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Saregon

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So my trusty Sound Blaster Recon 3D Omega Wireless headset won't play ball with my desktop computer after I reformatted it in January, causing blue screen crashes every time I turn them on (strange, considering it still works flawlessly with my laptop, 360 and PS3). I've been generally quite happy with them.

Anyway, I was thinking about what to replace them with, but I'm not too well versed in headsets, as I haven't used them too much. Any advice would be appreciated. So here's what I'm thinking:
-I'm in Norway if that has any bearing on it,
-wired or wireless makes no difference to me really, as I'm going to use them with my desktop,
-my price limit is about 200$
-preferably comfortable over time, not too tight fitting,
-I normally keep my hair quite short, so leather earpads can get a bit clammy
-good audio quality for games is the most important, but better if it's also good for music and movies,
-needs a decent microphone, as I use it to Skype while playing.

Any input on this would be great!
 

Fiz_The_Toaster

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If you want to go on the price-y side, there's these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826153089

What's great about those is that you can customize the sound to your liking and the mic is pretty great as well.

But, if you don't want to spend too much, there's these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826468001

Comfy as fuck. You can also you it for practically anything if you so choose to do so, like mobile phones and whatnot.

I hope that helps!
 

Albino Boo

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It sounds like a driver issue causing your machine to crash. Try downloading the latest ones from http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=437&CatName=Headphones&subCatID=231&subCatName=MIDI+Keyboards&prodID=20880&prodName=Sound+Blaster+Recon3D+Omega+Wireless&bTopTwenty=1&VARSET=prodfaq:pRODFAQ_20880,VARSET=CategoryID:437