on earth didn't the people I know irl tell me I sounded awful? 
So now I need to go a new headset rather than inflict my ear bleeding voice on my raid group.
Small
Good quality
Comfortable
Over the head NOT behind the head, over the ear
I'm looking at logitech ones atm since I've always been pleased with my logitech gear. I've been using kid's size sony headphones and they're perfect fit wise. Do they make kid's head sets? Anyone have any reccommendations? Pros and cons of wireless ones?
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I always figured you were a robot too...
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I love my Sennheiser PC350. It does *not* meet your small size requirement, yet it's very comfortable, the mic is sensitive and very good quality. On top of that it's a good general purpose headphone set as well.
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I've heard of them three times now, Deionnara, so I ordered a pair, as I'm in the market. Of course, I triple checked that 30-day return policy first, haha!
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D'oh
I guess I always pipe up when this topic comes along 
(what can I say ... I love me some Sennheisers)
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Deionnara posted:
I love my Sennheiser PC350. It does *not* meet your small size requirement, yet it's very comfortable, the mic is sensitive and very good quality. On top of that it's a good general purpose headphone set as well.
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Still works, still awesome.
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I toasted my old headset by leaving it on my head and pulling on the cord ripping it apart (oops).
I bought this back in August 2009 for $99:
Sennheiser PC 166 USB Stereo Multimedia Gaming Headset
These are pretty comfortable for long gaming sessions. Looks to be replaced by the PC 161.
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Deionnara posted:
D'oh
I guess I always pipe up when this topic comes along
(what can I say ... I love me some Sennheisers)
Oh I didn't necessarily mean you mentioned them thrice. 
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I use my Xbox 360 headset plugged into my 360 wired controller. They act just like a USB headset. I haven't had any issues with them during the course of the years.
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Sennheiser rock. I don't have the gaming ones, but I use the music ones with a mic stuck under my screen.
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Those are some might costly headsets. What is different about them as compared to cheaper headsets? I normally use $20-30 Logitech headsets. lol
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I would take a look at the Corsair HS1A set. For the price it is outstanding, and the mic quality also is not bad. The only downside is they have pretty weak bass.
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http://www.plantronics.com/us/product/gamecom-777
Here is the headset I use, been using one for several years now. It's not the best but for the price level I think it is one of the best. If you are only buying this for gaming purposes than anything more than a $100 set is overkill. It comes with an external device that improves all the sounds to Dolby 7.1 quality.
JaredKorry posted:
Those are some might costly headsets. What is different about them as compared to cheaper headsets? I normally use $20-30 Logitech headsets. lol
The sound quality and the mic quality are incredibly better compared to the clunky $20 sets.
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JaredKorry posted:
Those are some might costly headsets. What is different about them as compared to cheaper headsets? I normally use $20-30 Logitech headsets. lol
Sound quality from the mic is better by a fair amount over my previous headset (a $50 headset at that). Its built very well, and after 1.5 years, it still looks almost new. It fits great, and is very comfortable. Before this headset I went through a variety of other headsets that just didnt work well / didnt fit well / didnt last.
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Most headsets are way too bulky for me. If I don't need something over both ears, I'd rather just use an ear piece.
For years I've been using the Microsoft LifeChat ZX-6000 (link is to google shopping fyi for all the tinfoil hats around here that don't understand mouseover). I've never had any complaints, though admittedly lately the battery only lasts a couple of hours since it's probably a crappy little nicad battery.
I think the next thing I'll buy, since this one is on its last leg, will probably just be a bluetooth headset and bluetooth adapter.
[Edit] /facepalm
I just noticed PallyDog said not over the ear. So I guess this won't work for her. 
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Thanks for all the input guys. I bought one just to buy it and it didn't seem to fit too bad but my ears were killing me after 20 minutes. Seems lieka ll teh eltronics stores sold out most of their headsets over Christmas. I returned that one today and picked up a Logitech h800. A wee bit spendier then I planned but they let me try it on in the store before pruchasing and it fill beautifully and didn't weigh 15 lbs. And it's wireless which is nice! Had it on for hte last few hours, so far so good.
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Glad you found something you liked.
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Can't get my hadset to workw ith WoW. It's set as default inc omputer settings and in wow options. Any ideas?
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You are referring to the in-game voice-chat system?
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Sounds effects, music, ambient sounds, none of it works. I've checked the audio settings on the in game menu, everything is enable, my headset is the default sound device, and still nothing.
I hear the "k-thunk" noise when you first load WoW and that's it.
EDIT: Just fixed it, I set it to "default sound device" instead and that works....doesn't make sense imo, but oh well!
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