[Garrics]

I'd like to attach a professional circumaural headset like the AKG HSD 271, which has a mini-XLR connector, to my PC - primarily for gaming. All my other headsets have broken in less than a year and I'd like something that would last. I don't care how much it costs. I just want the best.

I've been looking for a mini-XLR to USB (or 1/8" audio/mic) converter off and on for a couple years but I haven't seen anything that tells me that that's even possible.

Does anyone have any ideas? Or alternatives?

 

[Ra97oR]

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Originally Posted by Garrics /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't care how much it costs.

Best bet is getting a real headphone and get a desktop mic.

AD700, is recommend if you just play games.

 

[joomongj]

Best headphones for music, while subjective to the listener, will cost you a formidable amount of dough and most likely need decent DAC & amp alongside of the cans to minimize performance bottlenecks. For strict gaming though, DT880/AD900 will probably be one of the safest bets for open cans. And yes I'm talkin about phones, not sets.

 

[Garrics]

I also listen to music. I don't have the best equipment, but all of it is encoded to FLAC with the hope that one day I'd have the equipment to fully appreciate lossless compression. I'm currently still using Sennheiser's HD280 and Klipsch's 2.1 Promedia. I had attached a boom mic to my headphone at one point, but it went dead almost immediately.

Anyway, I'm looking at higher-end options now.

I was also considering trying out a recording microphone - specifically, the Blue Snowball or Yeti as I heard someone using the Snowball yesterday on Left 4 Dead and it sounded far better than any other mic I'd heard online. They're both USB mics, and technically not *recording* mics, but I've been reading/watching reviews and they seem to be the choice for podcasters. The Blue Yeti is the first THX certified mic and I've enjoyed my Klipsches (they aren't perfect, I know - I've heard far better) which also have THX plastered on the front so that's something to consider.

I was looking at the AKG k701 a the replacement for my HD280's, but I don't have a clue as to what makes a good microphone. I had a $100 XLR mic > 1/4" plug > 1/8" plug on a boom stand to record myself playing sax a couple years ago but it stopped working after using it twice.

So any microphone suggestions?