[stoanhart]

Hi,

I have some Senn HD-580's on the way. They will mostly be used for music and games (CS:S, mainly) on my PC.

I need a mic for team/clan chat. Right now I have a cheapo clipon shirt mic, but I'm kind of hard to understand, and I have to look away from the screen and talk into it to use it.

Originally I had hoped for headphones with a mic, but it quickly became apparant that there were no good cans with boom.

So now, I am looking for a mic that can either:
a) Clip onto the headband of the HD-580's and project a boom in front of my face like this but WAAAAAAY cheaper, or
b) co-exist on my head with the 580's like the Senn HSP line of mics, but for way less money.

A $100+ mic is simply overkill for the compressed realtime voice in counterstrike.

Thanks guys.

 

[DeanWelsh]

Good headphones with a boom
http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser...nsf/root/04976

-dean

 

[rox1co]

i'm in the same boat as you, i'm looking for a good mic to go with my ATH-A500

i'm thinking about hanging a mic from my ceiling

just need to find one with really long cords or buy an extension cord but first i gotta find the right one!

probably get logitech tho, but not 100% sure, if u find one tho, LMK

 

[afireinside]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeanWelsh Good headphones with a boom http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser...nsf/root/04976 -dean

You seem to have missed that he already ordered HD580s...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16836111602

Out of stock but it's what I use for ventrilo and it works fine.

 

[rox1co]

is it detachable from the base? i plan on hanging it from my ceiling

 

[The_Duke_Of_Eli]

I just got a cheap logitech headset for CS. Having nice headphones doesn't make a difference for when I'm taking you down

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[Meyvn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Duke_Of_Eli I just got a cheap logitech headset for CS. Having nice headphones doesn't make a difference for when I'm taking you down .

Why buy a $20 headset and do that when you can have a $10 mic and a nice pair of headphones if you've already got the nice headphones?

 

[-Ruin-]

I use an el cheapo 10$ stand-up mic from k-mart and my buddies on ventrilo say I come in crystal clear.

 

[SeptemberWasp]

My kingdom for a solution!

I've posted elsewhere already today regarding this but I cannot use a clip on because they simply don't provide the exclusive sensitivity I require given my living conditions.

My solution at this point seems to be that I will get a boom mic or use my already hacked apart mic from a budget logitech system and fashion something with a clip or some other hair brained idea instead of my current scotch tape job.

 

[The_Duke_Of_Eli]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meyvn Why buy a $20 headset and do that when you can have a $10 mic and a nice pair of headphones if you've already got the nice headphones?

My headset was 4$ and retails for 40$+tax here in Canada. THe mic is better then most 10$ mics and is noise-cancelling and is the clearest budget mic I've ever used.

 

[aud1ophile]

just buy a standalone zalman microphone. it's like $12 and you can clip it onto any regular headphone cord.