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Due to the rise in people saying their headsets are not working, I decided to make a post of working and non-working list of headsets. People can add in all their info about their mics, experiences using the mic, steps to help set it up (or with their soundcards) for Games for Windows - Live, and other little small details about the mic. This will hopefully aid in the purchase of a headset and in solutions to getting the headset to work all bundled into one location. I will link individual reviews or guides made on how to set up to each headsets in this topic for quick reference.
If you have one of these mics and are still having issues try the following.
Option One
Option Two
Option Three
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Option Five
Option Six
Option Seven
Option Eight
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Thanks to the sources that added to this thread.
http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/p/1893/16483.aspx#16483
http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/p/7659/71865.aspx#71865
These work - Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000
I enjoy using these and love the sound coming out of them. Seem to work better than onboard audio but dont have a soundcard so I cant compare to that.
Good work.....
My Razer Pirahna works.
N00bberry: My Razer Pirahna works.
Care to emphasize a little about your experience, and other little details about the headset. I know most Razer products for I own a keyboard & mouse from them I am using now, so I can say it has drivers. Though is that the one that has the ability to use USB or is this strickly a TRS connector style headset?
CW you sir are a champ. I was working on tallying my own list but I like the idea of a public facing one for the community to use. You sir get a sticky.
GFWLMod: CW you sir are a champ. I was working on tallying my own list but I like the idea of a public facing one for the community to use. You sir get a sticky.
How about a sticky for this :- http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/t/5460.aspx
EpicScroll:How about a sticky for this :- http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/t/5460.aspx
Done and done
GFWLMod: EpicScroll:How about a sticky for this :- http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/t/5460.aspx Done and done
Thank you and thanks. :P
I also agree, the LX-3000 works great if only one flaw...
the cups actually "deaden" the sound from your surround almost too much, taking away the immersive experience, if that is something you enjoy.
But other than that, they are great.
A second one that works great is the Steelseries 3H Headset, at around $33-$49 USD depending on where you buy them.
They work through the front jacks of your computer, which means they are sound card dependent.
The bass is phenomenal, the mid and high ranges are adequate.
The mic works well, although it could have had about an inch or two longer boom, which was sacrificed due to the fact that it fully retracts into the left cup, speaking of which this headset is foldable for portability for you LAN party lovers.
The frequency range was among the largest I could find, even when compared to headsets 2-3 times as much money.
The 3d positioning for a stereo headset won't disappoint.
For ingame chat, they work great, albeit sometimes you will need to speak up due to the mic being on a short boom, but generally I've heard that the higher end sound cards can compensate for this somewhat.
These work well in LIVE enabled games, though sometimes you will need to turn game music or sound effects down to hear people over the earphones better.
For music they're adequate, for movies, the bass again delivers, but lacks somewhat in overall recreation of ambiance.
All in all, for the money, a great headset.
This is my primary mode of listening/speaking in game, as I usually play at night. During the day I will switch over to my full custom surround system and LX-3000 for voice only.
If you were interested in using the 3H as voice only you would need to install a second audio card.
NOTE: When using with a 5.1 or 7.1 sound card, you will need to switch to stereo mode (2.0) in order for them to operate as desired.
Here is a good full review of this headset.
If interested, you can buy them HERE.
Rest in peace Dad, we'll all miss you.
Nice review of the headsets Jack, now if I could only edit my post.
GFWLMod: Cw you sir are a champ. I was working on tallying my own list but I like the idea of a public facing one for the community to use. You sir get a sticky.
Cw you sir are a champ. I was working on tallying my own list but I like the idea of a public facing one for the community to use. You sir get a sticky.
Thanks, great minds think alike as the saying goes. Would there be a place for this list for resources to add and link to? Perhaps if you have something to add from that list to move it along I know you can always edit it in. Moderating privilages are some times great, regardless of how little or many features you have acess to (All depending on the forum structure of course).
As for the sticky, I would love to keep the sticky, but currently the editing a previous post in a sticky topic still persist. Currently, this makes it impossible for me to edit my previous posts to add in more headsets, information, links, etcetera. Making, the ideal of this post almost useless for me, if you could kindly remove the sticky and pass along this error to web design team much would be appreciated.
Combined post due to double post - Cw Elite Alien
Wish I did not have to double post, but I can not edit in the link to the error. It is the same one I was having last time in my one thread. I have a picture of it up at the link below.
http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/p/5793/62820.aspx#62820
This headset has done me nothing but justice for going on three years now. When I bought it from Newegg.com back in 2007 I have not needed another headset since. I got it for around 80USD at the time since it was new, but it had all the features I needed, long cord with the cord control clip, mute switch, volume control, noise cancelling, and the ability to make it USB or plug into a sound card.
Noise cancelling microphones are awsome, or at lest this one is. I can sit about ten inches away from my 5.1 speakers and nothing picks up with it blazing. I talk a bit in private chats on the Live service when playing a game, and my buddies can swear by this mic they have not heard a thing, but one thing. That one thing was me burning in on Section 8, but nothing else has been heard in the stages of fighting.
Mute switches, this is just a must have in Games for Windows - Live, being there is no push to talk. My switch floats around my lap which is usally where I put my keyboard so it is a plug for me. I usally sit the switch on my Razer keyboards wrist rest. All I can say is be kind and mute when it comes to mics.
Volume controls, another great ability to have when you run into one of them kids screaming on while playing on the Live services. Not to mention when listening to music, I do not even need the volume up more than half way for it to be almost to loud.
USB, this use to be a big "no no" to me along time ago, I always wanted the cables pluged into my soundcard which is one reason I picked this mic since the USB connector was optional. Be that as it may the USB began to grow on me and to be honest it is fine on both, but I use it via USB these days.
Drivers, none of these can be found, this headset is strickly plug and play. Hassle free setup, just plug it in and set it up for all your programs and it works.
Where to buy, well you can not hardly find this headset cheap or unused since the newer models have kind of pushed it back, but I would reccommend Sennheiser products for they make very fine products. Although I can not say if they will work as good with Games for Windows - Live as this one. However, if they have not majorly changed anything I would say it should work just like the old ones.
Thanks goes out to Amazon.com for the images I posted, and details of the headset.
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-Traditional-PC-USB-canceling/dp/tech-data/B0001MHYK6/ref=de_a_smtd
gah... no good, lemme see if I can fix that for you, you are no longer sticky.
Hey Elite, I belive the LifeChat is Binaural, a.k.a. in Stereo
