Posted September 9, 2017 Hi Everyone. Came on to ask a simple question. All Opinions are Welcomed!!!! You can go into as much DETAIL for your choice as you wish. This will help me to establish a choice. Tried finding some Youtube Videos. But can't really find any good ones with a clear choice, so decided to ask the Community. I have a Gaming Headset. A Razer ManO'War Headset. ManO'War Headset LINK It's beautiful on my head. Sound's phenomenal and it allows me to chat with my friends via Discord while Gaming. BUT... I can't stand awful Gaming Headsets. It's one after another. I've gone through 3 Headsets in the last year alone. And this headset is getting to this point. So I was thinking of dropping about $200 on an Audio Setup. Mainly for Gaming. I'm not a Youtuber or Twitch Streamer. The Audio Setup Gear - Audio-Technica AT2020 Cardioid Condenser Studio Microphone - Wanway Microphone Stand + Shock Mount + Pop Filter, Mic Microphone Studio Broadcast Suspension Boom Scissor Arm Stand Holder Etc... - BEHRINGER U-Phoria UMC22 (Links Below for ALL 3) Mic Stand + Holder ETC... BEHRINGER Now I ask this question... Is it better to use a Gaming Headset for Gaming/Streaming/Audio/Chat? OR Buy and Setup an Audio Setup for Gaming/Streaming/Audio/Chat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 Some headsets like the Logitech G633 Artemis Spectrum have perfectly decent mics, but if you play a lot of online games, a stand mic and desktop controller might be worth your while. Main PC: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White) Peripherals/Other: ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2) Laptop (Dell XPS 13): Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch). Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents. PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 I would buy that mic setup looks nice. My school runs something similar but USB based Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow. GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450. Spirt (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped PSU Tier List Motherboard Tier List SSD Tier List How to get PC parts cheap HP probook 445R G6 review "Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid." Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 Author Thank you @bellabichon you helped me and I respect your opinion. What headset do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 Author @GDRRiley It's been awhile my friend. Haven't talked to you in a few months haha. Thanks for your opinion!!! I appreciate it highly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 Just now, MysterioJames said: @GDRRiley It's been awhile my friend. Haven't talked to you in a few months haha. Thanks for your opinion!!! I appreciate it highly. Sorry with the amount of people I help I don't remember you. I run a ATH-m30s Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow. GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450. Spirt (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped PSU Tier List Motherboard Tier List SSD Tier List How to get PC parts cheap HP probook 445R G6 review "Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid." Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 Author 1 minute ago, GDRRiley said: Sorry with the amount of people I help I don't remember you. I run a ATH-m30s Lol no I understand haha. You post more on here than I do. I like those headphones you have, they are quite nice. I'm going with Sennheiser, just because I have used there HD 380Pro's before and they were solid. Don't own a pair. But the HD series of SennHeisers are cheap and won't break my wallet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 1 minute ago, MysterioJames said: Lol no I understand haha. You post more on here than I do. I like those headphones you have, they are quite nice. I'm going with Sennheiser, just because I have used there HD 380Pro's before and they were solid. Don't own a pair. But the HD series of SennHeisers are cheap and won't break my wallet. yeah these are 100$ for the slightly new x model. I just replaced the ear pads as my old ones were destroyed Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow. GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450. Spirt (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped PSU Tier List Motherboard Tier List SSD Tier List How to get PC parts cheap HP probook 445R G6 review "Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid." Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 Author 1 minute ago, GDRRiley said: yeah these are 100$ for the slightly new x model. I just replaced the ear pads as my old ones were destroyed That's great man, glad there working out for you. ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 I don't think condenser mics are a good idea unless your room is treated. I'm not an expert on mics though and someone else might recommend better. It's generally better to go for a dedicated audio setup since you can control every single part of your system (mic, preamp, dac, amp, headphones) and if you need to replace one of these for some reason, you don't need to replace your entire headset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 1 hour ago, MysterioJames said: Thank you @bellabichon you helped me and I respect your opinion. What headset do you use? The Logitech G633 Artemis Spectrum! I recommended it from experience. I've had it for three years now and it's still going strong. It also has support for Dolby Atmos now which is nice. Main PC: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White) Peripherals/Other: ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2) Laptop (Dell XPS 13): Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch). Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents. PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 9, 2017 5 hours ago, seduce_me said: I don't think condenser mics are a good idea unless your room is treated. I'm not an expert on mics though and someone else might recommend better. It's generally better to go for a dedicated audio setup since you can control every single part of your system (mic, preamp, dac, amp, headphones) and if you need to replace one of these for some reason, you don't need to replace your entire headset. And the actual audio quality of an headset is generally very bad compared to a headphone and a separate microphone. OP you could look into the pinned post with headphones and also look at shotgun mics, I know it sounds weird to use one of those, but since they are so directional, then it wouldn't pick up a lot of noise from keyboard or people talking that aren't in front of it. Before you buy amp and dac. My thoughts on the M50x Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio... My main Headphones and IEMs: K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205 Receiver: Denon AVR-1612 Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080 RX 580 8GB and other stuff Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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