I have been quite rough with my headphones/earbuds over the years, so I've used and broken quite a few, and have a little insight. I'll split between desktop and on-the-go.
Desktop:
Favorite - Razer Barracuda (with matching soundcard), great sound, super comfortable. (wish they hadn't broken)
Runner up - Turtle Beach Ear Force PX21 (just cause it says ps3 don't mean you cant use it on PC!)
Current - Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma (1st gen, 2nd gen is more sturdy metal) (windows software sucks, but I use GNU+Linux)
Others I've used - Logitech G35(wired and wireless versions), Creative Sound Blaster WoW Wireless, Seihnheiser.
On-the-go:
Favorite - Yurbuds Ironman Focus Behind the ear (lost them recently, so sad)
Current - Klipsch R6i
Others - Multiple cheap skullcandy, new model Apple.
All that said, on-the-go I don't trust bluetooth so I don't do wireless, but if you do your options expand quite a bit.
One more thing to keep in mind, if you really want the best, go to a hearing aid place and get your earmold taken so you can get the perfect fit rubber exterior for whatever model you choose. Personally, I really loved my Yurbuds Ironman Behind the ears because they stayed on the best while lifting/running/yardwork etc. Most of the time when I select, besides form factor, I mostly base selection on frequency range. Which is how I ended up with the Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma's despite how disapointed I have been with Razor the last few years.
When I was in the military the best pair I ever had was the Bose sound reduction headphones.
Gaming headsets are pretty notoriously awful, my dude. When your current set breaks I'd really recommend picking up a pair of Sennheiser HD598s on sale along with a modmic. It shouldn't cost you any more than your current set up (HD598s go on sale for $100, modmic is like $30-40) and it'd absolutely blow any gaming headset out of the water.
Also, the HD598s are easily some of the most comfortable headphones I've ever used, and I have a weird Kevin Durant lookin head - I used to get headaches and pain behind my ears after like 6 hours of wearing my old ATH-M50s but with the HD598s I've gone 12 hours and still felt fine.
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I have been quite rough with my headphones/earbuds over the years, so I've used and broken quite a few, and have a little insight. I'll split between desktop and on-the-go.
Desktop:
Favorite - Razer Barracuda (with matching soundcard), great sound, super comfortable. (wish they hadn't broken)
Runner up - Turtle Beach Ear Force PX21 (just cause it says ps3 don't mean you cant use it on PC!)
Current - Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma (1st gen, 2nd gen is more sturdy metal) (windows software sucks, but I use GNU+Linux)
Others I've used - Logitech G35(wired and wireless versions), Creative Sound Blaster WoW Wireless, Seihnheiser.
On-the-go:
Favorite - Yurbuds Ironman Focus Behind the ear (lost them recently, so sad)
Current - Klipsch R6i
Others - Multiple cheap skullcandy, new model Apple.
All that said, on-the-go I don't trust bluetooth so I don't do wireless, but if you do your options expand quite a bit.
One more thing to keep in mind, if you really want the best, go to a hearing aid place and get your earmold taken so you can get the perfect fit rubber exterior for whatever model you choose. Personally, I really loved my Yurbuds Ironman Behind the ears because they stayed on the best while lifting/running/yardwork etc. Most of the time when I select, besides form factor, I mostly base selection on frequency range. Which is how I ended up with the Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma's despite how disapointed I have been with Razor the last few years.
When I was in the military the best pair I ever had was the Bose sound reduction headphones.
Gaming headsets are pretty notoriously awful, my dude. When your current set breaks I'd really recommend picking up a pair of Sennheiser HD598s on sale along with a modmic. It shouldn't cost you any more than your current set up (HD598s go on sale for $100, modmic is like $30-40) and it'd absolutely blow any gaming headset out of the water.
Also, the HD598s are easily some of the most comfortable headphones I've ever used, and I have a weird Kevin Durant lookin head - I used to get headaches and pain behind my ears after like 6 hours of wearing my old ATH-M50s but with the HD598s I've gone 12 hours and still felt fine.