Streaming Audio Recommendation

[TylerD321]

Hello Friends,

 

My cousin's headset died and he was asking me for audio recommendations. I am hard of hearing so clearly sound is not something I am able to answer well.

 

He is looking to spend 250-300 USD. He would like to have good audio for playing games and a good mic on a boom for microphone. I do not know anything about audio so lets hear some recommendations. Good sound in and good sound out - wired ideally.

[Yua]

Hi, $250 seems like too high of a budget for a gaming headset. I can recommend this one, the MASSDROP X SENNHEISER PC37X, really good audio and a mic, with the only downside maybe being that its wired.

Here is a good video review of it in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spktoWVAlTU

[TylerD321]

33 minutes ago, Yua said:

Hi, $250 seems like too high of a budget for a gaming headset. I can recommend this one, the MASSDROP X SENNHEISER PC37X, really good audio and a mic, with the only downside maybe being that its wired.

Here is a good video review of it in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spktoWVAlTU

The goal is to have 250 for like a headset, a mic, and a mic arm for desk.

[Yua]

I totally dint read through it all, my recomendations would be the following:

• For the headset: same as the one I had already linked. $80
• Microphone: Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ $90 + AT2020 Shock Mount $13

• Boom Arm: Rode PSA1, $100

If it goes a little over budget you can always buy a cheaper boom arm, I just know the pain of having a cheap squaky boom arm so Im recommending a safe bet.

[Cocococo]

Look around for Audeze Maxwell, they're easily the best headset on the planet

[Psittac]

I hear the audeze maxwell is the best all in one wireless solution

 

If you want wired I would go with the rode nth-100m and you could even get a dac/amp or game focused dac/amp lilke the schiit fulla but no amp or dac is required

 

another option is pick any audiophile headphone and throw an antlion boom mic on it, you can do a lot with a $200-250 headphone and a mod mic

[TylerD321]

18 hours ago, Cocococo said:

Look around for Audeze Maxwell, they're easily the best headset on the planet

 

3 hours ago, Psittac said:

I hear the audeze maxwell is the best all in one wireless solution

 

If you want wired I would go with the rode nth-100m and you could even get a dac/amp or game focused dac/amp lilke the schiit fulla but no amp or dac is required

 

another option is pick any audiophile headphone and throw an antlion boom mic on it, you can do a lot with a $200-250 headphone and a mod mic

I mentioned the audeze Maxwell to the cousin and he ordered them on the spot. They should arrive sometime in January due to back order. He will do a mic and boom later!

 

Thank you everyone for the suggestions! (You too @Yua)