Anyone here will tell you it's better to have a separate pair of headphones + mic than an actual headset

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headsets - hyper x cloud, kraken, siberia v2

although I'd highly recommend just a decent pair of headphones + a modmic

If the sound of your Kraken doesn't bother you just buy a desk mic or a clip mic for <$20. Any mic should work for tf2 though as long as it works in windows.

If you're looking for a deal I'd grab one of the 20 dollar logitech usb headsets. Mine sounds better than my blue snowball plus the speaker quality is pretty good too.

i use this http://imgur.com/NP3g2c3 cost me $16

modmics and those zalman clipons are complete shit.

just get a hyperx cloud. theres no durable way to do the good headphones + seperate mic combo

im way happier with my clouds than my ath mx50s + mic

Since when?

Modmics if you have the $$ (have the Modmic 4.0 myself, great shit)
Zalmans are decent for what you pay for them.

my $8 zalman mic has ranged from apparently having awful volume to just about never working

buy a $10 clip-on or lavalier mic and use it with your favorite pair of headphones

modmic 4.0 is great.. the earlier versions werent so much but they were still a new company and trying different things

zalmans are cheap but they work

my Sennheiser HD 598s + modmic 4.0 is as durable as any head set and has much superior build quality

I had a cloud 2 for like 4months and it was really annoying with its sound sometimes fucking up and I have to unplug replug and restart any program that had audio output. Also the zalman mic quality is better than the cloud 2's quality, my audio technicas are way comfier in padding imo, sound quality is better too for my headphones. I paid about 100 for each and the headphone mic combo just crushes headsets.

I've been pretty happy with this combo for a while:

• Superlux HD668B Headphones
  
• Antlion Audio ModMic

my modmic and zalman both sound complete garb what are you guys injecting